Conservative MPs have "never worked harder", the chancellor has claimed following accusations Rishi Sunak is presiding over a "zombie parliament". The average length of a Commons sitting day has been shorter this parliamentary session than any other in the past 25 years, according to analysis by the Financial Times. Politics …...Read More
Tory MPs have 'never worked harder', says Jeremy Hunt after 'zombie parliament' accusations
James Heappey's resignation comes amid growing concern about UK's ability to fight at a time of increasing threats
A decision by James Heappey to leave his role as armed forces minister means the military will lose a useful advocate who had been pushing for more defence spending from the inside. The MP for Wells in Somerset and former army officer was also the most experienced member of the …...Read More
Civil Supplies department to get additional revenue of ₹1,110 crore through sale of damaged paddy
March 15, 2024 06:54 pm | Updated 06:54 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Civil Supplies department is learnt to have earned additional revenue of ₹1,110.5 crore through sale of paddy that suffered damages due to untimely rains last year. In response to the tenders invited by the Corporation, bidders quoted …...Read More
Pinarayi to lead anti-CAA rallies across Kerala
March 15, 2024 06:51 pm | Updated 06:51 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan on Friday said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would lead mammoth rallies across Kerala to muster public opinion against the Centre’s move to implement the “patently anti-Muslim” Citizenship …...Read More
Ban on ferocious dog breeds disheartens pet entrepreneurs in Malabar
March 15, 2024 06:50 pm | Updated 06:50 pm IST - Kozhikode The ban imposed by the Central government on the import, sale and breeding of 23 specific dog breeds, including the popular Rottweiler, Cane Corso, Akita, Bulldog and Pitbull, has left high and dry more than 100 passionate entrepreneurs …...Read More
₹5-crore project launched to develop Pudukulam tank in Pudukottai
March 15, 2024 06:49 pm | Updated 07:12 pm IST - PUDUKOTTAI The 13.60-hectare Pudukulam in Pudukottai municipal limits is to be developed at a cost of ₹5 crore. A host of works are to be taken up in Pudukulam, which includes desilting and deepening, improvement of bund strengthening, improvement …...Read More
PM Modi roadshow in Coimbatore | Madras High Court waves green flag
March 15, 2024 06:47 pm | Updated 06:51 pm IST - CHENNAI The Madras High Court on March 15 directed the Coimbatore city police to grant permission for a road show by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 18. Justice N Anand Venkatesh set aside an order passed by Assistant …...Read More
Tiruchi Corporation drills deep borewells on Cauvery bed to augment water supply
March 15, 2024 06:45 pm | Updated 06:46 pm IST - TIRUCHI With a long summer ahead and the yield from the city’s main water sources dwindling, the Tiruchi City Corporation is gearing to meet the requirements over the next three or four months by sinking six additional deep borewells …...Read More
Driver of school bus that crashed on M53 in the Wirral died of natural causes, says coroner
The driver of a school bus that crashed on the M53 in the Wirral died of natural causes, a coroner has said. Stephen Shrimpton, 40, was killed on the northbound carriageway on 29 September last year as he was taking children to West Kirby and Calday Grange grammar schools. Jessica …...Read More
Four new species of spiders discovered from the Western Ghats
March 15, 2024 06:44 pm | Updated 06:44 pm IST - Thrissur A study of researchers from the Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology (CATE) affiliated to the Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, has discovered four new species of spiders from the Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu …...Read More
