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Nine killed as van overturns in Odisha Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Nine persons died and 11 sustained serious injuries when the pick-up van they were travelling in overturned in Odisha’s Koraput district on Sunday evening. The toll is likely to increase. The accident took place at Murtahandi on National Highway 326 under Kotpad police station on the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. The victims, who hailed from Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur area, were returning to their village from Sindhigu...

Maoists call for boycott of panchayat elections Updated: Updated: ‘Polls are an attempt to mislead people’ Share Article ‘Polls are an attempt to mislead people’ The CPI(Maoists) has called for boycott of the Panchayat elections. In a letter released here on Sunday, the Maoists lashed out at the BJP, YSR Congress Party and the TDP here on Sunday. The letter, which was in the name of Visakha-East Division Committee Secretary Aruna, said that the elections were an attempt to mislead peop...

This January recorded maximum cold wave days in 13 years Updated: Updated: Minimum temperature touches 3.1°C Share Article Minimum temperature touches 3.1°C Cold wave continued in the Capital on Sunday with the minimum temperature touching 3.1 degrees Celsius. The IMD said this January, there have been seven “cold wave” days, which is the maximum number of such days in January since 2008. The minimum was five degrees colder than the normal for this time of the year. The maximum tempera...

PM Modi pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi Updated: Updated: Gandhi’s death anniversary is observed today as Martyrs Day Share Article AAA Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi. File photo   | Photo Credit: PTI Gandhi’s death anniversary is observed today as Martyrs Day Paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his ideals continue to motivate millions. Gandhi was sho...

TNTA appeal to CM Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Tamil Nadu Teachers Association has appealed to the government to offer marks to candidates who have experience in teaching in schools while recruiting teachers for government colleges. The Teachers Recruitment Board had announced filling up of vacancies in government arts and science colleges and many teachers who were teaching in schools have also applied for these posts, said P.K. Ilamaran, association president. “On January 21, t...

Updated: Share Article AAA The Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), Andhra University, organised a one-day national webinar on “Religious Minorities: Identity, Social Exclusion and Inclusion” here on Saturday. Registrar V. Krishna Mohan, who attended the event as chief guest, inaugurated the programme. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Krishna Mohan said that discrimination and exclusion of any class of people were not desirable and they lead to underdevelopment o...

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Commodore Ayyar retires Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA R. Ramakrishna Ayyar, who as Commodore commanded the naval air station Garuda at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi when a massive rescue and relief operation was undertaken by the forces during the floods of 2018, retired after 33 years of service in the Navy. Vishisht Seva Medal He was serving as Group Commander of the NCC at the time of retirement. He was awarded Vishisht Seva Medal for his services during the floods. Commodore ...

China’s Hualong One nuclear reactor gets going Updated: Updated: A second Hualong One unit is due to be completed later this year Share Article A second Hualong One unit is due to be completed later this year China National Nuclear Corporation said its first nuclear power unit that uses Hualong One, a third-generation reactor, started commercial operations on Saturday. The reactor, located in Fuqing city in China’s southeastern Fujian province, was designed to have a 60-year lifespan, with ...

52 cases in central region Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The central region has reported 52 COVID-19 cases on Saturday. No COVID-19 related death was reported in the region. Tiruchi and Thanjavur reported an equal number of cases, with 14 persons testing positive for the virus in each district. The other six districts in the central region reported less than 10 fresh cases. Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts reported seven fresh cases each and Karur and Tiruvarur districts five each. ...