SC rejects plea for making Hindi compulsory in Schools
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, the states and union territories to make Hindi compulsory for students of class I-VIII across the...
View ArticleNo meddling in Kashmir: China
BEIJING: China on Thursday said it won't meddle in the Kashmir row between India and Pakistan, calling it a bilateral dispute, days after a commentary in a daily indicated that Beijing is ready to...
View Article23-year-old IAF man shoots himself dead
CHENNAI: A 23-year-old airman attached to the Indian Air Force base at Tambaram here shot himself dead on Wednesday night.Police said Kabir Singh, a native of Uttar Pradesh, was on security duty when...
View ArticleModi hails 'historic' South Asia Satellite launch
NEW DELHI: Hailing as historic Indias successful launch of the South Asia Satellite, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it will open up new horizons of engagement and greatly benefit South...
View ArticleJustice done in Nirbhaya case: Congress
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday said that justice has finally been done in the Nirbhaya gang rape case with the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence of all four convicts.It also urged the...
View ArticleOdisha hikes pension for freedom fighters
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Friday increased the monthly pension of freedom fighters.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik decided to implement the hike with retrospective effect from April 2017,...
View Article2.2 crore LPG connections given to BPL women
NEW DELHI: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said over two crore LPG connections have been provided to women below the poverty line (BPL) under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana...
View ArticleNirbhaya's mother demands dedicated, fast-track courts for sexual assault cases
NEW DELHI: The mother of Nirbhaya on Friday demanded that dedicated, separate courts should be set up in the country for speedy trial of cases involving sexual assaults on women, as the apex court...
View ArticleN. Korea: US, South plotting to kill Kim Jong-un
WASHINGTON: North Korea on Friday accused the US and South Korea of attempting to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-un with a "bio-chemical substance".In a report, North Korean state news agency KCNA...
View ArticleDon't blame us for meet cancellation in India: China
BEIJING: China on Friday said it cannot be blamed for the cancellation of a tripartite meet between the Foreign Ministers of India, China and Russia after Beijing reportedly refused to take part in the...
View ArticleChina opposes US sanctions on N.Korea
BEIJING: China on Friday opposed unilateral sanctions on North Korea by Washington, a day after the US House of Representatives approved a law granting more power to the executive to take such a...
View ArticleSix persons die as bus hits stationary truck in TN
CHENNAI: Six people, including a woman and a 14-year-old boy, died when a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus they were travelling in hit a stationary truck near Dindigul on Monday...
View ArticleEmmanuel Macron wins French presidency
PARIS: Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron was declared victory after he won 20.7 million votes, firmly beating Marine Le Pen, who took about 10.6 million in the French Presidential elections’ crucial...
View ArticleModi congratulates Macron on victory
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron after he was declared winner in the French Presidential election runoff."I look forward to working...
View ArticleFour die in Chennai apartment fire
CHENNAI: Four persons, including two minors, were suffocated to death due to fumes in an apartment fire here on Monday, police said.Five others, who sustained injuries, were hospitalised and their...
View Articleசென்னை அடுக்குமாடி குடியிருப்பில் தீ விபத்து: 4 பேர் பலி
சென்னை:சென்னை வடபழனி சிவன் கோவில் தெருவில் உள்ள அடுக்குமாடி குடியிருப்பு ஒன்றில் இன்று அதிகாலை 4.45 மணிக்கு தீ விபத்து ஏற்பட்டது, இந்த தீவிபத்தில் அடுக்கு மாடி குடியிருப்பில் வசித்து வந்த ஒரே...
View Articleகோக-கோலா இந்தியாவின் புதிய தலைவர்
தமிழகத்தைச் சேர்ந்த டி.கிருஷ்ணகுமார் கோக-கோலா இந்தியாவின் தலைவராக நியமனம் வெங்கடேஷ் கினி விலகல் கோக-கோலா இந்தியா நிறுவனம் தலைமைப் பொறுப்பில் முக்கிய மாற்றத்தைச் செய்துள்ளது. கோக-கோலா இந்தியா மற்றும்...
View Article18 killed in China coal mine accident
BEIJING: At least 18 people were killed in a coal mine accident in China's Hunan province, officials said on Monday.A gas leak occurred at the Jilinqiao colliery in Youxian county on Sunday when a...
View Articleதமிழக முதலமைச்சர் இன்று திருப்பதி செல்கிறார்
சென்னை:தமிழக முதலமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி இன்று மாலை சுமார் 4 மணியளவில் திருப்பதி சென்று திருப்பதி எழுமலையான் கோவிலில் சாமி தரிசனம் மேற்கொள்ள உள்ளதாக தகவல் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
View Articleவடபழனி தீ விபத்து: முதலமைச்சர் நிதியதவி
சென்னை: சென்னை வடபழனி சிவன் கோவில் தெருவில் உள்ள அடுக்குமாடி குடியிருப்பு ஒன்றில் இன்று அதிகாலை 4.45 மணிக்கு தீ விபத்து ஏற்பட்டது, இந்த தீவிபத்தில் அடுக்கு மாடி குடியிருப்பில் வசித்து வந்த ஒரே...
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