Alagiri visits dad’s house, to meet supporters on 3 Jan

Succinctly ruling out jointly working with the DMK, from which he was expelled in 2014, former DMK
strongman and Union Minister M K Alagiri today said he would take a decision on floating a new party after holding discussions with his supporters on 3 January.

9 crew members of British Airways flight quarantined in Chennai

Amid reports of spread of mutant variant of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, nine crew members of a British Airways cargo flight from London were subjected to coronavirus tests and were sent to quarantine on their arrival at the Anna
International airport here today.

Rahul meets President, says farmers won’t stop protest

Delhi Police today took Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi and others into custody as the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress delegation was marching to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to submit a memorandum of 2 crore signatures against the Centre’s farm reform laws.

Palaniswami, Panneerselvam vow to win TN Assembly elections

Floral tributes were paid to AIADMK founder and former Tamilnadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran, popularly called as ‘MGR’, on the occasion of his 33rd death anniversary today. Clad in black shirts, Chief Minister and AIADMK joint coordinator Edappadi Palaniswami, coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, Ministers, MLAs and scores of party cadres paid floral tributes at the memorial of MGR on the Marina beach front.

EU to spend more on refugees in Turkey

The EUs executive body, the European Commission, said Wednesday that it is extending two programs, one that provides cash assistance to refugees in Turkey to meet their basic needs and the other that provides funds to help educate children. The programmes will be extended until early 2022 at a total cost of 485 million euros $590 million.