Chennai: In a jolt to AIADMK, supporters of former AIADMK minister C Ve Shanmugam from Villupuram district resigned from AIADMK en masse on Monday, signalling fresh trouble for the party. Shanmugam, however, has not resigned.There was tension at AIADMK headquarters when former Tindivanam MLA P Arjunan visited to submit the resignation letters of the protesting…
Guwahati: Centre is set to launch its biggest security push in Manipur, spearheaded by two units of the CRPF’s elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) — commandos credited with making Bastar a naxal free area — likely before the onset of the monsoon.State home minister Govindas Konthoujam on Friday told the media that “there will…
According to BMC, it has completed about 96% of the overall desilting operations and 64% of the work on Mithi river Mumbai: The rains are just days away and nullah desilting work in zone 5, which includes Kurla, Chunabhatti, Deonar, Anushakti Nagar, Govandi, Mankhurd and Tilak Nagar in Chembur, is nowhere close to completion.The work…
The motorcycle was mangled The victim, Radhakrishna K P Menon The motorcycle was mangled The victim, Radhakrishna K P Menon The motorcycle was mangled Mumbai: An 82-year-old pedestrian headed to meet his granddaughter on Sunday lost his life after a teenage motorcyclist rammed into him on Lokhandwala Back Road in Andheri West. Versova police registered…
US President Donald Trump offered strong praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France, saying India would continue to play a major role on the global stage as long as PM Modi remained in office.Speaking in Évian-les-Bains when asked whether he expected India to play…
Anne Hathaway, best known for her roles in ‘The Princess Diaries’, ‘Les Misérables’, and Christopher Nolan’s newly released ‘The Odyssey’, has lived in some truly remarkable homes over the years. She currently shares her primary residence in Southern California with her husband, jewellery designer Adam Shulman, and their children. Here is a look at the…
MUMBAI: Bombay Bar Association (BBA) and two other bar associations on Wednesday filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before the Bombay high court for its urgent intervention to form a special investigation team (SIT) and to protect Justice (retired) Gautam Patel and his family members in the wake of death threats issued to him and…
TVK chief Vijay meets Governor Rajendra Arlekar, stakes claim to form govt in Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Wednesday met Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to stake claim to form the next government after his two-year-old party emerged as the single largest in the recent assembly elections.In its…
Former DGP Shankar Jiwal (File Photo) CHENNAI: Former Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal resigned as the first chairman of the Tamil Nadu Fire Commission on Wednesday. His resignation came amid a series of departures by retired senior police officers holding key govt positions in the state.Along with Jiwal, three members of the Tamil…
Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: Days after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange ended his ninth hunger strike, the state govt on Friday extended educational benefits available to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to the Maratha community. The benefits of eight welfare and scholarship schemes will be given to the Maratha community from the current academic year.Officials said the schemes, which…
