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New police chief assumes charge in Wayanad Updated: Updated: Aravind Sukumar Aravind Sukumar Aravind Sukumar, a 2016 batch IPS officer, took charge as the new police chief of Wayanad district on Friday. Mr. Aravind, who previously served as the Superintendent of Police, Information and Communication Technology , assumed office as the 44th police chief of the district. He was given a warm welcome by police personnel. Mr. Aravind, who was born and brought up in Delhi, is a medical graduate. His...

Fire breaks out in turmeric godown near Rasipuram Updated: Updated: No casualties or injuries were reported Share Article AAA Four fire engines from different parts of Salem and Namakkal rushed to the spot and doused the blaze   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement No casualties or injuries were reported A massive fire broke out at a turmeric godown near Rasipuram here during the early hours of Thursday. No casualties or injuries were reported. According to police, about eight tonnes of turm...

State gains under PMJVK scheme Updated: Updated: Minister tells Chevella MP in a reply in the Lok Sabha Share Article Minister tells Chevella MP in a reply in the Lok Sabha Telangana State has benefitted from the education projects under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), aimed at betterment of minority communities, with 47 residential schools, 8 hostels and 4 school buildings sanctioned in the last three years at a total cost of ₹976.20 crore. Union Minister for Minority Aff...

Prayer meet held for man who died during parade Updated: Updated: ‘Security personnel disrepected move‘ ‘Security personnel disrepected move‘ The farmers at the Singhu border held a prayer meeting for a 25-year-old protester, who died on January 26 during the tractor parade here, on Thursday. The deceased — Navreet Singh from U.P., had come to Ghazipur border a week before the parade. Sakcher Singh, a farmer from Punjab, said: “The prayer meet had begun from the morning. It went fo...

TN CM, Deputy CM condole death of MGR’s bodyguard Updated: Updated: February 04, 2021 13:55 IST K. P. Ramakrishnan, who had also served in the role of MGR’s body double in numerous feature films, died on Wednesday in Chennai Share Article AAA K. P. Ramakrishnan, who had also served in the role of MGR’s body double in numerous feature films, died on Wednesday in Chennai The AIADMK on Thursday condoled the death of K. P. Ramakrishnan, the personal bodyguard of former Chief Minister and p...

Assam madrasas turn general schools Updated: Updated: Bill to convert them was passed in the Assembly on December 30 Share Article Bill to convert them was passed in the Assembly on December 30 Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Wednesday gave his assent to The Assam Repealing Act, 2020, paving the way for the conversion of State-run madrasas to general schools. The Bill for this conversion was passed in the 126-member Assam Assembly on December 30, 2020. State Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sar...

Twelve COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Salem on Thursday. According to health officials, six cases were indigenous and six patients returned from Erode and Namakkal. In Namakkal, 10 cases were reported, two patients returned from Erode. Krishnagiri district reported three new cases and three persons were discharged. The number of active cases stood at 35 and the total number of infections at 8,087. Dharmapuri saw three new cases and two persons were discharged. There were 25 active ...

Updated: Share Article AAA “Allow farmers to at least shoot wild boars that raid farms in Malnad and destroy crops, and with it, livelihood of farmers too,” demanded BJP member H. Halappa in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Raising the issue of rampant human-animal conflict in Malnad and coastal districts, he said farmers also faced “harassment” by Forest officials if they kill crop-raiding animals. He suggested that farmers be permitted to kill wild boars like their counterparts i...

Updated: February 04, 2021 10:13 IST It will divest all of its interest in certain upstream assets in the Marcellus shale play of south-western Pennsylvania. Share Article AAA It will divest all of its interest in certain upstream assets in the Marcellus shale play of south-western Pennsylvania. Reliance Marcellus, LLC (RMLLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd has signed agreements to divest all of its interest in certain upstream assets in the Marcellus shale play of sou...

Board exams in the midst of a pandemic | The Hindu Parley podcast Updated: Updated: Governments must take into account the challenges faced in online learning. Share Article Governments must take into account the challenges faced in online learning. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the academic year 2020-21, for the first-time, students of class X and XII are set to face board examinations based on knowledge gained almost entirely from virtual teaching. Here we discuss the challenges in c...