Friday, Apr 19 2024 | Time 15:33 Hrs(IST)
image
States » South


Poet & literary personality Shivashankar succumbs to Covid

Poet & literary personality Shivashankar succumbs to Covid

Bengaluru, May 5 (UNI) Well-known poet, Kannada literary personality and thinker Jaraganahalli Shivashnkar died of covid-19 at a private hospital on Wednesday.
He was 72.
Rajyotsava award winner, Jaraganahalli Shivashankar was the honorary Secretary, Kannada Sahitya Parishat and had penned more than 1000 poems.

More News
DMK, INDIA bloc will sweep LS polls in TN : Udhayanidhi Stalin

DMK, INDIA bloc will sweep LS polls in TN : Udhayanidhi Stalin

19 Apr 2024 | 3:08 PM

Chennai, Apr 19 (UNI) The DMK and the Opposition Congress-led INDIA bloc will sweep the Lok
Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development and DMK Youth
Wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin said on Friday.
Talking to reporters after casting his ballot, Mr Udhayanidhi, who is the son of Chief Minister and
DMK President M.K.Stalin, said the voters mood in the State is that the DMK and INDIA alliance
will sweep the elections.

see more..

SCR sets record with 649 Km track renewal in FY 2023-24

19 Apr 2024 | 2:43 PM

Hyderabad, Apr 19 (UNI) South Central Railway (SCR) has achieved a monumental milestone in its history by completing the renewal of 649 kilometers of track across its network during the fiscal year 2023–24, marking its highest-ever performance in this regard.

see more..

Genetic study reveals close affinity between Vedda of Sri Lanka and Indian populations

19 Apr 2024 | 2:30 PM

Hyderabad, Apr 19 (UNI) In a groundbreaking study published recently in the journal Mitochondrion, ten researchers from five institutions have uncovered significant insights into the genetic history of the Vedda population, an indigenous group of Sri Lanka.

see more..
40 05 pc turn out till 1 00 pm TN LS polls : Sahoo

40 05 pc turn out till 1 00 pm TN LS polls : Sahoo

19 Apr 2024 | 2:03 PM

Chennai, Apr 19 (UNI) An estimated 40.05 per cent of the total 6.23 crore electorate
have cast their ballots till 1.00 p.m., as the single phase Polling to elect 39 members
to the18th Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu, which began on Friday morning, progressed
smoothly, amid tight security.

see more..

Dalit people of Vengaivayal village in TN boycott LS polls

19 Apr 2024 | 2:01 PM

Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 19 (UNI) Dalit people of Vengaivayal, a remote hamlet in the Annavasal block of Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu boycotted the Lok Sabha elections citing failure of the police to arrest culprits involved in mixing human faeces in the drinking water tank although more than a year has lapsed.

see more..
image