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Police are yet to file chargesheets for two other murders. Public prosecutor Savarimuthu, who argued for the police, said, Serial killer Sappani being escorted out of court after the verdict in Tiruchy on Monday TIRUCHY: The Tiruchy court on Monday convicted 43-year-old T Sappani in two murder cases and sentenced him to life imprisonment till death. Principal District Judge K Babu pronounced Sappani of Krishnasamuthiram guilty of the murders of M Thangadurai of Vengur and Sathiyanathan. Sappani is accused of committing six other murders, including killing his father, between 2009 and 2016. A verdict on three murders is scheduled for August 9. Police are yet to file chargesheets for two other murders. Public prosecutor Savarimuthu, who argued for the police, said, “The cases related to the murders of Thekkan, Vijay Victor and Kumaresan would be heard on August 9 as two cases.” In 2016, Sappani was taken into custody by Thiruverumbur police in connection with the murder of M Thangadurai,...

No Confidence Motion Live Updates: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi wondered why Rahul Gandhi's name as lead speaker was withdrawn last minute.                       Congress Attacks PM During No-Trust Debate, Rahul Gandhi Won't Speak Today  New Delhi: The debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government brought by opposition alliance INDIA started amid loud sloganeering. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi opened the debate, with heated exchanges between the opposition and treasury benches. Here’s your 10-point guide to this big story: Mr Gogoi said the opposition bloc INDIA was forced to bring the no-confidence motion against the government to break Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “vow of silence” on Manipur. He alleged that a government which talks about “one India has created two Manipurs — one living in the hills and the other in the valley”. “Manipur demands justice. Martin Luther King Jr had said ...

The Kerala Assembly is the first state legislature in the country to pass a resolution against UCC. Kerala assembly  THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday demanding the Centre to refrain from its “unilateral and hasty” move to impose a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) that voids the secular character of the Constitution. The Kerala Assembly is the first state legislature in the country to pass a resolution against UCC. The resolution, moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, noted that the Centre has proceeded with the ‘unilateral’ move without engaging in an ideological debate or seeking consensus. Such a move has caused concern among various sections of the population, it said. The resolution stated that the concern of the people over UCC is shared by the Kerala Legislative Assembly. It noted that a single civil code is a divisive move that threatens the unity of the people and is detrimental to the nation’s cohesion. The assembly...

On the occasion to celebrate the first anniv of the scheme’s launch, state government signs MoUs with 12 companies CM MK Stalin handing over appointment order to a youth who completed training under Naan Mudalvan scheme CHENNAI: Naan Mudhalvan scheme launched with the objective to provide skill training to youth and help them get jobs has registered a big success in the first year by providing training to over 13 lakh students and ensuring jobs for a large number of them. During the celebrations to mark the success of the first year of the scheme, the state government signed memorandums of understanding with 12 renowned companies in the presence of CM MK Stalin and Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayaidhi Stalin. The firms that signed MoUs are Tata Power Solar, Tata Electronics, Ernst and Young, TVS Supply Chain Solutions, Wheels India, Pinnacle Infotech, KGISL, Technosmile, Teamlease, Infonet Comm, Wadhwani Foundation, Tamil Nadu Academy of Construction. On the occasi...

The court said the writ of habeas corpus was not maintainable against the arrest and the order of remand cannot be challenged in a habeas corpus petition. Senthil Balaji being taken to Sastry Bhavan.  NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife Megala against a Madras High Court order upholding his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. The top court also allowed ED to take Balaji into custody for five days till August 12. A bench of Justices A S Bopanna and M M Sundresh also directed the registry to place before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders to decide the larger issue of whether the 15-day custody period should be only within the first 15 days of remand or spanning the entire period of investigation, 60 or 90 days as the case may be, as a whole. The court said the writ of habeas corpus was not maintainable against the arrest and the order of remand c...

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's attorney Naeem Haider Panjotha said that the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo was prepared to spend his whole life in jail.  Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.   The lawyer of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested in Lahore on Saturday, said the 70-year-old jailed leader was “ready to spend his whole life in jail”. The attorney for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief further alleged that Khan was lodged in a small bug-infested cell in Attock jail where he is lodged after the court ruling on Saturday came as a blow to Khan. “The PTI chairman says he is ready to spend his whole life in jail,” the lawyer was quoted as saying by Geo News. In fresh allegations, Imran Khan’s lawyer said that the PTI supremo has alleged that police did not show him an arrest warrant and tried to break the door of his wife’s room when they were at his home in Lahore. Imran Khan was arrested from his ...

The house committee of the Lok Sabha has allotted Rahul Gandhi his old bungalow in Delhi's 12, Tughlaq Lane, sources said.                        Rahul Gandhi Gets His Bungalow Back After Being Reinstated As MP: Sources  Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been re-allotted the government bungalow in Delhi a day after he was reinstated as a parliamentarian after the Supreme Court put a stay on his conviction in the 2019 “Modi surname” defamation case. The house committee of the Lok Sabha has allotted Mr Gandhi his old bungalow in Delhi’s 12, Tughlaq Lane, sources said.

All the patients and staff in the vicinity were evacuated safely after a fire call was received from the emergency ward at 11:54 pm.                   Emergency Ward At AIIMS In Delhi Closed Temporarily After Fire In Hospital  New Delhi: A fire broke out in the endoscopy room, located near the emergency ward, of AIIMS Delhi today. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control. All the patients and staff in the vicinity were evacuated safely after a fire call was received from the emergency ward at 11:54 am. Following the incident, the emergency ward at AIIMS Delhi was closed until further orders. Patients coming to the hospital for emergency care are being asked to go to Safdarjung Hospital. This information is being announced to patients and their families at the hospital’s gate. “The fire is under control. The Director has also reached the spot to take stock of the situation,” AIIMS said. The ...

The attack damaged nine- and five-story buildings, residential houses, a hotel where foreign journalists used to stay, dining establishments, shops and administrative buildings. People carry a wounded person from a damaged building after Russian missile strikes in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. KYIV: Two Russian missile strikes hit the city centre of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region Monday evening, killing at least five people and wounding two dozen more, Ukrainian officials said. The strikes, which targeted the Ukrainian portion of a region partially occupied by Russia, occurred within 40 minutes of each other, according to Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko. The attack damaged nine- and five-story buildings, residential houses, a hotel where foreign journalists used to stay, dining establishments, shops and administrative buildings, he said. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said five people, including a local official of U...

A representative of the contractual employees told media persons at Azad Maidan that their delegation met CM Shinde after midnight on Monday. Representational image. MUMBAI: The employees of the private bus operators in BEST on Tuesday afternoon announced their decision to call off their strike claiming that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has assured them of fulfilling their salary hike and other demands. The move by the contractual staffers will provide relief to lakhs of bus commuters as the agitation had entered 7th day on Tuesday morning with 551 of the 1,600 buses wet-leased by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) going off roads. A representative of the contractual employees told media persons at Azad Maidan that their delegation met CM Shinde after midnight on Monday. Shinde assured that the demands of the agitating employees would be fulfilled, the representative said. The delegation was led by Pradnya Khajurkar, wife of contractual work...