Lee Hui Ying, MP from Nee Soon GRC at the festival (Image: Indian high comission in Singapore on Instagram) Indian mangoes were the ultimate prize at a cultural festival in Singapore this weekend. The performers were rewarded with boxes of the fruit as India pushes campaign to promote mango exports overseas.The “Threads of Indian Tradition” … Read more
M Veerapandiyan and Vijay NEW DELHI: CPI state secretary M Veerapandiyan on Sunday said that the ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ (state song of Tamil Nadu) must be accorded the foremost place in the protocol of government ceremonies.In a letter issued after the swearing-in ceremony of Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay, Veerapandiyan objected to the order in … Read more
Youth jumps into ‘Badi Deg’ at Ajmer Sharif Dargah, beaten up by crowd NEW DELHI: A youth allegedly jumped into the giant cauldron, known as the ‘Badi Deg’, inside the premises of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on Sunday, prompting intervention by shrine staff and an investigation by authorities.According to eyewitnesses, the youth suddenly ran towards … Read more
Pregnancy and childbirth bring with them a range of transformative changes for a woman that are physiological, psychological, and emotional all at once. From the time of conception to carrying a life in her womb for months, the journey alters not just her body, but also reshapes and readjusts her emotional and mental wiring to … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: A major security scare emerged in Bengaluru on Sunday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit after two gelatine sticks were found near the main event venue.According to the DIG of Bengaluru’s Central Range, the explosives were discovered during a security check on Sunday morning, around 3 km from … Read more
Representative image (AI-generated) ‘You’re probably just stressed.’ For many women living with lupus, that is often where the story begins. A young woman walks into a clinic complaining of fatigue, joint aches, hair fall, fever or persistent body pain.Instead of answers, she is told she is overworked, anxious, sleep-deprived, hormonal or simply exhausted from balancing … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday pushed back against his successor Vijay’s claim that the state is facing a financial crisis, asserting that Tamil Nadu’s debt remains within permissible limits.In a congratulatory post on X, Stalin advised Vijay against beginning his tenure by claiming the government treasury was empty and … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a rare incident of direct pushback, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant denied a statement that was shared on social media as attributed to him.The CJI’s statement came as a social media account had falsely attributed to him the following remark, originally made in Hindi: “If a society, even after producing IAS, … Read more
Kochi: Indian Navy’s INS Sharda conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter off the coast of Kochi on Friday.The exercise marked the culmination of the visit of a high-level Netherlands delegation led by deputy commander of Royal Netherlands Navy to Southern Naval Command. PASSEX included interoperability drills such as tactical … Read more
Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay (Image credits: TOI Chennai) NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay on Sunday assumed office as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu and delivered his first address, calling his government “a new beginning” and promising secular and social justice governance after sweeping to power in the … Read more