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February 15, 2025

2nd US planeload of deportees lands in Amritsar today

A US aircraft carrying 119 illegal immigrants is likely to land at the Amritsar airport on Saturday, the second such batch of Indians deported by the Donald Trump dispensation as part of its crackdown against illegal immigration.

1 min

India rejects Don's offer on China row

INDIA on Friday rejected Donald Trump's offer to mediate in the ongoing tensions between India and China, after the US president expressed his willingness to help stop what he called the \"vicious skirmishes\" along the India-China border.

1 min

Farmers meet Central team, agree to talk on Feb 22

A meeting between a Central team led by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and farmers' representatives to discuss their demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP on crops, was held here cordially on Friday followed by a consensus on the next round of talks slated for February 22.

1 min

US & India to be great again: Modi

10-year defence framework, $500-billion mega trade deal in the works; India to get F-35 fighter jets

2 mins

Don't allow protests on Thiruparankundram issue: HC

THE Madras High Court on Friday directed the Tamil Nadu government not to permit any protest that would disrupt public peace and communal harmony.

1 min

Three teachers held for delay in reporting Pocso case

PERSONNEL from the All Women Police Station (AWPS) at Attur in Salem district arrested on Friday three teachers, including the headmaster, of the government school where a Class 7 girl belonging to a Scheduled Caste was sexually assaulted by three Class 11 boys on January 22.

1 min

Wife says JCP's relationship with cop consensual

SUSPENDED IPS officer Magesh Kumar's wife, Anuradha, denied the sexual harassment allegations against him, asserting that he was in a consensual relationship with the complainant, a female constable.

1 min

Woman constables taken off duty from camp offices of senior police officials

STATE police authorities have directed that woman constables be reassigned from administrative tasks in senior officers' and camp offices to police stations, special units, and field duties where their presence is essential.

1 min

TN Plans Telemetry Study to Track Turtle Movement to Reduce Deaths

Subsidies cancelled to 208 trawl boat owners; Edu programmes to be launched for fishermen

1 min

5-member panel takes charge at Tamil varsity

THE five-member vice-chancellor (V-C) in-charge committee, nominated by the syndicate of Tamil University in Thanjavur, began functioning on Friday.

1 min

At budget meet, ryots tell TN to bring own insurance scheme

FARMERS participating in the first of a series of consultative meetings ahead of the presentation of this year's Agriculture Budget in Kumbakonam of the district on Friday demanded that the state government roll out a crop insurance scheme of its own than have private insurance companies carry out implementation of the existing Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

1 min

Vending panel row, fund crunch hit food street project

The space beside the Anna Nagar Uzhavar Sandhai road was in the spotlight for a long time as the corporation last year announced its plan to set up the city's first food street there.

1 min

NO MATCH TO THE GLOW THAT LIT UP MANY LIVES

Shanmuga Nadar and P Ayya Nadar are no Prometheus, but the fire they ignited a century ago has turned out to be a game-changer, bringing in phenomenal economic growth to the once-backward Sivakasi and nearby areas, reeling under agricultural crisis.

2 mins

Courts can't support perpetuation of caste: HC

The Madras High Court has stayed the operation of a single judge's order that declared a provision of Baggage Rules ultra vires to a provision of Customs Act regarding jewellery worn on the person and the judge's direction to take action against the Air Customs officers who seized gold ornaments including the nuptial thread (thaali) of a Sri Lankan national on arrival at the Chennai Airport.

2 mins

Thiagarajan Flays Nagenthran for Silence on CM's PM Barb

BJP state secretary Karate Thiagarajan has criticised the party's legislature party leader Nainar Nagenthran at a public meeting in Chennai for failing to register his protest when Chief Minister M K Stalin criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Tirunelveli a few days ago.

1 min

DPCs' paddy buying limit hiked to 70 bags per acre

THE state government has raised the paddy procurement limit at Direct Procurement Centres (DPCs) from 60 to 70 bags per acre.

1 min

Masterplan for Coimbatore, Madurai next month: Stalin

'Govt is also formulating 10 regional development plans across TN'

1 min

CPI stirs against centre's inaction on deportation of Indians from US

The Communist Party of India (CPI) staged a demonstration in Chennai on Friday, condemning the alleged inhumane treatment of Indian immigrants by US authorities during their deportation.

1 min

HC Clears Deck for Karur Bus Stand Project

The dispute over choosing a site for the establishment of the Karur New Bus Stand, which began in 2006, came to an end on Friday with the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court giving a go-ahead to the state government to continue the construction works for the facility at Thirumanilayur in Karur.

1 min

Plea against Isha: SC pulls up TNPCB for two-year delay

When the state comes belatedly, we become suspicious, says two-judge bench of top court

1 min

Abatement doesn't mean acquittal of Jaya in DA case: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by the legal heir of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa seeking the return of the properties confiscated in a case against her and said abatement of proceedings did not mean she was acquitted of the crime.

1 min

Celebrating a Sage-Unifier with Kashi-Tamil Sangamam

S Bharat celebrates its civilizational showcase with divinity, hosting a monumental gathering of over 50 crore devotees visiting the Maha Kumbh, Varanasi celebrates through Kashi-Tamil Sangamam (KTS), an enduring strain of national unity.

