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General Education Minister N. Samsudheen Keralam General Education Minister N. Samsudheen’s recent statement that the physical education teacher-student ratio in the State’s schools has been cut from 1:500 to 1:300 is unlikely to make any difference in the present scenario, as a large majority of institutions do not even have these posts. According to sources,…
The new HMT Kannadiga watches, which will be launched on Sunday. In what comes as music to the ears of watch aficionados, Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) will unveil a new collection of watches named “HMT Kannadiga” on the occasion of the 71st Kannada Rajyotsava. These watches have Kannada numericals, a Gandabherunda emblem, a yellow-red Kannada…
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Hotel Conrad, a five-star hotel in central Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A holiday in India turned tragic for a Slovakian couple, as the man ended up being electrocuted to death in a swimming pool at Hotel Conrad, a five-star hotel in central Bengaluru, hours after they checked into the hotel on October 30,…
Devotees of the Sri Muthukumaraswamy Temple, popularly known as Kandhakottam in Rattan Bazaar in Park Town, are worried about the conduct of the Kandasashthi festival this year. “Usually, tickets for the Laksharcharnai during the annual festival are sold just after Vijayadasami. Till date, the administration has not started selling tickets. Every year around 35,000 tickets…
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Dignitaries at the national conference. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research organised ‘Insights 2026’, a national nursing conference on qualitative research, with over 600 participants from 25 states and online attendees from more than 12 countries. R. Shankar Shanmugam, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council, inaugurated the…
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The police are searching for a POCSO case accused, a 61-year-old autorickshaw driver, after he went missing from a hospital in Periyar Nagar, where he was undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in an assault. The autorickshaw driver was accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl while driving her to school in his vehicle. He sustained…
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Two persons, including a farmer, were arrested for possession of two country made guns and crude bombs near Pallikonda and Pernambut towns in Vellore on Saturday. Forest officials identified the arrested persons as U. Chandru, 21, a tribal from Irular community, and G. Srinivasan, 39, a farmer. Initial inquiry revealed that Srinivasan has been cultivating…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference on October 31, 2026, in Atlanta. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday (October 31, 2026) that Washington was not directly involved in Flavio Bolsonaro’s arrangements to leave Brazil after his election loss. Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost his bid…
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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chennai Zonal Office-II, has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximately ₹85.19 crore in the investigation against M/s Dream Makers Global Private Limited (DMGPL) and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The investigation was initiated based on an FIR registered by the Economic Offences Wing…
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Supporters of Serbia’s student-led movement attending the final campaign rally of the student-backed election list in central Belgrade on October 22, 2026, ahead of the country’s snap parliamentary elections on October 25. | Photo Credit: AFP On November 1, 2024, the concrete canopy of the Novi Sad Railway station in Serbia came crashing down, killing…