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A former mayor allied with presidential candidate Abelardo de La Espriella was shot dead in Colombia’s heartland, local authorities said Saturday (May 17, 2026). One of his aides was also killed. The killings of Rogers Devia and his staffer Eder Cardona were the latest incident of political violence in a region under dispute by two…
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Wreckage is seen at the TMC office following the West Bengal Assembly election result. File | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress teams visited several areas of West Bengal to take stock of complaints related to post-poll violence and alleged election manipulations. TMC leadership claimed that at least 10 of their workers were “brutally murdered” after the election results. Three…
Schools that are part of The Hindu’s Newspaper in Education (NiE) programme have posted strong performances in the recently announced CBSE class 12 examination results. National Public School, Rajajinagar: A total of 68 students appeared for the examination, of whom 50 secured distinction. Students also recorded two centums. Shankara Panch emerged as the topper with 96.4%, followed by Vrishank…
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed Madurai Corporation in coordination with Water Resources Department to lay pipelines to bring fresh water to Koodal Azhagar Perumal Temple tank and restore the water channel. A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman was informed by Madurai Corporation that the authorities…
Dairy farmers have urged the new government to increase the selling price of Aavin milk and pass on the hike to them as procurement price. This follows the recent move by Amul and Mother Dairy to increase milk prices by ₹2 per litre. Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare Association general secretary M.G. Rajendran said the…
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker and Thousand Lights MLA J.C.D. Prabhakar on Saturday inspected civic conditions in the M.K. Radha Nagar area and said sewage stagnation and drainage issues raised by residents would be addressed within 15 days. He added that stringent action would be taken to curb alleged sales of narcotics in parts of the…
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Amid peak summer and drying borewells in some localities, Avadi residents have urged the municipal corporation to provide additional drinking water supply. The civic body plans to strengthen pipeline infrastructure in rapidly urbanising areas. Currently, bulk supply from Chennai Metrowater and groundwater pumped from borewells are major sources of drinking water supply. Pointing out that…
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The Ashok Nagar police arrested a man on charges of supplying ganja through his minor son. The accused, identified as Ramesh, was remanded in judicial custody, and the boy was sent to the Government Observation Home in Kellys. The police said the case came to light after officers received a tip-off about ganja being sold…
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The Velachery police arrested Vignesh Kumar, 27, for stealing ₹25 lakh from a cash van used to replenish ATMs of private banks. The accused was employed as a driver by Hitech Cash Management, a private cash logistics firm in Velachery. The police said the incident came to light during a routine audit conducted by the…
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Mallika Mohandas, chairman, MIOT International, along with the Mauritius national who was treated. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ A 46-year-old Mauritius national was treated for a rare and potentially catastrophic case of a foreign body stuck in the right side of her neck by MIOT International, Chennai. The patient, who ate a burger on…
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