April 04, 2024 11:43 pm | Updated 11:43 pm IST An elephant with prominent tusks, painted in white, draws the attention of visitors first at the rock art site at Pathimalai in Kumittipathi, a village around 30 km from Coimbatore city. Believed to be around 3,000 years old, these cave …...Read More
The rock paintings at Kumittipathi testify to prehistoric Kongu region
Chalakudy: A keen tussle on the cards in Cong. bastion
April 04, 2024 11:24 pm | Updated 11:24 pm IST - KOCHI An interesting battle is on the cards in the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency that has mostly remained a traditional stronghold of the Congress. The United Democratic Front (UDF) has entrusted sitting MP Benny Behanan with the task of …...Read More
A constituency where farmers call the shots
April 04, 2024 11:21 pm | Updated 11:21 pm IST Alathur gained attention well before the final markings of the electoral battle owing to the early arrival of Minister for Welfare of SC/ST and Backward Classes K. Radhakrishnan. Being the only State Minister in fray in the State, Mr. Radhakrishnan …...Read More
Debates and questions - how MPs from Kerala performed in Parliament
April 04, 2024 11:19 pm | Updated 11:19 pm IST - KOCHI The Members of Parliament (MPs) from Kerala used debates as an effective tool in parliamentary discourse by recording the highest average participation State-wise in the 17th Lok Sabha. The 20 MPs from the State along with their counterparts …...Read More
Telangana DCA busts illegal drug manufacturing
April 04, 2024 11:17 pm | Updated 11:17 pm IST - HYDERABAD Telangana’s Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has searched Ovoid Pharmachem Private Limited at Jeedimetla at Medchal-Malkajgiri district for unauthorised manufacturing of drugs. Officials found 19 drums containing 87 kg of Itraconazole 35% pellets, and 800 kg of Activated Charcoal …...Read More
Man doesn't know if ashes Hull funeral parlour gave him are his wife's
A man has said he does not know if the ashes given to him by a funeral parlour being investigated by police are his wife's. Mike Collinson was with his wife Jean for 50 years before she died back in November. Her family asked Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, based in …...Read More
Fighting forest fires with a plan and community cooperation
April 04, 2024 11:09 pm | Updated 11:10 pm IST Around 1.30 a.m. on March 10, T.M. Chashil Kumar a.k.a Unni Varadam’s mobile phone was unusually busy. As head of a conservation volunteer group, Kaattuthee Prathirodha Sena (force fighting forest fires), Unni was coordinating the movements of his co-volunteers from …...Read More
36 candidates in district submit nomination papers on last day
April 04, 2024 11:05 pm | Updated 11:06 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram Thirty-six candidates in the district submitted their nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday, the last day for filing nominations. Twenty-two candidates filed the nomination papers in the Thiruvananthapuram parliamentary constituency while 14 submitted their nominations …...Read More
Karnataka child rescued from borewell to get a new name
April 04, 2024 11:01 pm | Updated 11:17 pm IST - Belagavi Satwik Mujagond, the child who was rescued from a borewell on April 4, will soon have a new name, Siddhalinga Mrutyunjaya, which literally means Siddhalinga who conquered death. The huge crowd that had gathered around the pit broke …...Read More
Postal ballot process gets underway in Villupuram Parliamentary constituency
April 04, 2024 10:59 pm | Updated 10:59 pm IST - VILLUPURAM The Election Department began the process of home voting / postal ballots to enable the participation of people above 85 years and differently-abled in the April 19 Lok Sabha election. According to District Election Officer and Collector C. …...Read More
