Day: October 29, 2019

Ministry of External Affairs has brushed aside reports that Russia President Vladimir Putin will be present in Alanganallur near Madurai to witness the Jallikattu that will be conducted Pongal 2020.

The Regional Meteorological Centre has predicted occurrence of heavy to very heavy rain likely at isolated places over Tamilnadu. For rest of the places in the State, the department, in an official communique, stated that light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over south Tamilnadu and at many places over north Tamilnadu and Puducherry.

A delegation of 23 European Union MPs arrived here today for a first-hand assessment of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of the state’s special status under Article 370.

The film is directed by Ricky Burchell and co-produced by Tel Ganesan, who bankrolled The Devil’s Night, which had Tamil actor Napoleon in the lead role.

Benny Dayal, Javed Ali, Swetha Mohan, Jonita Gandhi, Andrea Jeremiah, Ranjit Barot, Haricharan Sheshadri and Alphons Joseph, many of whom Rahman has worked with through his career will join him on stage.

Ride-hailing major Ola is in advanced talks with tech giant Microsoft to raise about $150-200 million (about Rs 1,050-1,400 crore) in funding, according to sources. The discussions are at an advanced stage and likely to be closed in the next 10-15 days, the sources privy to the development said.

Actor Mano, who played one of the leads in the movie Puzhal and hosted several television shows, was killed in a road mishap near Ambattur yesterday. The condition of his wife admitted to a private hospital is said to be critical.

Even before people can come out of the grief caused by Sujith’s death, Revathi Sanjana, a two-year-old girl, lost her life in Thoothukudi after she fell in a water tub when her parents were glued to the TV watching Sujith’s rescue operation.

Various political leaders and celebrities bid emotional farewell to Sujith, whose life could not be saved after 80 hours of struggle after he got stuck in an abandoned borewell in Nadukattupatti near Tiruchi.

Nearly 80 hours of struggle to rescue a three-year-old boy stuck in a discarded borewell near here failed with the death of the child and retrieving of his decomposed body from a depth of 88-feet in the early hours of today.