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Indian jailed for Nazi-inspired White House attack

INDIAN national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023.

24-Year-Old Guilty of Killing Boyfriend

THE Neyyattinkara additional sessions court has found Greeshma, a 24-year-old woman from Ramavarmanchira in Kanniyakumari district, guilty of murdering her boyfriend Sharon Raj by administering him an ayurvedic concoction that was laced with a lethal herbicide, in 2022.

'My world has been destroyed'

Dad loses 5 kids, daughter battling for life as mysterious illness strikes Rajouri

From playing with bamboo stick to Arjuna award

GROWING up, when Salima Tete fashioned hockey sticks out of bamboo to practice with, she would have hardly guessed that one day she would lead the Indian women's hockey team.

Maruti, Hyundai Lit Up EV Space

Both the carmakers make their debut in the country's mass electric vehicle market

234 posts vacant, states told to send IPS officers for Central deputation

FACING an acute shortage of officers in various ranks in central agencies and paramilitary forces, the Centre has written to the states asking them to make a conscious attempt to send names of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for central deputation to fill around 234 posts, officials said on Friday.

SpaDex docking a step towards Indian space station by '35: Singh

UNION minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday that an Indian space station would be established by 2035 and the successful docking of satellites through SpaDex is a major breakthrough in that direction.

Liquor sales get ‘slightly high’, by ₹47 crore, this Pongal

LIQUOR sales by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) saw a slight increase during Pongal this year and the days leading up to it, when compared to the corresponding period last year.

Girl drowns trying to retrieve ball from pond

Teenager found dead

'Savukku' granted bail in case related to spreading false info on land-fraud probe

THE Madras HC has granted bail to YouTuber Savukku Shankar in connection with a case registered on the charges of spreading false information about a land-fraud investigation causing 'alarm' among the people and 'instigating them to do offence' against the state and public tranquility.

Centre's ₹11,440-cr package for Vizag steel plant's revival

IN a significant step to rejuvenate the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited), the Centre has announced a financial package of ₹11,440 crore to revive it.

Need permanent paddy procurement centres with storage facilities: Farmers

Farmers in the Ariyalur and Perambalur districts demand construction of permanent paddy purchase centres (DPCs) with adequate facilities for drying and storing their seasonal harvest they bring for procurement.

Vrinda's transformation after forced injury break

WHEN D Vrinda got ruled out of the 2024 Women's Premier League due to a shoulder injury, it came as a huge blow to the Karnataka batter.

TN farmers threaten stir over KL officials' inclusion in dam panel

MEMBERS of the Periyar Vaigai Irrigation Farmers Association have threatened to stage a protest at Kumuli on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border on January 25 against the inclusion of Kerala officials in a new panel formed by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to oversee safety matters concerning the Mullaiperiyar dam.

TN revises incentive for specialists

AFTER a gap of four years, the National Health Mission (NHM) - Tamil Nadu revised incentive for engaging government and private specialists, including obstetricians, anaesthetists, and paediatricians, to provide Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEMONC) at secondary and tertiary care hospitals.

MFs Asked To Disclose Info Ratio

SEBI has asked asset management companies (AMCs) to disclose their information ratio, which is used to measure risk-adjusted returns of mutual fund schemes, on their websites on a daily basis for equity-oriented schemes.

ED Attaches ₹300 Cr Worth Assets in Case Linked to Siddu

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru, has provisionally attached 142 immovable properties with a market value of about ₹300 crore under the money laundering Act, in connection with a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others.

Tributes pour in for MGR on his 108th birth anniversary

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami along with senior leaders of the party, functionaries and cadre paid homage to the party founder MG Ramachandran.

Decide in 90 days citizenship plea of Indian-origin Tamil woman

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to consider and take a decision on a citizenship application submitted by a woman resident of Kottapattu rehabilitation camp for Sri Lankan Tamils in Tiruchy.

33 Injured in Jallikattu at Pudukkottai Village

A TOTAL of 33 people sustained injuries in the jallikattu held as part of Pongal celebrations at Vadamalapur in the district on Friday.

Dalit man murdered, cop suspended

TENSE moments prevailed at Kai Kalathur in the district on Friday after a Dalit man employed as a harvester machine operator in a farmland in the village was allegedly murdered by a fellow worker over previous enmity.

India Decides To Go On Front Foot As Threats In Gulf Of Aden, Red Sea Up

DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh asks for no let-up in India's offensive and defensive preparedness amid growing turmoil and calls for maritime alertness because of the possibility of increased threats from the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and other coastal regions along eastern Africa.

Vachathi to Vengavayal, TN literary works neglect key issues, say authors

ON the second day of the Chennai International Book Fair, Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writers Imaiyam and AR Venkatachalapathy shared compelling insights that underscored a shared concern – the untapped potential of literature from Tamil Nadu to explore both historical and contemporary social themes.

How prohibited items are sneaked into prisons: Court

THE Madras HC has sought an explanation from the state Home Secretary and the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services on how prohibited items are sneaked into high security prisons.

BJP Decides To Go All Out On One-Nation-One-Poll Plan

Signalling its resolve to roll out the 'one nation, one election' plan, the BJP has constituted a high-powered committee chaired by Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan to shape public opinion and align its own state and local body governments with the importance of the idea.

Severe snowfall covers high peaks, harsh winter disrupts life in U'khand

UTTARAKHAND has been experiencing a harsh winter over the past 36 hours, with heavy snowfall affecting the region significantly.

Nurses protest after man assaults colleague at Pudukkottai GH

TENSIONS flared at the Pudukkottai Government Medical College Hospital after a nurse was allegedly attacked by the son of a deceased patient, citing delay in the arrival of an '108' ambulance late night on Thursday.

NGT Takes Cognisance of Turtle Deaths

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday took suo motu cognisance of the increase in deaths of Olive Ridley turtles along Chennai beaches, based on an article published by TNIE, and issued notices to the state fisheries and forest departments.

India Plans to Be MRO Hub, Work With S'pore

Sector holds tremendous potential for employment generation

No action for returning to mainstream, cops tell Arunachal armed group

Arunachal Pradesh police on Friday appealed to the members of a newly-floated armed group to return to the mainstream, assuring that no legal action will be taken against them if they do so on their own accord.