CHENNAI: The 17th Tamil Nadu assembly is set to reflect a greater demographic diversity with 25 people from minority communities, 50 from SC/ST communities, 23 women and two brahmins representatives entering the House. And, TVK has been the catalyst in breaking caste and religious barriers. The party fielded dalit candidates in eight general constituences and…
Kritika Kamra, fresh from her wedding with Gaurav Kapur, is already back on set and gearing up for her series ‘Matka King’. she calls her marriage a natural next step with Gaurav, shares how emotional the day was, and reveals that they both prioritised work and returned to commitments soon after tying the knot. Kritika…
times news networkLucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that opposition parties, especially the Congress and Samajwadi Party, missed a historic opportunity given to them by PM Narendra Modi to shed their anti-women image.The opposition obstructed the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament and exposed its undemocratic and anti-women character, the CM…
UK weather forecast: Super El Nino could bring freezing winters and global heat surge Later in 2026, climate experts predict changes in worldwide weather once El Nino takes hold. Global temps may climb, according to projections. The UK could face sharper cold snaps during winter months instead. Regional effects will differ, but warming trends appear…
Ganesanathan Geathiswaran, deputy high commissioner of Sri Lanka to Southern India, called on chief minister DK Shivakumar at his office in Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday Bengaluru: Barely a week into his tenure as chief minister, DK Shivakumar has made headlines not only for policy decisions but also for a string of highly visible religious engagements…
HYDERABAD: India won the 1971 Indo-Pak war, but Hyderabad-based 70-year-old war veteran P Seetaramaraju, who actively participated in the conflict, has been continuously fighting a battle with his own system to obtain a free house site promised to war widows, disabled personnel, and ex-servicemen. After being severely injured in the war, he was medically boarded…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has convened a ‘Panthic Conference’ to deliberate on provisions of the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026 — a legislation that the Punjab govt says seeks to strengthen anti-sacrilege laws, but which has drawn criticism from several Sikh bodies.Talking to media here on…
Ajeetesh Sandhu plays a bogey-free 3-under 70 in the second round to be the top Indian in the mix in Rabat, Morocco Ajeetesh Sandhu Indian golfers Ajeetesh Sandhu, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Karandeep Kochhar made the cut at the halfway stage of the US$2 million International Series Morocco presented by Visit Morocco at the Royal Golf…
To accelerate the high-speed rail projects in the state, the Railways informed the govt to provide 93-km land for the Hyderabad-Pune-Mumbai high-speed rail route and 123 kms of land for Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Hyderabad-Chennai corridors. The railway authorities said the detailed project reports (DPRs) have been prepared for the high-speed railway projects in Telangana. Hyderabad: To…
TNNPanaji: The functioning of the North Goa district hospital, Mapusa, was affected for nearly four hours on Monday due to power failure after a short circuit in the low-tension (LT) electrical panel near the diesel generator. After emergency repairs, power was restored at around 8.30 pm.While the hospital’s ICU remained unaffected, several other sections of…
