Chennai: The vice-president of Pudukudi village panchayat in Tirunelveli, arrested by Karnataka Police officers on Monday in connection with the 2013 blast near the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, had close connections with subversive elements and sleeper cells of terrorist organisation Al Ummah in Tamil Nadu, investigators revealed on Tuesday. He also supplied them explosives on at least three occasions. […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh is perhaps the first State to have obtained a telecom licence and it can issue phone numbers starting with the ‘797’ series from August this year! It indirectly got the opportunity to start an internet based telephone service ‘without requiring any further registration’ after it obtained permission from the Telecom Ministry for starting its own IPTV — Internet […]
» Read moreTwo-wheeler major India Yamaha Motor today launched a disc brake variant of its scooter, Cygnus Alpha, priced at Rs. 52,556 (ex-showroom Delhi). “The scooter market has witnessed a rapid growth in the last few years and Yamaha has been able to make steady inroads in the segment,” Yamaha Motor India’s Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, Roy Kurian said in a statement. […]
» Read moreTomato prices in most retail markets across the country have doubled to Rs. 80 per kg in last 15 days due to sluggish supply owing to crop damage. Earlier this month, prices of tomato — a key kitchen vegetable — were ruling in the range of Rs. 20-40 per kg, as per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry. Among […]
» Read moreAlleging that there was an attempt to impose Sanskrit with the support of the ruling party at the Centre, DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Monday threatened to launch an anti-Sanskrit protest on the lines of the anti-Hindi agitation. Addressing a gathering at the marriage of the daughter of former minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna, he said those who sought to impose […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh Minister for HRD Ganta Srinivasa Rao reviewing the performances of the schools here on Sunday said that 144 private schools in the district will be closed down for failing to obtain the mandated recognition from the government before reopening date ie., on Monday. The minister expressed displeasure as the schools do not have the required infrastructure such as […]
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