April 13, 2024 12:09 am | Updated 10:52 am IST - Chennai Nearly 75% of the allocated funds to the 39 Members of Parliament (MPs) in Tamil Nadu under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) from 2019 to 2024 (excluding the COVID years) have not been utilised …...Read More
Lok Sabha Elections 2024
Grand National: Renewed safety fears over race - but organisers insist changes have been made
Horse racing carries risk, just like football or F1, a boss at the Aintree course has told Sky News - as Saturday's Grand National faces renewed scrutiny despite changes intended to make it safer. Two horses were put to death after falling at fences at the Merseyside track - Giovinco …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | MVA has done a ‘match-fixing’ deal with BJP, claims Prakash Ambedkar
April 13, 2024 12:02 am | Updated 12:02 am IST - Pune Following the souring of the seat-sharing deal with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar has sharpened his attack against the Opposition parties. On Friday, Mr. Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, …...Read More
In Idukki, all three fronts promise solution to human-wildlife conflicts
April 12, 2024 11:50 pm | Updated 11:51 pm IST - IDUKKI In the sweltering heat, Kootharppallil Babu, a differently abled man, is waiting patiently at his quiet village of Valiapara, near Kumily, to garland Dean Kuriakose, the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate in the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. Despite …...Read More
Kallakurichi Collector inspects counting centre
April 12, 2024 11:50 pm | Updated 11:50 pm IST - KALLAKURICHI District Election Officer and Collector Sravan Kumar Jatavath on Thursday inspected the preparatory arrangements and security-related measures being carried out at the counting centre in Chinnasalem. The Maha Barathi Engineering College in Chinnasalem is the counting centre for …...Read More
Large number of fish found dead in irrigation tank near Tirupattur
April 12, 2024 11:50 pm | Updated 11:50 pm IST - TIRUPATTUR A large number of fish, mostly Jalebi fish, were found dead in the irrigation tank maintained by the Public Works Department (PWD) in Natrampalli town near Tirupattur on Friday. Residents and local fishermen noticed the fish washed up …...Read More
Shah exudes confidence of BJP winning all 80 Lok Sabha seats from U.P.
April 12, 2024 11:43 pm | Updated 11:44 pm IST - LUCKNOW Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that all the 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh will be bagged by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Mr. Shah claimed that earlier there …...Read More
Modi’s comments on food choices are “infantile”, says Congress
April 12, 2024 11:35 pm | Updated 11:35 pm IST - NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on “which leader ate what and in which month” are signs of “panic” and reflect a “sick mindset”, the Congress said on Friday. The principal Opposition party was responding to a comment …...Read More
‘Non-vegetarian food during Navratri’ | PM Modi’s remarks on choice of food infantile, says Congress
April 12, 2024 11:35 pm | Updated April 13, 2024 02:10 am IST - NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on “which leader ate what and in which month” are signs of “panic” and reflect a “sick mindset”, the Congress said on Friday. The principal Opposition party was responding …...Read More
Muriel McKay: 'Boost' for family still searching for grandmother's body after meeting landowner
The family of murdered Muriel McKay say they've been given a boost in their campaign to search the farm where they believe her body is buried. Mrs McKay's grandson Mark Dyer had threatened to sue landowner Ian Marsh for access, but when the two men met on a public footpath …...Read More
