An awareness programme to mark “World Leprosy Day” was conducted at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital (SMCH) on Thursday. Chennai Collector Rashmi Siddharth Zagade took part in the event. Vijaya Baskar, head of Leprology and Dermatology, SMCH, said in India, the prevalence rate of leprosy is 0.45%, while it was 0.3% in Tamil Nadu. … Read more
The bodies of a 78-year-old man and his 36-year-old daughter were found in a locked apartment under suspicious circumstances. Police identified the deceased as Samuel Sankar, 78, and his daughter Ann Cynthia, 37, both from Vellore. The duo had been residing in Thirumullaivoyal in order that he can get dialysis treatment at a private hospital … Read more
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the city on Friday and attend functions in Muttukadu and Mamallapuram. The city police said an order under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 was promulgated prohibiting use of drones, remote controlled micro-lighted aircrafts, para glider is already in force from January 26 … Read more
A senior citizen has been successfully treated for a severe shoulder injury at Rela Hospital with a balloon implantation. The 65-year-old patient, Rajaprakasam, suffered a rotator cuff tear in his right shoulder after an electric shock. Before the balloon implantation, he had a minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear. Although he tried conservative … Read more
Organ donation by two brain-dead patients’ families helped to save six persons at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre here. The Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu allocated heart valves, two kidneys, pancreas, small bowel and stomach to the hospital. In a span of 24 hours in six operation theatres, as many as 30 doctors and 50 paramedical … Read more
With a little more than a month to go for the release of Valiant, the much-awaited symphony composed by Ilaiyaraaja, the maestro explains to The Hindu how he did not allow any of his identities — an Indian born and raised in a small village in Tamil Nadu, a prolific film composer whose music was … Read more
A delegation of journalists led by office-bearers of the Chennai Press Club met the Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal at his office and sought him to stop harassment of the journalists by the special investigation team (SIT) which is probing the leak of FIR on Anna University sexual assault case. They also sought … Read more
“For most people, to be a journalist is to be a reporter. This is perhaps understandable as reporters are the public faces of a media organisation” | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto I was a student in college when I got my first byline. An editor who was teaching us sports journalism ensured that some of … Read more
Gursharan Kaur casting her vote on Thursday. Ahead of the Assembly poll on February 5, Gursharan Kaur, wife of late former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, cast her vote through the mobile postal ballot facility, an election official said. Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, 91, who served in the Union Cabinet several times … Read more
Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) has issued show cause notices to certain firms located in Thiru Vi KA Industrial Estate, Guindy, alleging that they are using the land for commercial activities, in violation of original terms. As per regulations, the firms can use the allotted land only for industrial activity. We have issued about 100 … Read more
The INDIA bloc managed to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from reaching the majority mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, it went on to lose the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. In the ongoing campaign to the Delhi Assembly elections, the INDIA bloc appears fragmented as certain constituents of the coalition, such … Read more
The Judicial First Class Magistrate court, Chottanikkara, remanded a 25-year-old man who was reportedly accused of attempting to rape and murder a 19-year-old girl in her house at Chottanikkara in 14 days’ judicial custody on Thursday (January 30). Anoop, an accused in multiple cases at Thalayolaparambu and Peerumedu, was arrested from his house at Thalayolaparambu … Read more
Devotees are preforming pujas on Maghi Ganesha Jayanti. | Photo Credit: Mandar Tannu The Bombay High Court on Thursday (January 30, 2025) passed an interim order against idols made of plaster of paris (PoP) and their immersion in waterbodies, and called for strict compliance with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines. Responding to a … Read more
The southwest coast of India has witnessed a steady rise in extreme rainfall events, going up at a rate of 0.23 mm per season. | Photo Credit: file photo India’s southwest coast has seen a steady rise in extreme rainfall events, increasing at a rate of 0.23 mm per season, according to a study by … Read more
The Ernakulam Rural police have arrested two more suspected irregular migrants from Bangladesh, bringing the total number of such migrants detained this month within the rural limits to seven. The arrested are Rubina, 20, and Kulsum Akhtar, 23, of Barisal in Bangladesh. They were nabbed from Kodanad under the ongoing ‘Operation Clean’ campaign. The police … Read more
