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President to give away medals at Anna University convocation Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA President Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief guest at the 41st convocation of Anna University to be held on March 11. Sixty-nine students who topped in various undergraduate programmes will receive the gold medal from the President, according to varsity officials. As many as 1,03,973 students are graduating from the University this year. They include 45,910 women and 58,063 men. A total of 85,246 und...

Updated: Share Article AAA The CPI and the CPI(M) have opposed the reported secret agreement between the management of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) on February 26 for the sale of 22 acres of land belonging to the VSP at Seethammadhara in the city. CPI(M) Greater Visakha City Committee secretary B. Ganga Rao and CPI Cicy secretary M. Pydiraju, in separate statements on Friday, alleged that the VSP management had made the agreement unde...

Congress member U.B. Venkatesh on Friday moved a private member resolution to recognise traditional medicinal practices in addressing emerging diseases. Though there were medicines and procedures to c

Seven persons of a family at Muthyampet village in Jagtial district tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday. Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao told The Hindu that all were asymp

Updated: Share Article AAA The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in February as falling new COVID-19 cases and additional pandemic relief money from the government boosted hiring at restaurants, putting the labour market recovery back on firmer footing. The Labor Department’s employment report showed at least 4.1 million Americans have been out of work for more than six months. Non-farm payrolls surged by 3,79,000 jobs last month after rising 1,66,000 in January. Economists polled ...

The cumulative doses of COVID19 vaccine administered in the country crossed 1.90 crore on Friday, said a release issued by the Health Ministry. The release said a total of 1,90,40,175 vaccine doses ha

Unaccounted cash seized Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Members of flying squads seized unaccounted cash totalling ₹4.97 lakh from two persons in the district here on Friday. During a vehicle check near Roundabout at Nambiyur Bus Stand, a flying surveillance team found a person with ₹4 lakh for which he was not in possession of any documents. Likewise, another team seized ₹97,000 without documents from a person at Tayirpalayam Pirivu on the Bhavani – Kavundapadi Road here. Distri...

98 sensitive, 22 critical booths Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA After the vulnerability assessment, the police have identified 98 sensitive booths and 22 critical booths within the Kozhikode city limits. The critical booths are located under Elathur, Nadakkavu, Chevayur, Kasaba, Marad, and Kunnamangalam police station limits. Within the Elathoor police limit alone, there are 11 sensitive booths. There are also six critical booths under the station. The deployment of special squad apart f...

Compensation ordered in ‘custodial death’ case Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Haryana Human Rights Commission on Friday recommended to the State government to give ₹7 lakh compensation to the next of kin of deceased in a case of unnatural death in police custody. The commission, in its order, said the government was entitled to recover the amount from the wrongdoers — Inspector Yogesh and his accomplices — and the amount be disbursed within eight weeks. In an 11-page order, C...

Discontent in Congress over move to field Dharmajan in Balussery Updated: Updated: Party workers want active leaders from constituency to be considered Share Article Party workers want active leaders from constituency to be considered A section of Indian National Congress (INC) workers has approached the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) opposing the move to field film actor Dharmajan Bolgatty in the Balussery Assembly constituency. In a letter reportedly sent to KPCC president Mullapp...