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Team of goldsmiths, RBI representatives, priests carrying out exercise on orders of the Orissa HC after concerns were raised over safety of jewels

Draft law to ensure swift probe, make offences non-bailable, impose punishment up to life term in prison and fine up to ₹25 lakh, says CM; SGPC calls for effective implementation of legislation

Be it the ₹83.03-crore underground sewerage project, the ₹29.01-crore Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Bus Stand of the Sarangapani flyover, poor planning and execution remain the common factors; the government hospital in the district headquarters lacks basic facilities

After tense seat-sharing talks with the DMK, Congress is lethargic in campaigning for T.N. polls

The Chief Minister reasons she would have taken firm action and opposed issues that deprive T.N. of its rights, as when she opposed GST and NEET. He criticises the present day AIADMK, which is the main Opposition party, for not raising its voice on such issues

The first such park was sanctioned in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar, and not in any State ruled by the BJP or NDA, the Union Minister said

Around 2,000 engaged in fishing-related work at Thoppumpady harbour hit as deep-sea vessels, including gillnet, longline, and trawl boats, remain idle

Police said the incident occurred around when a group of six students climbed a hill located near Anumanthapuram firing range without permission

The BJP’s proposal is to have 50% additional seats in the Lok Sabha, one-third of the new total being reserved for women, nationally and in each State; for instance, Kerala, which at present has 20 seats, will have 30 seats, of which ten will be reserved for women.

The government has indicated that recruitment may commence in the third week of May, says Andhra University Vice-Chancellor G.P. Raja Sekhar

These are provisional numbers with service votes yet to be added; Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar rejects allegations of undue delay in the publication of the complete poll data

At a public meeting in Siliguri, the Prime Minister had said all BJP candidates contesting the Assembly election were “Modi”; it was a counter to the Chief Minister’s remark that she was the candidate on all 294 seats