Chief minister C Joseph Vijay and Ku Pa Krishnan CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday appointed Ku Pa Krishnan as chairman of the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB).The chairman post had remained vacant, and the chief minister issued orders appointing Krishnan to head the board for implementing its various welfare schemes…
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Friday demanded the state govt to release a white paper with detailed statistics on Paddy procurement. Denying the claims by chief minister A Revanth Reddy that 80% of the Paddy procurement was completed, he said if the CM prove his claims, he was ready to face any…
Guwahati: Gauhati high court has notified an SOP mandating that all matters listed on Mondays and Fridays be heard preferably through video conferencing, following PM’s austerity call over a week ago. The SOP also encourages car-pooling among judges to conserve fuel and directs that only 50% of staff in each section attend office on alternate…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Pune-based lecturer Manisha Sanjay Havaldar for NEET UG physics paper ‘leak’, news agency PTI reported.Havaldar, employed at Seth Hiralal Saraf Prashala in Pune, has been identified by the Central Bureau of Investigation as another alleged “source” of the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak.“The CBI has identified…
The World Health Organization’s Africa director on Friday warned against underestimating the risk posed by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, saying even a single case could trigger wider transmission beyond the affected countries, Reuters reported.Speaking to Reuters in Geneva, Mohamed Yakub Janabi said it would be “a…
Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri and Dharna Durga star in Maa Behen, a chaotic family drama directed by Suresh Triveni. The trailer shows conflict, crime, and comedy after a sudden death. Ravi Kishan and others join the cast. The film streams on Netflix on June 4. Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri and influencer Dharna Durga are coming…
CBSE has extended the deadline for students to apply for scanned copies of Class 12 answer books after its website faced heavy traffic and technical disruptions. The board said the move was aimed at ensuring that no student misses the opportunity to apply for verification or re-evaluation due to portal-related issues. The Central Board of…
Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday backed the idea of having an Indian Premier League (IPL) team from the state, saying the state government is working in “mission mode” to improve cricket infrastructure and create opportunities for young players.The statement came after businessman Anil Agarwal questioned why Bihar still does not have an IPL…
Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly a thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, the seafloor has been keeping time. Every five to six years, in almost the same locations, at almost the same intensity, a magnitude 6 earthquake strikes with a regularity so precise that scientists reached for the word “clockwork” to describe…
CHENNAI: Former Greater Chennai Corporation commissioner J Kumaragurubaran has been posted as secretary to govt, commercial taxes, registration and religious endowments department, as the Tamil Nadu govt on Friday reshuffled several IAS officers.Kumaragurubaran replaces Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, who has now been posted as commissioner of labour. Dr S Swarna has been redesignated as principal secretary,…
