Aussie police shoot dead radicalised teenager for stabbing man in Perth

A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday.

Hopes dim as Cairo 'talks' end without deal

Israel vows military operation in Rafah in near future; Netanyahu shuts down Al Jazeera operations in country

BSP factor, RJD rebel puzzle big players in Bihar-

NDA dominance in Madhubani’s Jnanjharpur faces challenge from RJD rebel strongman

Voices for NOTA rise in Indore as Cong candidate withdraws

FORMER Lok Sabha speaker and senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan has expressed surprise over the withdrawal of nomination by Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam from Indore Lok Sabha seat, embarrassing the ruling party.

Gujarat campaign shifts to door-to-door canvassing

WITH Gujarat going to Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, campaign ended on Sunday evening and candidates will now shift their focus to door-todoor canvassing.

Poll fervour makes a comeback in Srinagar after 3 decades

THERE is a marked change in the political atmosphere and political scene in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir in this Lok Sabha polls, the first major electoral exercise in J&K after Article 370 abrogation.

Soren to attend uncle's last rites under police custody after HC nod

FORMER chief minister Hemant Soren, currently under judicial custody after being arrested by ED in a money laundering case linked to a land scam, will attend the last rites of his uncle under police custody on Monday.

'PM charisma will change scenario'

In Kolkata Dialogues, BJP's West Bengal chief hits out at ruling Trinamool for lack of development in the state

Two phases of LS polls record rise in vulnerable tribal groups' turnout

A significant number of 'Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups' (PVTGS) and other tribes participated in the electoral process in the nine states, including Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat.

EC must publish total no of voters, says ex-CEC Quraishi

AS the Opposition parties and civil society up the ante on delay on the part of the Election Commission in publishing the data of the exact number of voters for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr SY Quraishi said that it is imperative to release the data without any delay.

SIT issues blue corner notice against Prajwal

Search to proceed through Interpol help; help; K’taka home minister Parameshwara Says arrest of Revanna might have hurt JDS workers

SC, ST, OBC quotas secure under BJP's regime: Shah

REAFFIRMING the stance of Bharatiya Janata Party on quotas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that reservations for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) would not end as long as there was at least one saffron party MP present in the Parliament.

Tangedco wireman dies of electrocution in Dharmapuri

A 42-year-old TANGEDCO wire man who was working on contract basis died of electrocution near Harur on Sunday, after the transformer was allegedly inadvertently switched on while he was fixing a snapped wire.

Mom throws disabled son into crocodile-ridden canal

AFTER a fight with her husband, a woman from a village near Dandeli threw her six-year-old, speech-impaired son into a canal filled with crocodiles on Saturday night.

HD Revanna remanded to SIT custody until Wednesday

Former minister, and Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna, has been remanded in Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody for four days, until May 8, after the SIT officials informed the court that his custodial interrogation is required in the kidnap case registered against him.

TN to recruit teachers via privatevt firm, unemployed B.Ed graduates

THE Tamil Nadu B.Ed Computer Science Unemployed Graduate Teachers Association has objected to the move of the School Education Department to appoint candidates in the post of Computer Instructors (CIs) in over 7,000 middle schools across the state through a private firm instead of appointing unemployed graduate teachers.

PDS salesmen in Tiruppur fined up to ₹42,000 for damaged PoS machines

IN a bizarre move, the district Cooperative Department has imposed penalties on salesmen in PDS shops in Tiruppur district for negligent handling that caused damage to Point of Sale (POS) devices.

BBA, BCA admissions begin at some colleges sans AICTE nod

WITH AICTE and UGC mandating AICTE approval for undergraduate management and computer application courses (BBA, BCA) from this academic year, parents, students and college administration are in a state of confusion as several colleges are yet to get AICTE approval.

Baked for daily bread

Food delivery agents work in blistering heat for modest income, LPG delivery personnel say they manage with occasional tips from clients

Bus moves as 75-yr-old woman tries to get down; legs comes under wheel

A 75-year-old woman suffered fracture in the leg after a TNSTC bus ran over her legs when she fell down while alighting from the vehicle at the Bhavani bus stand on Sunday.

Jeyakumar laid to rest; TNCC calls for fair probe

TIRUNELVELI East District Congress president KPK Jeyakumar Dhanasingh, whose charred body was found at his farm on Saturday, was laid to rest in Karaisuthuputhur village near Thisayanvilai here on Sunday.

City nurse who self-delivered her baby at home arrested for murder

A nurse who self-delivered her child at a house on Tuesday in T Nagar was arrested on charges of murder on Saturday.

35 kg of ganja seized, four held

FOUR men were arrested in two separate incidents by Avadi city police for allegedly possessing a total of 35 kg of ganja in Poonamallee and Red Hills on Saturday.

33-year-old serial chain snatcher from Maha held

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly snatching a chain from a woman in Adambakkam on April 8.

JUMBO ENTERS BARGUR VILLAGE FOR WATER, DAMAGES TANK

A female wild elephant came out of the forest and entered a village in Bargur hills on Saturday night allegedly in search of water. Though villagers managed to chase the animal back into the forest, they urged the forest department to take steps to prevent elephants from entering human habitation for food and water.

Thirty colleges exempt from Anna varsity's yearly audit

ANNA university is likely to carry out its infrastructure inspections at affiliated colleges by the last week of May. Notably, of the 494 colleges, the university has exempted those with above 80% student enrolment for the past four years, in order to complete inspections in time for the new academic year.

1.55 lakh students appear for NEET across TN

Examination takes place with no major mishaps, interruptions; female aspirants were not allowed to wear hair bands EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai OVER 1.5 lakh students appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) that was conducted across the state on Sunday.

Govt in talks to bring Kenyan cheetahs to MP

WITH Project Cheetah facing criticism after seven cheetahs brought to India from Namibia and South Africa died at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, the Centre is in talks with the Kenyan government to bring a fresh batch of cheetahs to the country, this time a different 'sub-species'.

Prajwal was to arrive from Dubai? SIT draws a blank

The JDS leader seems to be changing places abroad, say officials

Heatwave hits many in TN, none reported

TAMIL Nadu is grappling with a heatwave and at least 100 patients are treated for heat-related illnesses at government hospitals each day, yet the state has not reported a single case or death of heat-related illness on the Union Health Ministry portal under the National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health.