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The limits of Thanjavur, Karur, and Kumbakonam Corporations have been provisionally expanded by merging the neighbouring urbanised villages. A Government Order to the effect was passed by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department on Tuesday. The decision was based on the detailed surveys conducted by the respective urban local bodies and the Department of…
Farmers raise slogans as they block the Golden Gate Highway during the farmers’ protest. File | Photo Credit: ANI Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar Thursday (January 2, 2025) said it is in the hands of the Centre on how long their protest will continue as he asserted that there should be no hitch in accepting their…
Paris Paralympics 2024 Bronze medallist Deepthi Jeevanji with her parents, at Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. File | Photo Credit: PTI A para athlete from Telangana, Jeevanji Deepthi, has been selected for Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in sports and games in 2024. Ms. Deepthi won a bronze medal in the women’s 400m T20…
Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (January 2, 2024) accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of letting infiltrators from Bangladesh enter India and charged the BSF with trying to destabilise the State. Ms. Banerjee said she could sense a “blueprint of the Central Government” behind…
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. File | Photo Credit: PTI Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday (January 2, 2025) said the State Government is set to allocate 22 new hydropower projects with a total capacity of 828 MW. The projects, ranging from 6.5 MW to 400 MW, are located across the districts of Kullu,…
Years ago, I made a call to writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, as I had done on a few occasions earlier too, to seek his views on the adaptation of literary works for the screen. It surprised me when he said, “I’m sorry, I’m not competent to talk about films.” After a pause, he reasoned: “I’m…
Members of a rapid response team engaged in burning carcasses of culled birds in Alappuzha. (file) | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY Several months after bird flu (H5N1) hit Central Travancore in Kerala, poultry farmers are still waiting for compensation from the Kerala government. According to data provided by the Animal Husbandry department (AHD), more than…
Damascus, Syria – The fall of the longstanding Assad regime that ruled Syria for more than 50 years became a global turning point in 2024. Syria’s war had faded from the headlines but it resurfaced as a lightning offensive overthrew Bashar al-Assad and restored hope to many in the last month of the year. At…
The Social Justice Forum has urged Telangana government to fulfil its promise of providing 42% reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections. The forum also warned of launching a statewide agitation to press for action to implement the Kamareddy Declaration. Addressing a meeting held in Kacheguda, Hyderabad on Thursday (January 2, 2025), national…
Nimisha Priya. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “Iran will “take up” the case of the Indian nurse Nimisha Priya who has been given a death sentence in Yemen,” a highly placed Iranian official assured, in New Delhi, on Thursday (January 2, 2025.) The case is being tried in Sanaa, the administrative capital of Yemen…
