The Resistance Front | New face of terror

The site where terrorists opened fire three days ago April 22, killing at least 26 people and injuring several at a meadow near Pahalgam town, in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: PTI The killings of 25 tourists, including one Nepali, and a local pony operator by a group of terrorists trained in…

Requiem mass offered to Pope Francis

Supreme Pontiff of Holy See, Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, has brought many reforms in Catholic Diocese, said Vijayawada Catholic Diocese Bishop Telagathoti Joseph Rajarao. The bishop, along with mansignore Muvvala Prasad, vicar general M. Gabriel, Gunadala Church Rector Eleti William Jayaraju, B. Anand Babu, Kolakani Mariyanna, and others offered requiem mass…

Award for best thesis in analytical chemistry

The Prof. K. Girish Kumar Endowment Award for the best thesis in analytical chemistry will be presented to Manish Kumar, postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Biosciences and Technologies for Agriculture, Food and Environment, at the University of Teramo, Italy, here on April 28, 2025. The award was instituted in honour of Prof. Girish Kumar, former head…

NHAI starts work to raise height of retaining walls on bridges along Chennai-Bengaluru NH

Collector V.R. Subbulaxmi at the accident spot on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started the work to increase the height of the retaining wall of road over bridges and elevated corridors on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) between Walajah toll gate in…

T. Veena rejects media reports about her SFIO statement

  IT entrepreneur and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, T. Veena, has rebutted media reports that alleged she had admitted to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFI) that her company, Exalogic Solutions, had received a significant retaining fee and consultant charge from the CMRL, a private mining firm without providing any tangible software service.  In…

HC frowns upon top govt. officials for resisting steps taken by its retired judge to fill up Pachaiyappa’s college faculty vacancies

The Madras High Court has decided to examine whether top officials of the State government had committed criminal contempt of court by resisting the step taken by its retired judge V. Parthiban, who had been appointed as an Interim Administrator of Pachaiyappa’s Trust, to fill up 132 faculty vacancies in six colleges run by the…