More than 30 workers were present when the explosion took place in Vanaja firecracker factory. Toll is likely to rise further as many feared trapped in debris.
DMDK founder actor-politician Captain Vijayakanth died in December 2023. His son, V Prabhakaran, has become the party’s face since, and has allied with DMK for Tamil Nadu assembly polls.
The stakes are high, but Vijay remains largely absent from street campaigning, while party volunteers campaign on the ground to convert his appeal into votes in the assembly poll.
Alka Lamba & Hazeena Syed are trading barbs, with Syed alleging harassment, denial of ticket for being Muslim. 'Lamba threatened to kill me,' she claims, as Lamba questions her 'character'.
With less than two weeks to go for polling day, senior bureaucrat M. Sai Kumar is the new chief secretary, while cybercrime expert Sandeep Mittal has taken over vigilance and anti-corruption.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
Madurai court calls it rarest of rare case, awarding death penalty to 9 policemen in 2020 father–son custodial killings that sparked nationwide outrage.
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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