ONGC puts seismic survey in Eastern Offshore block in Krishna Godavari basin on hold

March 11, 2024 09:07 pm | Updated 09:08 pm IST - KAKINADA The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has put on hold a seismic survey, scheduled to be carried out between the first week of March and July 2024, in the Krishna-Godavari-DWN-98/2 block (Cluster-II), 65 km off Kakinada coast …...Read More

Open schooling system offers flexibility for children, say practitioners

March 11, 2024 09:06 pm | Updated 09:06 pm IST - CHENNAI Four students who dropped out of mainstream schooling and completed their education through the National Institute of Open Schooling have since graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. One of them was a first-generation learner. They were …...Read More

France’s Mane Group expanding presence in Telangana with ₹200 crore plant

March 11, 2024 09:04 pm | Updated 09:17 pm IST - HYDERABAD French fragrance and flavours major Mane is setting up a manufacturing plant dedicated to savoury and snacks flavours near Hyderabad with an investment of ₹200 crore. The investment is towards developing a world-class facility equipped with cutting-edge technology …...Read More

Ganja smuggled from Odisha seized from three men in Hyderabad

March 11, 2024 09:00 pm | Updated 09:00 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Madhapur police, along with the Special Operations Teams (SOT) of Cyberabad, seized 3.4 kg of marijuana from three people following searches at two places. In the first case, 1.9 kg of the contraband was seized from Gagan …...Read More

ED provisionally attaches ₹10.29 crore of Trinamool Congress in Alchemist Group case

March 11, 2024 08:58 pm | Updated 09:12 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 11 said it has provisionally attached ₹10.29 crore of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in the form of a demand draft in the alleged money laundering case, involving Alchemist Group …...Read More

Ramadan begins, Muslims in Kerala to fast from dawn to sunset from March 12

March 11, 2024 08:49 pm | Updated 09:17 pm IST - MALAPPURAM Muslims in Kerala will fast from dawn to sunset beginning Tuesday as the Ramadan newmoon was sighted at some places, including Ponnani, on Monday evening. Major Kazis (Islamic legal scholars) confirmed the sighting of the Ramzan crescent. The …...Read More

Six police personnel dismissed from services for corruption in Anantapur

March 11, 2024 08:47 pm | Updated 08:47 pm IST - ANANTAPUR Anantapur Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan on March 11 (Monday) dismissed six police personnel including a head constable, four constables, and a junior assistant working in the district police office from their services. In 2019, a head constable …...Read More

Kattappana twin murder: accused retracts statement on newborn’s burial

March 11, 2024 08:46 pm | Updated 08:46 pm IST - IDUKKI The investigation in the Kattappana twin murder case hit a barrier on Monday after Nitheesh, the primary suspect, altered his statement, prompting a temporary suspension of the police search for the newborn’s remains. Nitheesh, 31, retracted his earlier …...Read More

Five linked to gaur poaching near Kattery Dam in the Nilgiris apprehended

March 11, 2024 08:44 pm | Updated 08:45 pm IST - UDHAGAMANDALAM The Nilgiris forest division has arrested the main accused in the poaching of a gaur in the Kundah forest range in October, 2023. The gaur was shot and killed by a gang using a firearm near Kattery Dam …...Read More

Board exams for Classes 5, 8 and 9 students begin

March 11, 2024 08:43 pm | Updated 09:48 pm IST - Bengaluru The Summative Assessment-2 (board exam) for students of classes 5, 8, and 9 began across the State on Monday. Around 28 lakh students from 69,137 government, aided and unaided schools of State curriculum wrote the exams. On the …...Read More