8+ hour, 41+ min ago   (339+ words) THOOTHUKUDI: A jungle stream at Gomezpuram in Mapilaiyoorani village has turned ink allegedly due to the discharge of untreated effluents from seafood companies. The stream, Periyapallam Odai, flows from Ottapidaram and drains into the Gulf of Mannar. Five seafood processing…...

9+ hour, 12+ min ago   (225+ words) The New Indian Express BENGALURU: The Bidadi waste-to-energy plant is all set for expansion to help ease Bengaluru’s garbage problem Officials from Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) said a proposal has been placed before the state government for an…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (162+ words) The New Indian Express VIJAYAWADA: BJP Andhra Pradesh president PVN Madhav and State organisational general secretary Madhukar met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Amaravati on Saturday.During the meeting, they discussed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years of public…...

8+ hour, 35+ min ago   (160+ words) TIRUPPUR: Two tribal youths were arrested for allegedly possessing and attempting to sell a molar of a female wild elephant in the Amaravathi forest range, under Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), in Tiruppur district on Thursday. The accused were identified as…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (229+ words) VIJAYAWADA: YSRCP spokesperson Putta Siva Shankar demanded that the TDP-led coalition government scrap the proposed auto-renewal of liquor shop licences and conduct a fresh lottery, warning that otherwise the State exchequer could lose around Rs 3,000 crore. Speaking at the YSRCP…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (226+ words) VISAKHAPATNAM: Leaders of the TDP-led alliance parties held a coordination meeting in Visakhapatnam on Saturday to chalk out a joint strategy for the upcoming GVMC elections. Speaking at a press conference later, alliance election in-charge M A Shareef said the…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (123+ words) LEH: More than 8,000 runners from across India and abroad converged in Leh on Sunday to participate in the 13th edition of the Ladakh Marathon. Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena flagged off the 42-km full marathon and 21-km half marathon. "It…...

9+ hour, 5+ min ago   (328+ words) SALEM: The Tamil Nadu All Farmers' Association's coordination committee president P R Pandian on Saturday urged the state government to take urgent steps to prevent dyeing unit effluents from being discharged into the Thirumanimutharu River, alleging that the pollution was…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (294+ words) NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu approved the Delhi Building Workers Health Scheme for registered building and other construction workers and their eligible dependent family members, a statement issued on Saturday said. The scheme was earlier approved by CM Rekha…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (333+ words) ROURKELA: The Excise superintendent of Rourkela division was arrested on Sunday on charges of possessing assets worth Rs 93 lakh, which is reportedly 100 per cent higher than his known sources of income. The officer, Dhaneswar Barad (47), was remanded in judicial custody…...