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Constable placed under suspension Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA With the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) registering a case against a special branch constable for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known source of income, Superintendent of Police P. Thangadurai placed him under suspension. P. Velkumar (48) was serving at Erode Town Police station and based on complaints, sleuths from DVAC raided his house on January 20. They found that he had accumulated wealth ...

Updated: Share Article AAA Erode district reported 21 new COVID-19 cases, taking the district’s tally to 14,266. While 12 persons were discharged, 166 persons continue to be under treatment. In Salem, 24 persons tested positive, taking the district’s tally to 32,333. While 16 persons were discharged, 141 persons continue to be under treatment. Namakkal saw seven cases, taking the district’s tally to 11,570. A total of 12 persons were discharged, while 88 persons continue to be under treat...

Updated: Share Article AAA Commenting on the clash between protesting farmers and the police, Delhi Congress chief Ch. Anil Chaudhary on Tuesday said that the Central government was trying to provoke the farmers by hitting them with sticks and firing tear gas at them. Mr. Kumar said: “The Modi government wants farmers to commit violence and is trying to provoke them so that it can be shown in the media that the farmers are behaving like goons.” He also added that the “Modi-Shah police”...

Coimbatore reports 56 new cases, one death Updated: Updated: Share Article Coimbatore district reported 56 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to the Health Department. A 68-year-old man died of the disease. As per the media bulletin, 68 persons were discharged on Monday and a total of 465 persons were undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the district. Tiruppur district had 182 patients in hospitals including the 34 persons who tested positive on Monday. In the Nilgiris, six ...

Loco Pilot of Southern Railway to get Anna Gallantry award Updated: Updated: J. Suresh brought Vaigai Express to a halt after seeing boulder on track. Share Article J. Suresh brought Vaigai Express to a halt after seeing boulder on track. A Loco Pilot of Southern Railway has been chosen for the Anna Gallantry Award for saving the lives of passengers who were on board Madurai-Chennai Vaigai Express near Madurai on November 11, 2020. J. Suresh who was in control of Superfast Express saw a huge...

Youth trapped in landslip Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A youth from Ujire is suspected to have been trapped under earth following a landslip near a water falls at Bangarapalike village, a remote place on the Western Ghats in Belthangaday taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, on Monday. According to information reaching here, a group of youth came to the village from Ujire on Sunday. On Monday, the group went to the falls. As a youth from the group tried to reach atop the falls, there was ...

Updated: Share Article AAA The BJP on Monday staged demonstrations at nearly 2,000 venues seeking to expose an alleged ₹26,000 crore scam in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). BJP Delhi president Adesh Gupta, while addressing activists at the RK Ashram Metro station, lashed out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Delhi government. “Those who used to take the vows of honesty, talked about not taking car and bungalow, and talked about not taking security, Mr. Kejriwal seems to be immersed in ...

Telangana’s virus tally up by 148 cases Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A healthcare worker taking the vaccine at a government hospital in Hyderabad recently.   | Photo Credit: AFP A total of 148 COVID-19 cases and a fatality were recorded in Telangana on Sunday, taking the number of infections in the State to 2,93,401 and death toll to 1,590. The new cases include 35 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, 11 Rangareddy and 10 Karimnagar. No cases was detected in Wanaparthy, Raj...

Language martyrs remembered Updated: Updated: January 26, 2021 04:37 IST AIADMK members led by Ministers Vellamandi N. Natarajan and S. Valarmathi took out a silent march. Share Article AAA Ministers and members of AIADMK taking out a silent march in Tiruchi on Monday, on the occasion of Language Martyrs Day.   | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH AIADMK members led by Ministers Vellamandi N. Natarajan and S. Valarmathi took out a silent march. Members of various political parties and other organisatio...

Moderna says vaccine is effective against variants Updated: Updated: January 25, 2021 22:25 IST In the face of deepening fears over new virus strains, Moderna offered some good news from lab studies Share Article AAA In the face of deepening fears over new virus strains, Moderna offered some good news from lab studies U.S. biotech firm Moderna said on Monday its vaccine should remain protective against key coronavirus variants while the unrelenting pandemic led to tightened border restrictions ...