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He was arrested at his residence on Rajambal Street in T. Nagar. Later, he was produced before a Magistrate in Saidapet Court.      Chennai police arrests former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader for derogatory remarks on Ambedkar A former Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP) leader and speaker RBVS Manian was arrested by the city police on Thursday for making derogatory comments against the architect of the Indian Constitution Dr B.R Ambedkar. In a video that sparked a huge public outrage, the Hindutva leader was seen calling Dr BR Ambedkar a mere stenographer and that he had nothing to do with the ‘constitution of India’. He was also seen making obscene comments on Thiruvalluvar. While addressing a private function here on Monday, Manian referred to BR Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution, a “clerk, typist and proofreader.” He also said that Rajendra Prasad should have been given credit for framing the Constitution instead of Ambedkar who was only the chairman of the draf...

Amit Shah should stop relegating non-Hindi languages to the status of provincial languages and insulting them, Udhayanidhi said in Tamil on X and added the hashtag #StopHindiImposition. Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin CHENNAI: Slamming Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his remark that “Hindi unites”, Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday said it is “absurd” to claim that Hindi, spoken in just four to five states, unites the entire Indian union. Udhayanidhi said the union minister has as usual shown his love for Hindi by commenting that only “Hindi unites people and empowers regional languages.” “This view is only an alternative form of a clamour for Hindi; that if it is learnt, a person can develop,” the Minister said in Tamil on social media platform X. “In Tamil Nadu it is Tamil, and Malayalam is the language in neighbouring Kerala. How is Hindi uniting these two states? How it is empowering?” he asked. Further, he said: “It is absurd to say that ...

Including the poaching trawlers held in this operation, the Sri Lanka Navy has seized 17 Indian poaching trawlers and apprehended 110 Indian fishermen thus far in 2023. The Sri Lankan Navy held 3 Indian poaching trawlers that continued to remain in island waters, with 17 Indian fishers aboard.  RAMANATHAPURAM: A total of three boats including one from Rameswaram were caught by the Sri Lankan Navy in the mid-night hours for alleged violation of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in the island nation’s waters off Delft Island near Neduntheevu. About 17 fishermen including 8 from Rameswaram were arrested and three boats were seized by the SL Navy which are said to be taken to Kankesanturai for further action. About 500 boats from Rameswaram had ventured into the sea on Wednesday. Sources said a few of them, who were involved in fishing activities, were chased off by the Sri Lankan Navy during the night hours. Three boats which carried 17 fishermen were capt...

The death toll is expected to go up in the upcoming days. The flooding comes days after a drastic earthquake last week in Morocco, another North African country, which killed 2,800 people.  Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns.  Following the torrential rains and the collapse of two dams, more than 5,000 people are suspected to be dead in Libya, reported the government on Wednesday, as per the New York Times. On Monday night, Libya, a North African Country, faced one of the biggest floods in the history of Africa. While addressing the media in Geneve, Tamer Ramadan, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in Libya said the number of people presumed to be dead is more than 5,000 and 10,000 are reportedly missing. According to the official reports, of those who were killed, at least 145 of them were Egyptians. As per the reports by L...

Naresh Goyal was produced before the Special PMLA Court in Mumbai after his ED custody ended today. Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal.  MUMBAI: A court here on Thursday remanded Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 538 crore at the Canara Bank. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Goyal on September 1 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following a long session of questioning at the central agency’s office here. The 74-year-old businessman was produced before the court at the end of his ED remand on Thursday. Goyal was sent to judicial custody by the court as no further remand was sought by the probe agency. The money laundering case stems from an FIR of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Jet Airways, Goyal, his wife Anita and some former company executives of the now-grounded private airline in connection with an alleged Rs 538-crore fraud case at the Canara Bank. ...

Three Army personnel, including the colonel and the major, and a deputy superintendent of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in the gunfight with terrorists in Anantnag. School students pay tribute to 3 Army men who were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in J&K's Anantnag district, in Jammu. CHANDIGARH: Scores of people turned up on Thursday at the residences of Colonel Manpreet Singh and Major Ashish Dhonchak, killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, to mourn the loss, with some saying the Army should give a befitting reply to the ultras for the cowardly act. A number of villagers turned up at the houses of Singh (in Mohali’s Mullanpur) and Dhonchak (in Panipat) in the morning. The families of the two slain Army officers were inconsolable. Officials said the bodies of the two deceased officers have been brought to the Army’s 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar. The mortal remains of the two are expected to reach their respective places by the...

Health Minsiter said the WHO and ICMR studies had found out that the entire state of Kerala is prone to getting such infections, not just Kozhikode. The medical team of Perambra Hospital is preparing to tackle the Nipah outbreak. KOZHIKODE: In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in this north Kerala district, all educational institutions here will remain closed on Thursday and Friday. Kozhikode District Collector A Geetha announced this in a Facebook post and said educational institutions can arrange online classes on the two days for students. However, there will be no change in the university exams schedule, she added. A 24-year-old health worker became Kerala’s fifth confirmed Nipah case on Wednesday since its recent outbreak. Meanwhile, a 24-hour control room was set up in the neighbouring district of Wayanad following the Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode The Wayanad district administration also constituted 15 core committees to lead the prevention and surveillance activities and effective...

Senior Biden administration officials are believed to have assured the Ambassador and the Indian government that the entire incident has been taken very seriously by them. FILE - A photo of Jaahnavi Kandula is displayed at the intersection where she was killed by a Seattle Police officer driving north while responding to a nearby medical incident.  WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has assured the Indian government of a quick investigation into the death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle after being struck by a speeding police patrol car and bringing to justice the police officers who were responsible for it. The US government swung into action after India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, strongly raised the issue at the highest level in Washington and sought prompt action on the killing of Kandula, and the highly insensitive behaviour of the police officer in Seattle in Washington state. Kandula was killed in January after she was struck by a poli...

Putin made these remarks in response to a question on domestic-made cars and cited India's model as an example for Russia to emulate. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. VLADIVOSTOK: President Vladimir Putin has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and said Russia can emulate the success stories of its partners like India in promoting the growth of its domestic industries. Putin made these remarks on Tuesday while speaking at the Plenary session of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, a major port city in sanctions-hit Russia’s Far East region. While responding to a question on Russian-made cars, Putin said, “You know, we did not have domestically made cars then, but we do now. It is true that they look more modest than Mercedes or Audi cars, which we bought in vast amounts in the 1990s, but this is not an issue. I think that we should emul...