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CHENNAI: Disallowing a Chennai resident from boarding a flight from Moscow to Dubai because his passport had only a single name has proved costly for Gulf Air as a city consumer forum on Wednesday directed the airlines to pay him Rs 1.1 lakh for deficiency in service. The case pertains to a complaint filed by ex-MLA and advocate Nizamudeen, a resident of Vepery, who was scheduled to travel from Moscow to Dubai on Gulf Air on February 9, 2023 for an urgent meeting the next day. At the Moscow ai ...Read More >
CUTTACK: Held under the shadow of the recent communal clashes during Durga Puja immersion procession, the ceremonial farewell for Goddess Kali passed off peacefully with devotion and traditional fanfare. In view of the recent violence, the Commissionerate Police had made elaborate multi-layered security arrangements to ensure a smooth and incident-free immersion ceremony. The entire immersion route was kept under tight surveillance through a network of CCTV cameras. Over 400 police personnel a ...Read More >
KOCHI: The Indian Navy will be celebrating the 'Navy Day 2025' in Thiruvananthapuram for the first time. The mega event to be held on December 4 will feature a grand operational demonstration at the Shankhumukham beach, along the Arabian Sea. While the Southern Naval Command usually holds the event in Kochi, the change in venue is in continuation of the Indian Navy's effort to organise the event at a location other than major Naval stations. "The Navy Day 2024 was hosted at Puri in Odisha, a s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Friday announced the transfer and posting of many senior IPS officers in key areas, including crime, intelligence, vigilance, traffic, and special units. Restoring a unified command structure for traffic management in Delhi after nearly five years, 1994-batch IPS officer Neeraj Thakur has been appointed Special CP (Traffic), says an official notification. While Devesh Chandra Srivastava got additional charge of perception management and media cell division, A ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after the Left government signed an MoU with the Centre on implementing PM SHRI in the state, major differences have cropped up within the LDF, with CPI's open opposition, terming it a breach of coalition ethics. In a clear divide within the Left, the CPI, the second largest constituent in the LDF, lashed out at the CPM and LDF leaderships for keeping CPI ministers in the dark and a lack of collective responsibility in the cabinet. The CPM leadership, meanwhile, chose ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the security situation and operational preparedness of the Indian Army during the Army Commanders' Conference held in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. He also visited forward areas in Tanot and Longewala, where he interacted with troops and praised their commitment to national defence. The Defence Minister witnessed a dynamic capability demonstration showcasing the integration of new combat formations such as the Bhairav Battalion and Ashni Plat ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that more than 11 lakh appointment letters have been issued through Rozgar Melas so far, underscoring the government's continued focus on employment generation. He also announced that 51,000 youth have been given appointment orders confirming their permanency on Diwali day. Addressing the Rozgar Mela via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said that these events have become an important platform for fulfilling the aspirations of young In ...Read More >
PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Bihar Assembly election campaign on Friday from the ancestral village of socialist icon and former chief minister Karpoori Thakur near Samastipur. As the Prime Minister addressed the rally, the Congress took a dig at him, alleging that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Jan Sangh had toppled Thakur's government in 1979 over his reservation policy. Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh raised three questio ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Bihar's Chhath festival, Indian Railways has introduced a unique arrangement of playing popular folk songs dedicated to the Chhath festival at over 100 prominent stations across the country. In the first phase, this initiative has been implemented at 30 different stations, where announcements of train departures or arrivals pause for a while. During these intervals, folk songs sung by well-known singers such as Sharda Sinha, Nitu Kumari Navgeet, Vindyavasni Devi and others a ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, during the Diwali Milan programme in Nagpur, said in a candid chat with the media that there is no vacancy for the Maharashtra CM post till 2029. Fadnavis refuted speculations and rumours that he may be shifted to Delhi and either given the BJP's national president post or a cabinet ministry, as reported in some sections of the media earlier. He clarified that there was no truth in such reports. "I am not going anywhere, but going to stay a ...Read More >
