The arrest of a few Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) employees on Thursday night by the police left thousands of Namma Metro commuters stranded on Friday as employees went on a flash strike and refused to begin operations. Namma Metro, which normally starts at 5 AM on both lines, did not open its shutters to the public and all […]
» Read moreFour members from three generations of the same family were killed and two others injured when a fire broke out at their residence in Seemapuri, New Delhi, on Friday. The deceased include a 63-year-old man, his son and two grandchildren. The accident happened in Dilshad Colony around 3AM. Prima facie, the fire started at the ground floor of the multi-storey […]
» Read moreEight fishermen of Pudukottai district were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing in the mid-sea near ‘Neduntheevu’ in the late hours on Thursday. While five fishermen hailed from Jagadapattinam coastal village, the remaining three were from Kottaipattinam coastal village.
» Read moreTata Motors on Wednesday announced a reduction in price of its passenger vehicles by up to ₹ 2.17 lakh, making available the GST benefit to its customers. “Following the rollout of GST, we have decided to pass on the entire benefit to our customers. We are offering a price reduction of up to 12 per cent ranging between Rs 3,300 […]
» Read moreThe State government on Tuesday announced the reconstitution of a high-level committee headed by School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan that had been set up to oversee educational reforms and quality of education imparted to students in the State. New members have been added to this panel. A new T.N. Curriculum Framework Committee headed by M. Anandakrishnan, former Vice-Chancellor of Anna […]
» Read moreThe prosecution on Tuesday sought life sentence for Abu Salem and Riyaz Siddiqui, two convicts in the 1993 blasts case that killed 257 people and injured 713. Special public prosecutor Deepak Salvi informed the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, that Salem was extradited from Portugal and under Section 34C (provision of life imprisonment for death penalty) of The Extradition […]
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