Travellers from T.N. look for innovative destinations this year

March 31, 2024 12:31 am | Updated 12:31 am IST - CHENNAI With mercury levels beginning to increase, people in Tamil Nadu are exploring newer domestic and international destinations for their travel plans apart from the regular tours to Europe and Australia. Youngsters, especially those working in the IT sector, …...Read More

Zakaat, the Islamic form of charity, frees jail inmates during Ramzan

March 31, 2024 12:26 am | Updated 12:26 am IST - Hyderabad It is in the month of Ramzan that most Muslims busy themselves in calculating zakaat, a prominent manifestation of charity in Islam. Usually given to those in abject poverty, over the past few years, zakaat funds, calculated at …...Read More

Show cause notice issued to 786 polling staff for not attending election training in Vellore, nearby districts

March 31, 2024 12:14 am | Updated 12:14 am IST - VELLORE The election department has issued show-cause notices to 786 polling officials, who are mostly teachers and revenue officials, for not attending the first phase of the election training session that was held on March 24 in Vellore, Ranipet, …...Read More

A test of popularity between two MPs in Kozhikode

March 31, 2024 12:14 am | Updated 12:14 am IST - Kozhikode In the lead-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, when the Congress leadership was scouting for a candidate for the Kozhikode seat, senior leader A.K. Antony, then Union Minister for Defence, backed M.K. Raghavan, then Kerala Pradesh Congress …...Read More

No need of prior sanction to prosecute police officer for offences of tearing court’s order copy, abusing judge: Karnataka High Court

March 31, 2024 12:11 am | Updated 12:11 am IST - Bengaluru The High Court of Karnataka has declined to quash a criminal proceeding initiated against a police inspector for showing disrespect to an order passed by a trial court granting anticipatory bail to an accused, tearing the court’s bail …...Read More

Man held on charge of vandalising memorials in Kannur

March 31, 2024 12:02 am | Updated 12:02 am IST - Kannur The police detained a 55-year-old man, Shaji Anayatt, from Padinjarekkara, Chala, on charge of defacing the final resting places of four prominent Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leaders at Payamabalam in Kannur. According to the Kannur Town …...Read More

Keeping the Jat farmer’s swagger alive, Jayant walks a fine line with the BJP

March 31, 2024 12:01 am | Updated 12:01 am IST - HAPUR With the Bharat Ratna having been officially and posthumously bestowed on former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, his grandson, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh, will share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for …...Read More

Election observers urged to work in tandem with expenditure monitoring cell

March 30, 2024 11:59 pm | Updated 11:59 pm IST - Kozhikode The Central election observers (expenditure) deputed by the Election Commission of India have held multiple rounds of meeting with the district-level officers to take stock of poll related expenditure. In a meeting with Nodal Officers of Enforcement agencies …...Read More

Burglars strike at house of retired government staff in Ranipet

March 30, 2024 11:57 pm | Updated 11:57 pm IST - RANIPET A group of unidentified persons broke into the house of a retired engineer of the Transport Department near Ratnagiri town in Ranipet and stole gold jewellery worth 75 sovereigns, and ₹2 lakh in cashon Saturday. Police said the …...Read More

One person arrested for propagating disinformation on EVM tampering

March 30, 2024 11:54 pm | Updated 11:54 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Kerala Police have arrested one person for circulating fake news alleging attempts to tamper the electronic voting machines (EVMs) prior to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Malappuram native M.V. Sharafudeen was nabbed for propagating false claims on …...Read More