RANCHI: Amid the ongoing tussle between the RJD and JMM over the denial of seats to the latter for the Bihar Assembly polls, Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari has denied any role of the Congress party. Jharkhand's ruling JMM on Monday announced that it would not contest the assembly elections in neighbouring Bihar, claiming that the decision was taken in the wake of a "political conspiracy" by its allies RJD and Congress, which deprived it of seats as part of the Mahagathbandhan. The annou ...Read More >
KURNOOL: Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister Ram Prasad Reddy announced ex-gratia payments of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased from Andhra Pradesh and Rs 2 lakh to each of the injured in the Kurnool bus tragedy. "Our government stands with the bereaved families during this unimaginable loss," he said. The horrific bus accident in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district claimed lives of 19 passengers, including two children, and left 12 others injured, state Home Minister Vangalapudi Anith ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the contentions of Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and his allegations against the BRS, the voluntary retirement of senior IAS officer Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi has left the Revanth Reddy government facing turbulence. The matter took a political turn on Thursday when a letter written by the minister to Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao surfaced on social media. In the letter, the minister reportedly sought disciplinary action against Rizvi for delaying a crucial ten ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Forty-two years after the Nellie Massacre in Assam, the state government has decided to table the Tribhubhan Prasad Tiwari Commission Report in the Assembly in November. An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 Muslims, mostly women and children, were killed in the massacre which took place in 1983 during the height of the Assam Agitation, also known as the anti-foreigners' agitation. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that as copies of the report did not have Tiwary's signature, successive ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the birthplace of socialist icon Karpoori Thakur, the Congress on Friday took a swipe at the PM and asked whether it is not an acknowledged fact that the Jan Sangh brought down Thakur's government in Bihar in April 1979 when the-then CM introduced reservation for OBCs. The opposition party also asked whether it is not a fact that the PM and his "trouble-engine sarkar" in the state did nothing to provide protection to Bihar's 65% reserv ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday demanded accountability after the loss of lives in a bus fire incident in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district, with Rahul Gandhi saying recurrent accidents like these raise serious questions about the safety of public transport systems. A Bengaluru-bound private bus from Hyderabad caught fire in Kurnool district on Friday after colliding with a two-wheeler, leaving 20 people dead, a senior police official said. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the trag ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged voter theft in Aland has written to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, requesting for details such as device ports, IP addresses and OTP trails that were reportedly used for filing 6,018 Form 7 applications for deletion of names from the voters' list of Aland constituency between February 2022 and February 2023. "The SIT is awaiting a reply from the CEO," sources told the TNIE. Even as the SIT is awaiting a response from ...Read More >
KOCHI: A day after her artwork was vandalised at an exhibition in the city, Algerian-French artist Hanan Benammar broke her silence, calling for "urgent reflection on the safety of artists" and condemning what she described as "an act of violence against expression." Her response came even as a local sculptor who admitted to wrecking the piece -- a linocut print titled Go Eat Your Dad -- defended his action, alleging that the Malayalam translation of the text was obscene and "insulted local sens ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: On the fifth day of his visit to Australia on Thursday, Minister for HRD and IT Nara Lokesh secured significant commitments across multiple sectors critical to the development of Andhra Pradesh. The day was marked by high-level meetings with academic leaders at the University of Melbourne and the University of Tasmania (UTAS), a crucial interaction with Victoria's Minister for Tourism and Sports, Steve Dimopoulos, and a strategic discussion with health insurance giant Bupa. In a sig ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: Families of eight fishermen from Vizianagaram district, who were detained by Bangladesh authorities, are anxiously awaiting their safe return. The detained fishermen have been identified as Marupilli Chinna Appanna, M Ramesh, Surada Appalakonda, M Praveen, S Ramu, M Chinna, N Ramana and V Seethaiah. The fishermen were aboard a mechanised fishing vessel (IND-AP-V5-MM-735), owned by Vaddadi Satyanarayana of Relli Veedhi in Visakhapatnam. The fishermen, who set out from Visakhapat ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yathindra's