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The teachers were recently arrested and remanded in judicial custody for allegedly functioning as financial intermediaries for inter-State drug traffickers. Their role was uncovered following the arrest of Safwan, the first accused in the case from Vadakara.

He left the electronic ticketing machine unattended which was used by the student to issue 11 tickets to passengers on the bus

The plots comprising 26 residential and 15 commercial plots allotted through an online e-lottery system

The All Farmers Association will begin an indefinite hunger strike in Chennai from September 1, demanding a complete crop loan waiver in line with TVKs poll promise, says farmers leader Easan Murugasamy.

Direct election to the posts of mayor and chairperson will lead to concentration of power, it says and cautions the government against rushing through the reservation process to meet deadlines linked to Finance Commission grants

Filled-in AE-5 applications under the Tamil Nadu Explosives Act, 2008, should be submitted by September 20

They recover knives, iron rods, mobile phones, cash, and a two-wheeler from the accused

Masked men on bikes with covered registration plates went on rampage during a Khasi Students Union rally, targeting Meghalaya government and Assam-registered vehicles and assaulting bystanders

Notices will be served to 23.45 lakh people who could not find their own or their parents details in the 2002 electoral roll.

Commissioned in 1977, the barrage across the Cauvery was designed for a maximum discharge of 1,80,000 cusecs to irrigate about 12 lakh acres in the delta region; the apron was damaged in 2021

The court also said that cruelty in a marriage cannot be determined by a few isolated instances and the entire married life should be assessed as a whole

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He is the second fisherman to have lost his life after a fisherman Maveeran was killed recently; the two were part of a group of four fishermen engaged in fishing in Saudia Arabia when they were allegedly shot

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will inaugurate the event at 2 p.m. on August 22, following the morning heats for smaller boats starting at 11 a.m. Seventy-one boats, including 22 snake boats, are vying for victory.

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The YSRCP president said the SIT set up by the present government had found no irregularities in the Group-I recruitment, and that his party had written to the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister seeking a CBI inquiry into the 2025 DSC

FDA action follows a statewide crackdown on August 18, during which 31 hotels, restaurants and dhabas were inspected. Five food licences were suspended, and improvement notices were issued to 22 establishments

While the council meeting was under way in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister attended several official events in Puducherry

Director Vysakhs Khalifa, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, suffers from an outdated story and a flat narrative, with even a cameo from a superstar failing to make up for its shortcomings

7,579 new Indian companies joined Dubai Chamber of Commerce during H1 2026

Intervention is expected to benefit 509 acres of ayacut, improve groundwater recharge, boost agricultural productivity, and increase cultivation area

Pride demands fairness in return. We have always done our part. We contribute, we build, we grow, and we carry the nation forward. All we ask from the Union government is this: please care as much as we share: Karnataka Chief Minister

The court was hearing the matter on the 937-hectare mining project in Maharashtras Gadchiroli district and its potential impact on tiger movement corridors and wildlife habitat

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for countries to send more Patriot interceptors, but international stockpiles are low amid the Iran war and Ukraine's more than four-year fight against Russia's all-out invasion

This marks return of zebras to the zoo after nearly a decade