Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Tamil actor-turned-politician Vijay will launch the TVK’s first-ever election campaign tour from Tiruchi on Saturday, marking a crucial moment in the run-up to the 2026 Assembly polls. The campaign will begin with a public rally in Ariyalur, where Vijay will address supporters after travelling from Tiruchirapalli. The actor is using a specially-designed campaign bus equipped with advanced cameras, loudspeakers, and fitted with protective iron railings to prevent unauthor…

Aizawl, Sep 13 (IANS) Aizawl became the fourth capital city in the Northeast to be connected by rail apart from Guwahati, Agartala and Itanagar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the ambitious 51.38-km Bairabi-Sairang railway project. He also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects worth over Rs 9,000 crore and flagged off three new trains.The Prime Minister flagged off the three new trains after the inauguration of the Bairabi–Sairang ne…

Kolkata, Sep 13 (IANS) Kolkata will be under a blanket security cordon and massive traffic diversion from Sunday evening to September 15 afternoon for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in line with his commitment to a strong, secure and self-reliant India, PM Modi will inaugurate and address the 16th Combined Commanders’ Conference-2025 in Kolkata.It is the apex-level brainstorming forum of the Armed Forces that brings together the …

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 13 (IANS) When the penultimate session of the present Kerala Legislative Assembly opens on Monday, the question dominating political circles is whether suspended Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil will turn up.Leader of the Opposition and Congress Parliamentary Party leader V.D. Satheesan has already informed Speaker A.N. Shamseer of Mamkootathil’s suspension. He will now be allotted a separate seat on the Opposition benches.However, uncertainty looms over his parti…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) In a major push towards reducing the backlog of legal cases and providing speedy justice, National Lok Adalat is being held on Saturday across India.The one-day legal initiative, organised by legal services authorities in every state, is aimed at settling pending disputes, including millions of traffic challans, through amicable compromise and resolution.Citizens with minor traffic violations such as over-speeding, riding without a helmet, not wearing a seatbelt, or lack…

Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS ) The DMK has called on its cadres and supporters to take a five-point pledge across Tamil Nadu on September 15, the birth anniversary of party founder C.N. Annadurai, declaring that they will “not let Tamil Nadu bow its head in shame”. The pledge campaign will be organised at nearly 68,000 polling booths as part of the party’s ‘Oraniyil Tamil Nadu’ membership drive, which leaders said has already registered 2.7 crore members, with over seven lakh workers reaching out to on…

Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the tragic incident of a truck ploughing into the Ganesh Visarjan procession, leading to the death of nine people. “The mishap in Hassan, Karnataka, is heart-rending. In this tragic hour, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope those who have been injured recover at the earliest,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) quoted PM Modi as saying in a post on the social media platform X.”An ex-gratia of Rs …

Hassan, Sep 13 (IANS) The death toll in the tragic incident in Karnataka’s Hassan district, where a goods-laden truck ran over people participating in the Ganesh Visarjan procession, has risen to nine. Twenty people injured in the incident on Friday are being treated at various hospitals.Among the injured, three have been shifted to the ICU. Authorities have opened a new ward for the injured, who are being monitored every 30 minutes.South IGP M.B. Boralingaiah stated that the negligence of the t…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Bulldozer operations have started at the homes of the accused in a high-profile ‘love jihad’ and sexual exploitation case in Bhopal. The move targets the residences of Sahil and Saad (often referred to as Shamsuddin alias Saad) amid heavy police deployment.The accused, Farhan, Sahil, Saad, and others, stand charged in a case involving alleged sexual assault, blackmail, and forced religious conversion of Hindu students at a private engineering college. Victims claim t…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) With the Bihar Assembly elections drawing closer, BJP National President and Union Minister, JP Nadda will arrive in Patna on Saturday to take stock of the party’s preparations and hold a key strategy meeting with the State BJP Core Committee.Nadda is scheduled to land at Patna Airport at 11 A.M. and will later convene a high-level meeting with top state leaders to review election readiness, booth-level preparations, and alliance dynamics.The discussions are expected t…