Chennai: An old two-storey house painted yellow reveals a plaque with the name Kavignar Tamildasan at Pillayar Koil Street in Triplicane. Inside the house, a man clad in a white shirt and trousers is busy taking notes for a campaign speech to be delivered in the evening for DMK at Royapuram.Tamildasan, 72, who has been…
The accused were arrested on Wednesday Ghaziabad: Three people, including a woman, were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 crore from a businessman in Indirapuram. The accused told the victim they were members of the Sundar Bhati gang and threatened to kidnap and kill the victim’s son if he did not…
Gurgaon: A 60-year-old truck driver died after battling injuries for 11 days following a head-on collision between two heavy vehicles in Bilaspur.Shiv Mohan, a resident of Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, succumbed to injuries on April 12 after the accident near the Mitsuba company area on April 1. He was employed as a driver with a…
Chennai: A city-based NGO has moved the Madras high court seeking direction to the ECI to introduce an audio-enabled VVPAT system in all the polling stations for the forthcoming assembly election in Tamil Nadu.Refusing to entertain the plea moved by Nethrodaya, a public charitable trust working for the welfare of blind persons, the first bench…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board is exploring options to secure additional water from Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to tide over any possible shortage in summer, when demand will surge.The board is considering compensation — either monetary or through infrastructure support—to ensure uninterrupted supply.DJB has approached Haryana and Himachal Pradesh with a request for supply of…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said “no one happier” than her after the Supreme Court allowed those, whose names were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) but restored by appellate tribunals, to vote in the Bengal polls.“Congratulations to everyone. I received the good news just after boarding the helicopter from Dinhata. I was…
New Delhi: Following a series of bomb threats and a recent security breach at Delhi Assembly, the security cover for speaker Vijender Gupta has been upgraded to the Z category. Several measures are being planned to upgrade the security of the assembly complex too.“In coordination with security agencies, the Delhi Assembly premises is undergoing a…
NEW DELHI: Two separate incidents of fires in residential buildings were reported from different parts of the city, with timely rescues preventing casualties.In the first incident, five people, including a baby and two elderly women, were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) after a fire broke out at a residential building in northwest Delhi’s…
CHENNAI: TVK president Joseph Vijay joined the populist bandwagon of Dravidian majors, announcing a slew of freebies in the party’s election manifesto, ranging from 2,500 monthly dole for women to 25 lakh health insurance coverage for families. Most of the promises targeted youth and women. Vijay told party workers that he would visit Perambur and…
UAE traffic rules every driver must know to avoid licence suspension or cancellation / Image: File The UAE’s Federal Decree-Law No. 14 of 2024 on Traffic Regulation, enforced by the Ministry of Interior and local traffic authorities, lays down clear legal rules for suspending, cancelling, or denying the renewal of a driving licence. The law…
