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Trainer aircraft crashes in MP's Guna due to snags, two pilots injured

TWO pilots were injured after the two-seater trainer aircraft they were flying reportedly crashed possibly due to technical snags near the airstrip in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.

Women power in the saddle in 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh

WOMEN IAS officers are heading the administration in 13 of the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, signifying changing social dynamics.

Search launched for MP women brandishing guns in viral video

VIRAL videos and pictures of two women brandishing guns in two districts have brought to fore the thriving gun culture in Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh.

Blast rocks ex-Manipur MLA's house, wife killed

THE wife of a former Manipur MLA was killed in a bomb blast at her residence.

Civilian dead, forces step up anti-terror ops

SECURITY forces have launched massive anti-militancy operations in the forest areas of Kokernag and Kishtwar after a civilian succumbed to injuries sustained in the gunfight between militants and security forces in Kokernag in south Kashmir on Saturday, taking the death toll in the encounter to three.

Over 3,000 transgenders avail services under PM's Ayushman Arogya Yojana

OVER 3,000 transgender people have used composite healthcare services under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), according to government data.

Protests intensify over Kolkata medico's rape, murder

A couple of days after a postgraduate student of RG Kar Medical College and hospital was raped and murdered, the West Bengal government on Sunday removed the superintendent of the medical college over alleged lapses.

Natwar Singh a 'man of letters': Cong pays tribute to former foreign minister

CONGRESS leaders on Sunday condoled former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh's demise with several leaders hailing his profound contribution to India's diplomacy and external affairs.

BJP hopes to strengthen RS tally with upcoming bypolls

THE BJP is likely to strengthen its position in the Rajya Sabha after by-elections for 12 vacant seats are held in September.

PM push for high-yielding, biofortified crops

Modi releases 109 new seed varieties of 61 crops; move aimed at increasing farm yield as well as farmers' income

FOUR NOMINEES FOR BANK ACCOUNTS A RADICAL MOVE

THE Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, tabled in Parliament last week, has several provisions offering flexibility and uniformity to banks for carrying out their day-to-day operations.

SC HAMMERS BASIC PRINCIPLES WHILE GRANTING BAIL TO SISODIA

PROLONGED incarceration before being pronounced guilty of an offence should not be permitted to become punishment without trial.

HISTORICAL FULFILMENT OF SPIRITUAL DEBTS

ANDAL Jayanti 2024 was on August 7.

PROTECTING MINORITIES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The Indian government has raised its voice against the atrocities being inflicted on Hindus in Bangladesh. Yet, those who champion minority rights in India have not been so vocal

Tribal youth shot by BC man for entering farmland in Dindigul

AN 18-year-old from the Paliyar tribal community was shot for entering his neighbour's property allegedly by the landowner who belongs to a Backward Class community in Sirumalai of Dindigul district on Saturday evening.

KL landslide: 2k help search for missing persons

Combing operations were held in six zones, including Mundakkai, Chooralmala, Punchirimattam and Vellarmala village

Kerala's Queenie Hallegua passes away

KERALA'S once vibrant Jewish community has dwindled to just one person following the death of Queenie Hallegua, 89, on Sunday.

40 hairpin bends on Valparai road named after rare ATR fauna

THE State Highways Department officials have joined hands with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) to create awareness among motorists and tourists about the biodiversity of the ATR through reflective sign boards.

TN govt wasting tax money on car race circuits, charges EPS

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has charged the DMK government with failing to look after the welfare of the people.

Can't leave it to HMs alone to tackle clashes at schools: Justice Chandru

JUSTICE K Chandru criticised Assembly Speaker M Appavu's recent suggestions that the police and district administration should not intervene in student disputes happening on the premises of an education institution.

Pamban country boat fishers start indefinite strike

CONDEMNING the arrest of country boat fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, Pamban fishermen commenced an indefinite strike on Sunday.

VCK to protest apex court ruling on SC sub-category

THE VCK on Sunday alleged that the recent verdict of the Supreme Court allowing sub-categorisation of communities within SCs by the state government does not seem to be given on the basis of goodwill.

Hindenburg works to make money, not for people's welfare: Annamalai

BJP state president K Annamalai said Hindenburg Research has been making money by targeting major global companies.

Why toll at Parali Pudur plaza costs a bomb

TNIE looks at the NHAI calculation that shoots up fee at the facility on Madurai-Natham-Thuvarankurichi NH

Veeranam lake full again, 73 cusecs sent to Chennai

VEERANAM lake in Cuddalore district has reached its full capacity for the second time this year following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas and water released from the Mettur Dam.

Bus priority lanes & BRTS fail to take off even as MTC preferred over metro

Bus system needs boost to improve ridership as shift to cars, bikes worsens congestion: Experts

25-yr-old Avadi corpn worker dies of asphyxiation while unblocking sewer

A 25-year-old contract worker with the Avadi corporation died allegedly due to asphyxiation while removing blockages in an underground drain in Saraswathi Nagar on Sunday.

Kalaithiruvizha competitions to begin on Aug 22

THE School Education Department has directed government institutions across the state to conduct the school-level competitions for this year's Kalaithiruvizha (Art and Culture Festival) from August 22 to 30.

HC reduces punishment of forest guard who failed to report elephant skull

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court reduced the punishment imposed on a forest guard for failing to inform his authorities about the presence of an elephant skull in Vannathiparai reserved forest, stating that there cannot be discrimination in imposing punishment to officers of the same rank for the same offence.

Nationwide strike if culprits in Kolkata murder not nabbed in 48 hrs: TN docs

IN the wake of the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday, Tamil Nadu doctors have threatened to go on strike or stage a nationwide agitation if all the culprits are not arrested within 48 hours.