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Slugfest over 'toilet tax' as Sukhu and BJP spar

AMID unrest over reports of a new tax to be levied on the number of toilet seats in a house, Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu categorically denied imposing a \"toilet tax\" on Friday.

Govt committed to boost health infra, add 75K med seats in 10 yrs, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the Centre will add 75,000 medical seats nationwide over the next decade to improve health care facilities.

Haryana all decked up for battle

THE fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat of the Congress besides JJP's Dushyant Chautala and 1,027 other candidates will be decided on Saturday as elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly will be held with over 2 crore people eligible to vote.

Post-campaigning, hopping with a slice of temple reality check in Jatland

THE election campaigning in Haryana may have come to an end.

Deputy Speaker jumps from Maha Mantralaya's 3rd floor, lands on net

MAHARASHTRA Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators on Friday jumped from the third floor of the state secretariat, Mantralaya, onto the safety net just a floor below to protest against the demand for the inclusion of the Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribe list.

Cops 'fire in the air', lathicharge on flood victims in Bihar's Muzaffarpur

POLICE resorted to baton charge to disperse flood victims indulged in putting up road blockade, stone pelting and arson in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Friday.

FIR against SpiceJet MD, others over PF dues

THE Economic Offence Wing of the Delhi Police has registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against Spice Jet's managing director Ajay Singh and some other top officers of the aviation company for failing to remit its share of Provident Fund of more than ₹65 crore.

Kharge flags 'unauthorised entry' of CPWD, CISF & Tata Projects officers into his room

CONGRESS president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar claiming that officers from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Tata Projects have been entering his room in Parliament without informing him.

Lanka won't let its territory be used against India: Dissanayake

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Friday and stressed deepening the ties with the island nation.

Vaishnaw rules out rlys privatisation

Says public transporter set for transformation & govt committed to provide affordable services

'Hungry can't wait': SC poser to Centre, states on migrant workers

THE Supreme Court on Friday restrained itself from issuing any contempt notices and granted a last opportunity to the Union and the states to comply with its earlier orders to verify and give ration cards to those migrant workers and unskilled labourers found eligible under the e-Shram portal.

WHEN GREEN PARK SANG THE CAWNPORE BLUES

WHENEVER I hear of Kanpur or think of the city, it brings back memories of a Bob Dylan song, 'North Country Blues', made famous by Joan Baez's plaintive voice.

WHY LADDUGATE NEEDS MEASURES BEYOND ORDINARY

The Supreme Court rightly addressed devotees' sentiments on the question of adulterated ghee used at Tirupati. The temple trust needs to institute systemic changes to avoid a repeat

SC to lay down SOP over rehearing of cases by HCs

THE Supreme Court on Friday said it will lay down guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure on the issue of high courts revoking orders dictated in open courts and later modifying them and rehearing the matter.

TN's first shelter for stray dogs inaugurated in Tiruchy

THE state's first dedicated shelter for treating injured and infected stray dogs was opened in the city on Friday.

DYFI man murder: Kerala HC convicts seven IUML cadres

19-yr-old Shibin was murdered by an armed gang in 2015; all 17 accused acquitted in 2016

Two bank clerks arrested for ₹7cr misappropriation

THE Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested two clerks of the Urban Co-operative Bank near Walaja in Ranipet, on Friday, for allegedly misappropriating over 7 crore by disbursing salaries to non-working individuals, issuing loans in the names of account holders without their consent, and manipulating deposit funds.

CMRL plans to turn Thirumangalam plot into commercial hub

IN a strategic move to unlock the potential of its land assets and boost non-fare revenue, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has earmarked a key land parcel spanning over 600 meters along the viaduct near Thirumangalam Metro Station for property development.

3 devotees killed as load vehicle collides with lorry

THREE devotees were killed and 11 sustained injuries after the load vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with a lorry at Kallamozhi on the Tiruchendur-Kanniyakumari road here on Thursday.

Pawan takes a veiled sanatana jibe at Udhaya; dy CM says wait & see

The Andhra leader switched to Tamil while saying that a young leader from the neighbouring state had degraded Sanatana Dharma by comparing it to a virus

EPS: Dengue on rise; MaSu: Show me where

IN response to the statement of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for his allegation of increasing fever cases including dengue, Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Friday said there is no dengue fever cluster in TN and the opposition leader should show where such spread prevails.

'Burden to prove innocence is on accused in PMLA cases'

THE Madras High Court has held that mere possession of tainted money is sufficient to invoke the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the burden to prove the innocence lies upon the persons facing money-laundering charges.

P Susheela, Mu Mehta given Kalaithurai Vithagar award

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Friday handed over the Kalaignar Memorial Kalaithurai Vithagar Award for the year 2023 to veteran playback singer P Susheela (89) and veteran poet Mu Mehta (79) at a function held at the secretariat.

Vijay: Be disciplined for TVK's 'victory festival'

ANTICIPATING a large turnout of youth from across the state for the upcoming statewide conference, Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief actor Vijay on Friday urged members to act with discipline and conduct responsibly.

2 men abandon AC unit theft bid, threaten actor & flee

THE Maduravoyal police are on the lookout for two men who attempted to steal the outdoor air conditioner unit from actor Sona's residence on Thursday evening.

IAS officers to check rain preparedness in 15 corporation zones

They will identify vulnerable areas, ensure swift action during potential flooding

14 years on, freight company head, son get life-term for murder

THE owners of a top freight forwarding company were on Thursday convicted by a Chennai sessions court for brutally murdering their driver in 2010 and dumping the body in Kodaikanal.

Customs seizes 6 kg of gold worth 4 crore; four nabbed

AFTER a brief hiatus for the last few months, gold smuggling by returning air travellers has resurfaced with customs officials foiling two smuggling bids on the same day at the Chennai international airport recently.

New Nilgiri Tahr habitat spotted in Pasumalai

Five ungulates spotted during synchronised census last year; full report likely to be released during wildlife week

Lack of funding puts AU cloud computing centre's future up in air

A paucity of funds has long held back the full potential of Anna University's Centre of Excellence for Cloud Computing (CECC) and International Centre for Research Facilitation and Training (ICRFT), established almost a decade ago to boost research.