Chennai: Tamil Nadu has urged the Centre to develop an eight-lane, 700km Chennai-Kanyakumari corridor by widening the East Coast Road (ECR) — which has already been partially expanded into a four-way by the NHAI and State Highways. The project is expected to ease mounting traffic congestion and cut travel time by up to 40%.NHAI officials…
New Delhi: Delhi Police Sunday clarified that no permission was either sought or given to the Cockroach Janta Party protesters regarding their proposed March to the Parliament Monday.A multi-layer security cordon, including paramilitary and outside reserve forces, has been put in place in the wake of the commencement of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament…
Madurai recorded nearly 19,000 dog-bite cases last year, with attacks continuing to be reported from Villapuram, Anuppanadi, Jaihindpuram and other parts of the city. Madurai: A suspected rabid stray dog bit 45 people as it ran from Arapalayam towards the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on Saturday, triggering panic among residents and tourists in the crowded temple…
TVK MINISTER RAJMOHAN INSPECTS MALADIPATTI ARCHELOGICAL EXCAVATION SITE NEAR KARIVALAMVANDANALLUR IN TENKASI DISTRICT Madurai: The TVK govt will continue efforts to secure the release of archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna’s Keeladi excavation report and expand archaeological research across the state, school education minister Rajmohan said after inspecting the Keeladi museum on Sunday.He told reporters that the govt…
Jan Suraaj candidate Prashant Kishor campaigns for the Bankipur bypoll, in Patna on Sunday Patna: Jan Suraaj candidate for the Bankipur byelection, Prashant Kishor, on Sunday stepped up his campaign, describing the contest as an opportunity for people to defeat the BJP.Claiming that public sentiment was turning against the saffron party, Prashant alleged that the…
Morigaon: People carrying their belongings cross a flood-affected area on a boat, in Morigaon district, Assam. (PTI Photo) Morigaon: People carrying their belongings cross a flood-affected area on a boat, in Morigaon district, Assam. (PTI Photo) Morigaon: People carrying their belongings cross a flood-affected area on a boat, in Morigaon district, Assam. (PTI Photo) Morigaon:…
Karnataka high court High Court of Karnataka in Bangalore on Saturday. Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has held that if a person dies while riding a borrowed vehicle in an accident caused by his own negligence, he is treated as stepping into the shoes of the vehicle owner and, as the tortfeasor (wrongdoer), is entitled only…
Nitish Kumar at a school function Patna: JD(U) national president and former chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday inaugurated the foundation day-cum-annual alumni meet of Shaheed Rajendra Prasad Singh Rajkiya Uchch Madhyamik Vidyalaya, earlier known as Patna High School, at Gardanibagh by lighting the ceremonial lamp.Nitish also released the school’s souvenir and offered floral tributes…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk in a file photo Thrissur: A group of activists from Kerala on Sunday expressed solidarity with the ongoing agitation led by Sonam Wangchuk and the student community, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the wake of the alleged irregularities in the NEET examinations.In a joint statement, they alleged…
Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre being produced in court after his surrender Kalyan: A day after Bombay HC suo motu stayed the bail granted to him by a local court over the recent attack on doctors and nurses of a Dombivli civic hospital, Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre surrendered before police on Sunday. A Kalyan…