statement that PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi deserved to be the ideological heir of his father who championed the cause of AHINDA (minorities, backward classes and the Dalits) has created ripples within the Congress. It has been interpreted as a counter to RDPR minister and IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge, who has shown signs of championing the AHINDA cause, albeit on ideological ground, taking on RSS. Some Congress sympathisers say Pri ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has instructed all the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of the states and the Union Territories to finalise their preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in their respective states/UTs at the earliest and report back to it, officials said on Thursday. The instructions were passed on to them during a two-day conference of the CEOs here, which concluded on Thursday, and during the course of discussions, the presentations were given by senio ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has successfully tested cloud seeding in Burari, paving the way for the maiden run of artificial rain on October 29. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday that all preparations for the full cloud seeding event, aimed at bringing down pollution level in the city, have been completed and the first instance of this exercise will take place on October 29, if conditions are favourable. Gupta said in a tweet, "Preparations have been completed for the first time ...Read More >
KURNOOL: In a horrific road accident that occurred in the early hours of Friday near Chinnatekuru village on National Highway 44 in Kurnool district, at least 20 passengers were killed and several others sustained critical injuries after a private travel bus was engulfed in flames. The ill-fated bus, operated by Kaveri Travels and bearing registration number DD09 N9490, was en route from Bengaluru to Hyderabad when a two-wheeler reportedly collided with it from behind around 3:30 a.m. near Chin ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala's wetlands, a lifeline for biodiversity and livelihoods, have witnessed a slight decline of 58 hectares between 2019 and 2024, according to a new geospatial study that assessed temporal changes using multi-date satellite data. The study, conducted by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) using Sentinel-2A MSI imagery within a Geographic Information System (GIS) framework, revealed that the total wetland area in Kerala shrunk from 1,52,826 h ...Read More >
For India -- whose dependence on cheaper Russian crude has risen significantly over the past three years -- these two firms account for about 60% of Russian oil supplies The fresh sanctions announced by the United States on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, are expected to raise India's crude oil import bill by around 2%, according to industry experts. Analysts noted that the two companies are among the world's major crude exporters, together supplying around 4 to 5 milli ...Read More >
CHENNAI: It's hard to find context in an ODI bilateral series with no major events scheduled in that format for the next two years. But that's the space both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma exist in right now. Having become one format players for the national team and with the 50-over World Cup remaining an itch both want to scratch for one last time in 2027, every match becomes an event in and of itself. It's why the ongoing three-match 50-over series Down Under may, in hindsight, be known as the ...Read More >
KEDARNATH: The sacred portals of Shri Kedarnath Dham, the eleventh Jyotirlinga, were ceremoniously closed for the winter season on Thursday at 8:30 AM, amid devotional tunes from an Army band and chants of "Jai Baba Kedar." Over 10,000 devotees gathered in the chilling weather to witness the closing ceremony, which marked the end of a successful pilgrimage season. The ancient temple had been decorated with fresh flowers for the occasion. The Panchmukhi Utsav Doli of Baba Kedar began its journe ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: A day before the Rajya Sabha polls for four vacant seats in Jammu and Kashmir, the PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday announced that the party would vote for the National Conference. Talking to reporters, Mehboboa said NC president Farooq Abdullah had spoken to her on the phone a few days back and sought "our votes for RS polls". The polling for four vacant Rajya Sabha seats in J&K would be held on Friday. 88 MLAs of J&K Assembly would cast their votes to ...Read More >
KOCHI: A day after an artwork by Algerian-French artist Hanan Benammar was allegedly torn down at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery, police have launched a probe into what the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi has described as a "blatant act of intolerance." The incident occurred around 7 pm on Wednesday, when P.H. Hochimin, a Kochi-based sculptor, and his associate, Sudhamshu, allegedly entered the gallery, vandalised the artwork, and livestreamed the act on Facebook. The destroyed linocut print, titled ' ...Read More >
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