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There were no deaths reported in people with the disease last year, and therefore the government has decided to take up the research, says Veerapandian

They will oversee all activities related to the SIR in the enumeration phase, the claims and objections period and disposal of notices phases, and the final publication of the rolls

Twenty of the 25 victims of the tragedy were staffers at the nightclub

She says the ruling raises a lot of questions which need to be answered at some point since the survivor actor needs to get closure

More than eight years after the abduction and sexual assault of a popular actress, a crime which shook the Malayalam film industry and Kerala society, a trial court today has pronounced its verdict on the case. The first six accused were found guilty of the crime, while actor Dileep, the eighth accused and the alleged mastermind who spent close to three months in jail, was found not guilty. Bina Paul, film editor and founder of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), which was formed in the aftermath of the incident, speaks to The Hindu on the verdict.  Interview: S. R. Praveen Editing: Thamodharan B

‘Most parts of the original version [of the Vande Mataram] have been forgotten, and those stanzas depict the essence of India,’ the Defence Minister said.

Demanding a caste census/survey when the Centre had already announced the schedule for a caste census in 2027 is a farce, says VCK general secretary D. Ravikumar; Congress yet to decide

IndiGo has apologized for massive flight disruptions, citing new flight duty rules, winter schedule changes, technical glitches, weather, and system congestion. The airline requested more time from the DGCA for a full analysis, while the aviation minister vowed strict action against IndiGo for its internal crisis.

According to the police, the accused allegedly halted a container truck on NH-16, which collided with a vehicle, killing five engineering students

He says he never had any issues with the survivor in the case. The SIT conspired to implicate me in the case and misled the government, he adds