April 16, 2024 01:06 am | Updated 01:06 am IST - CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Monday wondered how former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das can seek exemption from surrendering despite a trial court as well as an appellate court having found him guilty of making …...Read More
How can you seek exemption from surrendering? Madras HC asks former special DGP Rajesh Das
Kerala woman among 17 Indians in cargo ship seized by Iran
April 16, 2024 01:04 am | Updated 01:04 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram There is a woman from Kerala among the 17 Indians who are onboard an Israel-linked cargo ship seized by Iran in the Gulf region, her family said on Monday. The family of the woman, Antessa Joseph, said in …...Read More
Former Minister Indira Kumari is no more
April 16, 2024 01:00 am | Updated 01:01 am IST - Chennai R. Indira Kumari, who was a minister in the cabinet of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa between 1991 and 1996, died in Chennai on Monday. She underwent a bypass surgery in a private hospital, but succumbed to a cardiac …...Read More
Dozens of rape and murder convictions to undergo fresh DNA testing to identify miscarriages of justice
Dozens of rape and murder convictions from before 2016 will undergo fresh DNA testing to identify potential miscarriages of justice. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has re-examined nearly 5,500 cases that it previously rejected in the light of improvement in DNA analysis techniques. Its initial trawl last summer found …...Read More
Palaniswami takes a dig at Annamalai; questions his fate after June 4
April 16, 2024 12:35 am | Updated 12:35 am IST - CHENNAI Taking a swipe at BJP State president K. Annamalai, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday wondered if the former would continue in his post after June 4, the day of counting of votes polled for the …...Read More
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial: Couple's newborn baby 'did not stand a chance', court hears
A newborn baby girl who died after being taken to live in a tent in wintry conditions would still be alive if it was not for her parents' actions, according to prosecutors. Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are accused of several charges, including manslaughter by gross …...Read More
The Next-Gen steps up in Jammu and Kashmir
April 16, 2024 12:33 am | Updated 12:33 am IST This is an election of many firsts in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). It is the first parliamentary election after the State of J&K was bifurcated into the two Union Territories, and its special constitutional status scrapped, on August 5, 2019. …...Read More
‘Only 233 MT paddy procured as of April 14 last year as against 2,69,699 MT so far this year: Uttam
April 16, 2024 12:06 am | Updated 12:07 am IST - HYDERABAD Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said the paddy procured this year compared to the previous year was much higher and released the comparative figures through a powerpoint presentation. Giving a comparative statement on paddy procurement this …...Read More
Why is CM not asking for water from Karnataka to meet drinking needs, asks BRS leader
April 16, 2024 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST - HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Gadwal Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ended his ‘Jala deeksha’ protest taken up along with other leaders of the party demanding that the State government get 5 tmcft of water from Narayanpur dam …...Read More
BRS leader asks Ranjith Reddy to reveal ‘deal’ with Congress
April 16, 2024 12:03 am | Updated 12:03 am IST - HYDERABAD Two-time former MLA of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) A. Jeevan Reddy has alleged that Chevella MP G. Ranjith Reddy, who defected from BRS to Congress last month, has joined the Congress following his blackmailing by the ruling …...Read More
