Day: December 18, 2019

In a shocking incident, the body of a woman assistant professor was found in the classroom of a city college in Arumbakkam this morning.

Mexico’s National Guard said seven gunmen and one of its officers died in a shootout in the north-central state of Guanajuato.

An unclaimed box of military ammunition at the parcel office in Basin Bridge created a scare at Central Railway Station. However, it turned out to be dummy ammunition for a military training institute in Andamans and was wrongly addressed to Chennai.

The US Senate voted to slap sanctions on companies working on Russia”s Nord Stream pipeline, sending a bill to President Donald Trump that is sure to antagonise European nations counting on the project”s natural gas.

Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam took part in the GST Council meet headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi today. Representatives from various States took part in the meeting.

Syrian regime air strikes and artillery fire killed 23 civilians in the last major opposition bastion in the northwest of the country, a war monitor said.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have already explained about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The recently enacted Citizenship Amendment Act will adversely impact people of Assam and the northeast, an association representing the Assamese community in North America said.

Actor Rajinikanth today commenced shoot for his 168th venture at Ramoji Rao Studio in Hyderabad. Bankrolled by Sun Pictures and directed by Siruthai Siva, the movie has music by D Imman. Also, popular stars including Khushboo, Meena, Prakash Raj, Keerthy Suresh and Soori are part of the project.

The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking review of its 2017 judgement upholding his death penalty.