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From the Archives (February 25, 1921): Police service February 24, 2021 23:14 IST Updated: February 24, 2021 23:14 IST Updated: Share Article AAA [LONDON, February 21] Presiding at a lecture at the East India Association by Sir John Cumming on crime and police in India, Sir Edward Henry said that steps to increase the status and efficiency of village chowkidars would do more than anything to prevent ordinary crime. Lord Carmichael said that there had been a great improvement in the police in Be...

Updated: Share Article AAA Tourists coming to the Nilgiris from neighboring Kerala are being tested for COVID-19 at all border check posts, said Nilgiris District Collector J. Innocent Divya. The Collector said that the action follows after an increase in the number of reported COVID-19 cases in Kerala. “We have already started testing tourists from Kerala at all border checkposts,” she said. The district administration is also planning to make it mandatory for tourists from Kerala ente...

In order to maintain the kanmai (pond) on the campus of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court free of water hyacinth, a coracle service was introduced for court staff on Wednesday. The coracle wo

Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar on Wednesday laid the foundation for a satellite town at Mullur in Pudukottai panchayat union. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board will establish it at a cost of ₹ 56.31 crore

Vaccine administered to officials Updated: Updated: Share Article THOOTHUKUDI Corporation Commissioner Sharanya Ari, City Health Officer Arun Kumar and 123 sanitation workers were administered the COVID-19 vaccine here on Wednesday. As the Corporation personnel are being considered as ‘frontline warriors’ against the pandemic, they were given the vaccine at Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital. “Since there was a hesitation among the sanitation workers in taking the vaccine,...

BBMP engineer and contractor booked for damaging Gail gas pipeline Updated: Updated: The alleged incident took place in Haraluru Share Article The alleged incident took place in Haraluru An assistant executive engineer with the Marathahalli sub-division of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and a private contractor have been booked for allegedly damaging a Gail gas pipeline and endangering the safety of residents. Acting on a complaint filed by a Gail Gas deputy manager, the Bellandur police, ...

On the first day of reopening of schools for Classes 6 to 8, schools in Suryapet district recorded 6.72% attendance, officials in the District Education Office informed. As per directions of the State

Minor scuffle Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A minor scuffle broke out between cadre of AIADMK and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam over placing their respective party flags near the statue of late Chief Minister, J.Jayalalithaa at the Gandhi Road-Thanjavur Railway Station junction on Wednesday. The clash erupted when the AIADMK cadre removed the flags of AMMK that had been erected to commemorate the late CM’s 73rd birth anniversary. The AMMK office-bearers had reportedly refused to relen...

Updated: Share Article AAA Vikram Kirloskar, industrialist and vice-chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor, has been conferred with the prestigious IIM-JRD Tata Award for 2020 by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM). Mr. Kirloskar, the fourth generation businessman from the Kirloskar Group, has been recognised for his service to the country through his ‘Excellence in corporate leadership in metallurgical industries’. Mr. Kirloskar said, “I have strongly been guided by a vision of making India...

Updated: Share Article AAA As many as 1,150 police personnel from the district police were administrated COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of vaccination programme to police at AR headquarters and other places, here on Wednesday. Earlier, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Armed Reserve Police, R.P.S. Shanthi Kumar, inaugurated the COVID-19 vaccination centre for the AR police personnel. To inject confidence among the police personnel, he took the first shot at the camp. Speaking on the occasion...