Aruppukkottai in Virudhunagar district is a high-profile constituency currently represented by senior DMK leader K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran. In the 2021 Assembly elections, DMK’s K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran won with 91,040 votes, defeating AIADMK’s Vaigaichelvan by a margin of 39,034 votes. In the 2016 Assembly elections, K. K. S. S. R….
Russia’s former defence minister and Putin’s close ally passes away at 73 Sergei Ivanov, a former Russian defense minister and longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin who was once seen as a potential successor to the Russian leader, has died at the age of 73.The Kremlin did not provide a cause of death. The exiled…
High up in the harsh, beautiful mountains of Ladakh, clinging to a sheer cliff face above a plunging river gorge, you’ll find one of India’s most incredible monasteries. Unlike the big tourist hotspots, you can’t just drive right up to Phugtal Monastery. There are no direct roads, no bustling souvenir markets, and absolutely no mobile…
Saurabh and Shalini (in picture) were cousins. About four months ago, they had solemnised a court marriage without the consent of their families. KANPUR: Panic spread in Barra area in Kanpur, after the bodies of a couple who had solemnised a court marriage were found in a rented room.Police identified the deceased couple as Saurabh…
File photo: People cool off in a water spray at the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Picture credit – AP) France has recorded around 1,000 more deaths than expected since June 24 during the record-breaking heatwave that swept across much of western Europe, with the vast majority of victims aged 65 and above, French health authorities…
Trump said the US could either keep economic pressure on Iran or launch a major military strike US President Donald Trump said Washington could either keep up economic pressure on Iran and allow its economy to deteriorate further or launch a major military strike, as he accused Tehran of being “devious negotiators”.In an interview with…
Chinese authorities are further restricting any public remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, blocking families of victims from visiting graves and intensifying efforts to erase the event from public memory, on the 37th anniversary of the military action.Police told relatives of victims that they would not be allowed to visit a cemetery in Beijing…
KOTA: The New Medical College Hospital (NMCH) Monday reported the death of yet another woman due to complications following a cesarean section, bringing the death toll from post C-section infections to four in just one week.The latest victim, identified as Pinki Mahawar, 30, succumbed to her condition in the early hours of Monday after being…
NEW DELHI: Amid the recent surge in Ebola virus cases across several parts of Africa, Chhattisgarh has reported three suspected cases involving foreign nationals who were isolated in Durg and placed under a 21-day quarantine as a precautionary measure.State health minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal on Saturday announced that the state is fully prepared to handle…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a sharp rebuke to an RTI (Right to Information Act) activist while refusing anticipatory bail to him and another accused in a case linked to the alleged obstruction of road construction work in Punjab.A bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi rejected the plea of RTI…