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Court acquits a woman of murder charge after taking note of her mental disorder
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (201+ words) Published - December 25, 2025 06:52 pm IST - MANGALURU While acquitting a woman facing the charge of murdering her husband by taking into consideration the medical report about her mental disorder, a Mangaluru court directed the prison authorities not to release her immediately. In…...
TASMAC employees oppose order to buy back used liquor bottles
2+ week, 6+ day ago (200+ words) Updated - December 05, 2025 08:13 pm IST - KRISHNAGIRI Members of the TASMAC Employees Federation staged a protest in Krishnagiri objecting to the State-owned liquor Corporation's new rule of buyback of the used liquor bottles from customers and the onus of the same falling…...
Scientists seek to lift ban on lab animals on flights
3+ week, 4+ day ago (142+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 07:36 pm IST - Visakhapatnam Scientists who experiment on laboratory animals face difficulties owing to the ban on taking such animals on flights, said Vijay Pal Singh, president of Laboratory Animal Scientists Association (LASA-India). Mr. Singh was in the city…...
Labour court dismisses former Keltron employees’ plea
4+ week, 1+ day ago (211+ words) Published - November 27, 2025 01:50 am IST - KANNUR In a key judgment delivered just before the rollout of the new Labour Codes, the Kannur Labour Court dismissed the claim petitions filed by 47 retired employees against Keltron Component Complex Limited (KCCL), a subsidiary of…...
IRDAI concerned over rising customer complaints
4+ week, 1+ day ago (292+ words) Published - November 26, 2025 09:20 pm IST - HYDERABAD Expressing concern over rising customer complaints, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) chairman Ajay Seth on Wednesday underscored the need for the insurance companies to significantly improve the quality and timeliness of…...
Openend spinning mills in T.N. plan to curtail production
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (224+ words) Openend spinning mills in T.N. plan production cuts due to rising waste cotton prices, risking a 50% reduction. Openend spinning mills in the State plan to curtail production due to high raw material prices.M Jayapal, president of the Recycled Textile Federation,…...
Two children drown in a lake at Attibele
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (156+ words) Updated - November 09, 2025 09:48 pm IST - Bengaluru Two boys drowned in a lake at Balluru village in Attibele on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Saturday evening. Their bodies were recovered on Sunday afternoon by the Fire and Emergency Services personnel. The victims…...
Indian-origin man fatally attacked after confronting stranger urinating on his car in Canada
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (280+ words) Published - October 31, 2025 06:33 am IST - Ottawa In a shocking incident, a 55-year-old Indian-origin businessman was fatally attacked after he confronted a stranger who was urinating on his car in central Edmonton, Canada. The victim, identified as Arvi Singh Sagoo, succumbed to…...
Canadians pull tariff ad after furious Trump scraps trade talks
2+ mon, 3+ hour ago (331+ words) Published - October 25, 2025 09:43 pm IST - Washington The Canadian province of Ontario said on Friday (October 24, 2025) it would pull an anti-tariff ad featuring former U.S. president Ronald Reagan that prompted current leader Donald Trump to scrap trade talks. Mr. Trump announced on his…...
Student organisations call for strike over delay in appointing guest faculty
3+ mon, 6+ hour ago (312+ words) Published - September 25, 2025 06:52 pm IST - Bengaluru Two-and-a-half months have passed since degree colleges in the State opened for the academic year 2025-26, but classes are yet to commence fully, as the government is yet to appoint guest faculty, on whom most Government…...