Hindu

Smooth start to SSLC examination at 61 centres across the district with 97.03% of students appearing for it on the first day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sorrow over the two fire incidents and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh from the PM National Relief Fund for the next of kin of each deceased and ₹50,000 for those injured

The petitions did not question the polling or counting process. Instead, they raised a legal issue: whether MGR was constitutionally qualified to contest at all, in view of how and before whom he had made and subscribed the oath or affirmation mandated under Article 173 (a) of the Constitution.

Goal is to transform the country into ‘Suraksha India’ by controlling the spread of HIV, and this can be done when State governments and Union Territories collectively work towards identifying people living with HIV, says National AIDS Control Organisation official