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The State government is spending around ₹2,000 crore on developing temples along the Godavari and riverbank areas ahead of the Godavari Pushkaralu scheduled for next year, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said on Sunday. He said ₹276 crore had been allocated for the development of Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple at Bhadrachalam and ₹354 crore…
A history sheeter and three others were arrested by the police in Thanjavur on Saturday on charges of robbing a person of a motorcycle by brandishing weapons recently. A police press release said motorcycle-borne persons brandishing weapons at Sudharshan at Pattukottai bypass in Thanjavur on October 9 and took away his motorcycle. The Thanjavur Taluk police…
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T.T.V. Dhinakaran | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK AMMK founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Sunday criticised the TVK-led government over water stagnation in various parts of Chennai, after heavy rain pounded the city on Saturday night. He said that commuters faced hardships, as many roads were water-logged. Mr. Dhinakaran charged that precautionary measures were not undertaken even…
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Across leading cancer journals, clusters of interconnected papers bearing the hallmarks of paper mill products accumulate far more citations than other papers despite having fewer readers, the authors wrote |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: Getty Images An analysis of 33,159 cancer journal articles revealed tell-tale patterns of fake citation numbers across 4,000…
Traders attribute the recent increase in prices of flowers to weather conditions affecting crop yields in Hosur, Mecheri, and Thoppur. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The prices of flowers have skyrocketed in Tiruchi market due to sharp rise in demand in view of Ayudha Puja and Saraswati Puja, which is celebrated on Monday and Tuesday…
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A 26-year-old history-sheeter was hacked to death by a 10-member armed gang near Okkur Melamangalam in Sivaganga district on Sunday. The victim, identified as Madan alias Sullan of Pudupatti, was a notorious criminal with 14 criminal cases pending against him. It included a double murder case, when he and his accomplices allegedly killed two brothers,…
The shortage of doctors in India, particularly in rural areas, is well documented. This shortage compounds the suffering of rural communities, where people must suffer not only with disease but also with the struggle to access care. Illness in rural India is therefore not merely a departure from good health. It can push entire families…
Taira Malaney will never forget the female olive ridley sea turtle she encountered one evening while shooting her film, Turtle Walker, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. “She came up and just kept digging and digging and digging. I think she must have done so for nine hours,” remembers the Goa-based writer, director, and producer….
The accused, who hails from Telangana and currently resides in Jammu with her husband, was questioned by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)-rank officer as part of the investigation following the registration of the FIR, they said. File image for representation only. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked the wife…
An aerial view of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. File | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), has promoted more than 1,200 executives across various grades, ending a long wait of nearly seven years, according to confirmed sources. The promotions, spanning from the junior-most…
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