Chennai, 8/5: Girl students outshone boys yet again in the Class 12 board exam results announced by the Tamil Nadu School Education Department on Monday, even as the state registered a slight increase in the pass percentage of students when compared to the previous academic year. Announcing the results, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi…
Kerala, 8/5: A day after the tragic tourist boat accident that claimed the lives of 22 people including women and children, the Kerala government on Monday announced a judicial probe into the matter and decided to give a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased. The boat capsized near an estuary…
Assam, 9/5: Assam Director General of Police GP Singh on Monday said a police team has reached violence-hit Manipur to provide help or facilitate the return of any person from the state stuck there. He said most people from Assam residing in Manipur are not willing to return but the state government has put in…
New Delhi, 9/5: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday directed crisis-hit Go First to immediately stop bookings and sale of tickets directly or indirectly till further orders, according to a source. Besides, the watchdog has issued a show cause notice to the budget carrier under the relevant provisions of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, for its failure…
New Delhi, 7/5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Bihar government and others on the plea of slained IAS officer G Krishnaiah’s wife Uma Krishnaiah challenging premature release of Bihar politician Anand Mohan Singh from the prison. Singh’s release was allowed under a jail sentence remission order after the state government…
Sukma, 8/5: Two Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday morning, an official said. A cache of explosives and an automatic weapon were recovered from the encounter site, he said. The gunfight took place in a forest near Danteshpuram village under Bheji police station limits…
Thiruvananthapuram, 8/5: The death toll in the boat mishap at Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala on Sunday evening has reached 22. The deceased include seven children and women as well as many members of the same families. The condition of the four rescued was also stated to be serious. Search at…
New Delhi, 7/5: Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that 70 lakh Indians stuck abroad during the Covid pandemic were brought back, with the External Affairs ministry working in shifts, with each team working for eight hours like a factory. Around 4,000 people, including 11-12 per cent from Karnataka, were brought back…
Bangalore, 7/5: In a blistering attack on the Congress during his last campaign rally ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the party of openly advocating for “separating” Karnataka from India. He alleged that the “disease” of the “tukde-tukde gang” had reached the Congress’s top level. When…
Chattisgarh, 7/5: A security guard of a residential building was arrested for allegedly tying a stray dog with wires and dragging it to death in Chhattisgarh’s Durg city, police said on SundayThe accused was arrested on Saturday under section 429 (killing or maiming animals) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant provisions of the…
