Hindu

The carnival will be inaugurated on January 16 by Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry K. Kailashnathan and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy

Sweet stalls, fruit and flower vendors are reporting brisk sales as the festivities picked up pace with the beginning of the weekend

The Perambalur MP said he planned to meet the NHAI officials in Delhi and impress upon them the need to sanction funds to remove the blind spots between Perambalur and Tiruchi

Board, asserting that the holding is a Waqf, suggests that commission issue directions to survey it and identify the extent of properties in the possession of third persons and Farook College and that was lost to sea

On the morning of January 2, 12 trucks arrived in Pithampur industrial town near Indore, carrying 358 tonnes of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Mehul Malpani reports on how people in the town, allegedly already living with ecological problems, are protesting against the waste disposal

Aim is to improve administrative efficiency through decentralisation in giving development permissions and enforcement actions, says a G.O. issued to this effect

The concept of an e-oath against the consumption of drugs became popular after the administration created a module on a dedicated web portal, and pasted QR codes of the oath at public places

Extending his Sankranti greetings on X, the Chief Minister exhorts the 10% people who reached great heights in society to lend a helping hand to uplift the 20% people at the bottom, who have no access to drinking water, health, nutrition, and education

Decision comes in response to opposition from teacher unions asking authorities to ease the burden on them as well as on students