The INDIA bloc managed to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from reaching the majority mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, it went on to lose the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. In the ongoing campaign to the Delhi Assembly elections, the INDIA bloc appears fragmented as certain constituents of the coalition, such … Read more
The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos), in association with the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), hosted an ocean science workshop on Thursday (January 30). T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, Director, INCOIS, inaugurated the workshop. Kufos Registrar K. Dinesh and Director of Research S. Suresh Kumar spoke. Talks on operational oceanography, internal … Read more
Over 1,000 complaints came up at a hearing held on the delimitation of wards and divisions in 96 local bodies in Ernakulam on Thursday (January 30). The hearing was led by Delimitation Commission Chairman and State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan. The complaints were raised on the basis of a draft notification on delimitation of wards. … Read more
The village got a road after boycotting the 2022 civic polls, but other problems, including the lack of accessible public transport, schools, and hospitals, have not disappeared, say residents. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Katewara, a tiny village in Bawana near the Delhi-Haryana border, was at the centre of media attention in December 2022 … Read more
Veteran activist and peacemaker Tapan Bose. | Photo Credit: x@ANI Veteran activist and peacemaker Tapan Bose, a lifelong campaigner for dialogue in conflict-hit zones such as Kashmir and the Naxal-dominated districts of the country, died at his residence in the capital on Thursday. He was also respected for his courageous stand in the aftermath of … Read more
Anganwadi workers at a protest in Delhi demanding better pay. | Photo Credit: file photo “Humein muft ke paise nahi chahiye, apne haq ke paise chahiye (we don’t want charity, we want money that we deserve),” says Sangeeta Mishra, 45, an anganwadi worker in north-east Delhi’s Sonia Vihar, at the end of her eight-hour shift. Ms. … Read more
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi taking a boat ride on the Yamuna river. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified his attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, saying the former Delhi Chief Minister “lies just like [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi but is probably more cunning and sophisticated than the … Read more
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah addresses an ‘Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade’ book launch event, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (January 30, 2025) questioned leaders of some regional parties in the South regarding their intention to divide the country. “Leaders of some … Read more
The reconstruction of the 829 metre-long Mullaserry canal and related works were included in the third phase of Operation Breakthrough. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO A meeting chaired by Mayor M. Anilkumar and attended by District Collector N.S.K. Umesh took stock of Operation Breakthrough, a project aimed at resolving inundation in Kochi city, and issued … Read more
Representatives of Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) on Thursday alleged that some individuals were trying to destabilise the organisation by targeting B. Unnikrishnan, its general secretary. The federation rallied behind Mr. Unnikrishnan against the backdrop of the allegations raised against him by film producer Sandra Thomas, who had lodged a police complaint accusing the … Read more
KANNUR Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran has confirmed that the animal that triggered panic at Chathirur over the past few days is not a tiger, as previously suspected, but a leopard. Addressing the media following a high-level meeting at the Collectorate here on Thursday, he said that the presence of the leopard was confirmed with the … Read more
The Ernakulam Central police have booked activist Rahul Easwar on charge of insulting the modesty of a woman based on a complaint by an actor. The case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 79 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and Section 67 of the IT Act. … Read more
Belongings of devotees seen lying at the Sangam following a stampede on ‘Mauni Amavasya’, during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. At least 30 people were killed and 60 others suffered injuries after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the early hours of Wednesday. | Photo Credit: PTI … Read more
Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) as they moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region. The rebels advanced toward the center of South Kivu province after taking several towns, including Kalungu, Kanyezire and Mukwinja, … Read more
Baba Siddiqui. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI A special court on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) issued non-bailable warrants against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Lavindersing Bishnoi and two others wanted accused, Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar and Jishan Akhtar, in the NCP leader Baba Siddique’s murder case. The additional sessions judge and the special judge for cases … Read more