Edappadi K Palaniswami (File Photo) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami dismisses the importance of Vijay’s TVK in this election, calling it a direct fight between his party and DMK. In an interview with Julie Mariappan , the former chief minister charges DMK leaders with prioritizing their family interests over public interest. ■ How confident…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt’s proposal to offer free travel on MMTS trains, by compensating South Central Railway (SCR) with around 10 crore per year, may run into a hurdle as the state owes nearly 500 crore in pending dues.Long-standing duesResponding to the proposal, SCR has formally asked the state to clear long-standing payments tied to the…
Kolkata: The fourth edition of Poila Baisakh Bird Count ended on Sunday with participants, according to preliminary reports, recording 400+ species during the three-day exercise that started on April 17. In 2024 and 2025, the species count stood at 544 and 523, respectively.The 410 initial checklists are also fewer compared to 775 recorded last year,…
Varanasi: He had struggled hard to arrange LPG cylinders by borrowing from his relatives and friends to meet the fuel requirements for the wedding ceremony at his home. However, Ratan Patel suffered a severe blow when two refills were stolen by thieves from his house in Nasirpur area under Chitaipur police station on Saturday night.“We…
Lucknow: Utkarsh is the Uttar Pradesh state topper in the second session of JEE Main examination, a national-level engineering test, results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday.Utkarsh scored 99.9 percentile (also read as NTA score) and stood as state topper in JEE Main’s first session held in January.As many…
Massive fire at the Pachpadra refinery has temporarily shut down its Crude Distillation Unit (CDU). JAISALMER: Following the massive fire that broke out on Monday afternoon at the Pachpadra refinery in Balotra district, the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) has been temporarily shut down. Repair work on the unit will begin only after investigations by multiple…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday submitted a breach of privilege notice in Parliament against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address to the nation after his 131st Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed to pass in the Lok Sabha.Calling it a “blatant abuse of power”, the MP from Alappuzha said that the address…
Nearly a year after the devastating Air India Flight 171 crash claimed the lives of his wife and two-year-old daughter, a 28-year-old Indian-origin man is now fighting a fresh battle — to remain in the United Kingdom.Mohammadmiya Sethwala, originally from Gujarat’s Vadodara, was informed by the UK Home Office on April 9 that his application…
NEW DELHI: Amidst the conflict in West Asia, output in India’s eight core infrastructure industries contracted 0.4% in March, the first since last Oct, as four of the sectors registered a decline in production during the month, latest official data released Monday showed. Fertiliser output (-24.6%) saw the steepest contraction in March as plants went…
The Aditya Dhar directorial ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’ continues to rewrite history at the global box office. As it enters its fifth week, the high-octane spy thriller starring Ranveer Singh has breached monumental domestic records. After a month of unprecedented dominance, the film is now eyeing the lifetime collections of the Allu Arjun starrer ‘Pushpa…