3 mins

Shifting Sands: Assimilation to Self Adoration

The BJP appears to be making the same mistake as the Congress: the centralisation of power. History will tell us which of the two will learn its lessons faster or if there will be another twist

4 mins

India-US trade to touch $500 bn by '30

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump discussed trade and tariffs extensively during their meeting, focusing on market access issues linked to overcapacity in other regions that impact consumption in India and the US.

1 min

Modi, Trump approves co-production of Stryker, Javelin & additional P-8Is

In their bilateral meeting at Washington DC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump announced to \"pursue the procurement and co-production of Javelin ATGM and Stryker ICV in India to meet the country's defence requirements.\"

1 min

Hearing of case on illegal B'desh migrants in Mar

A day after the Supreme Court reserved the verdict in connection with the detention of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the country, the top court on Friday re-notified the matter to hear the case again on March 4,

2 mins

Nursery of thoughts' at Yechury's alma mater

'First Sitaram Yechury Memorial Lecture at JNU'

1 min

Modi-led panel to meet on Feb 17 for naming next CEC

AS Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar is set to demit office on February 18, a selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet early next week to finalise his successor.

2 mins

BSF Finds Lahore, Narowal Most Active in Launching Drug Drones

PAKISTAN'S Lahore and Narowal are two areas from where drones are being launched for entering into the Indian side of the International Borders to drop drugs, arms and ammunition, said BSF officials, while claiming that the force's forensic labs have found that 184 drones - the highest number - originated from different areas of the two cities.

1 min

'Karpoori Rath' will criss-cross state during poll

EYING the extremely backward classes votes, the main opposition in Bihar, the RJD, 'Karpoori Vichar Rath' from the state capital on Friday.

1 min

Ahmed Patel's son quits Cong with 'great pain'

FAIZAL Patel, the son of late Ahmed Patel, a prominent leader from Bharuch and a senior figure in the Congress, created a stir on February 13 by publicly announcing his decision to sever ties with the party.

1 min

Road work picks pace ahead of Char Dham yatra

WIDENING of the strategically significant Gangotri National Highway is set to begin ahead of this year's Char Dham Yatra.

1 min

Lalu Home Truth: Rabri's Brothers Not on Same Page Over Corruption

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder brother-in-law, Anirudha Prasad, also known as Sadhu Yadav, publicly criticised his younger brother, Subhash Yadav, for accusing Lalu of mediating deals involving corruption and kidnapping cases during his time in power in Bihar from 1990 to 2005.

1 min

Mantri likens farmers with beggars, flayed

MAHARASHTRA Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate on Friday faced significant backlash after he compared farmers to beggars.

1 min

App for elephant route to check man-animal conflict in J'khand soon

THE Jharkhand Forest Department is all set to launch the 'Elephant Route Predictor' app, which is designed to track potential elephant routes in a manner similar to weather forecasts.

1 min

Akhilesh MP booked for 'hell and heavens' remarks on Kumbh

A criminal case was registered against Afzal Ansari, the Samajwadi Party MP from Ghazipur, late Thursday over his alleged controversial comments regarding the ongoing Mahakumbh.

1 min

BJP likely to redraw ally course

Readies for possible shifts in its alliances, particularly with JD(U), in battle for Bihar

2 mins

Russia Strikes Chernobyl Plant: Zelenskyy

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian drone had struck a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, adding that radiation levels were normal.

1 min

Israel Gets Names of 3 Hostages to Be Freed Today

ISRAEL said on Friday it had received the names of three hostages to be freed by militants this weekend, after a crisis in the ceasefire threatened to plunge Gaza back into war.

1 min

Bansal resigns as Navi CEO; to be exec chairman

IN a major rejig, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal's fintech company Navi has appointed Rajiv Naresh as new CEO of Navi Technologies and Abhishek Dwivedi as CEO of Navi Finserv.

1 min

Sebi dismisses Gaekwad's open offer for Religare

Capital market regulator - the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday dismissed an application from US-based investor Digvijay 'Danny' Gaekwad (Danny Gaekwad Developments & Investments) who is seeking permission to make a competing open offer for Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL).

1 min

Reserve Bank takes control of New India Co-op Bank

THE Reserve Bank has sacked the board of the city-based New India Co-operative Bank and has appointed Shreekant, former chief general manager of SBI, as the administrator.

1 min

BSNL reports profit of ₹262 crore in third quarter, first in 17 years

STATE-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday reported a net profit of ₹262 crore in the third quarter ending December 2024.

1 min

Odisha fight back to beat Hyderabad FC 3-1

ODISHA FC defeated Hyderabad FC by 3-1 in the Indian Super League at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

1 min

We're ready to host 2036 Oly: Shah at closing ceremony

A LIVELY yet simple closing ceremony brought the curtains down on the 38th National Games here on Friday with home minister Amit Shah as its chief guest asserting that the country is well on track to host a successful Olympics in 2036.

1 min

Shooter Saurabh back in national reckoning

IN what is considered to be one of the most competitive sports in the country, shooter Saurabh Chaudhary had gradually lost his way to be in the shadows for some time.

2 mins

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