Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has issued a strong warning to Bangladesh over repeated remarks about isolating India’s northeastern states. Speaking to reporters, Sarma said India would not remain silent in the face of such threats and stressed the country’s strategic and economic strength. Published – December 17, 2025 09:16 pm IST Source link
TTD Board Chairman B.R. Naidu enquiring about the facilities during his visit to SVIMS, in Tirupati on Wednesday. SVIMS Director and Vice-Chancellor R.V. Kumar is seen. New buildings to house the central medical godown and additional accommodation facilities for the attendants of patients were formally inaugurated on the TTD’s Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences…
A 53-year-old person was sentenced to seven year imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 by POCSO Court in Kurnool for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The court also directed the convict to pay ₹1 lakh ex-gratia to the victim. The accused, Y. Govindu, of Alamuru village in Rudravaram mandal in Nandyal district, sexually assaulted…
A schoolboy lost a finger after attempting to light an unexploded firecracker at Kaikeri in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district. The injured boy has been identified as 14-year-old Pavan, a Class 7 student and a native of Devarapura Paisari. He was visiting his relatives at Kaikeri when he picked up an unexploded firecracker lying outside…
The Bengali band, Parash Pathar. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement It’s likely to be an emotional moment on Thursday (December 18, 2025) evening for many Kolkatans who were in college in the 1990s when they watch the Bengali band Parash Pathar — a rage at the time — reunite for a performance after 20 years….
Congress MLAs Arekapudi Gandhi and Danam Nagender, along with corporators, addressing the press after meeting the Mayor and GHMC Commissioner, on December 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a major political development, Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar has dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five Bharat Rashtra Samiti MLAs. The Speaker,…
During the first days of the January firestorms, Los Angeles became a case study in what can go wrong with emergency alerts and evacuations. In Pacific Palisades there was chaos Jan. 7 as people in the foothills tried to flee, only to hit traffic gridlock. Then when the Eaton fire erupted in Altadena, evacuation orders…
The story so far: On December 15, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) announced the launch of DHRUV64, an indigenous microprocessor that it said would strengthen the national indigenous processor pipeline. Its purported applications span the breadth of consumer electronics to industrial automation. What is DHRUV64? The DHRUV64 chip is a fully indigenous…
M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) came down heavily on the Opposition AIADMK’s “silence” over the Centre altering and renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission–Gramin (VBGRAMG). In a…
I. Periyasamy. File | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan The Madras High Court on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) refused to grant any kind of interim relief to Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy and his family members in a money laundering case without ordering notice to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and granting time to the latter…