Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), Sep 24 (UNI) National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths on Tuesday raided multiple locations across Tamil Nadu, as part of its investigation into a case relating to the recruitment of radicalized youths to the ‘Hizb-ut-Tahrir’ (HuT), a banned International pan-Islamist and fundamentalist organization, affiliated to ISIS that is working to establish Islamic caliphate…
Chennai, Sep 23 (UNI) Notorious gangster ‘Seizing’ Raja, who was arrested from his hideout in Andhra Pradesh last evening and was being brought to the city in connection with the killing of former BSP Tamil Nadu Unit President K Armstrong, wa shot dead in encounter with the police on Monday morning. A special police team,…
Chennai, Sep 22 (UNI) Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, who was on Saturday, re-elected as the President of the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) for a second term, observed that the Centre’s One Nation One Election (ONOE) proposal was dangerous to the Nation. It is flawed and dangerous to the country, he said addressing his party’s second General…
Chennai, Sep 21 (UNI) In a significant milestone, the third indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHEW)–Unit 7 of the 2×700 MW Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP-7and 8) at Rawtbhata in Rajasthan, attained criticality, marking the commencement of controlled fission chain reaction and it would be connected to the grid after conducting various tests. The Unit-7…
Chennai, Sep 20 (UNI) The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with the Southern Command of the Indian Army and Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority (TNSDMA), conducted “EXERCISE AIKYA,” an Integrated Symposium cum Table Top Exercise (TTEx) on disaster management, in Chennai. This two-day event at the Headquarters of the Dakshin Bharat Area…
Chennai, Sep 20 (UNI) India’s ambitious nuclear energy programme is on the verge of achieving a major milestone by commissioning its first indigenous 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam about 80 km from Chennai. The PFBR is all set to attain criticality soon, a report in Indian Defence Research Wing (IDRW), said….
Chennai, Sep 20 (UNI) The Electro Optical-Infrared (EOIR) payload on board EOS-08, ISRO’s latest Earth Observation Satellite, launched through the third developmental flight of ISRO’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on August 16, 2024, commenced its operations (EOS-08 Mission) offering excellent thermal imaging capabilities. In an update, ISRO said EOIR is a state-of-the-art payload aboard…
Chennai, Sep 19 (UNI) The Indian Space Association (ISpA) on Thursday welcomed the Union Cabinet’s decision to enhance funding for the first manned mission Gaganyaan and sanction of the new Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) project that would carry higher payloads into orbit. In a statement here, ISpA Director General Lt Gen A K Bhatt…
Chennai, Sep 15 (UNI) Upon his return from the successful two-week US trip during which the Tamil Nadu Government inked 19 MoUs committing Rs 7,616 crore investments, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said a reshuffle of his Cabinet is on the cards. Talking to reporters at the airport on Saturday, he replied in the affirmative when…
Chennai, Sep 15 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced Anna Medals for 129 officers of police and other uniformed services personnel to mark the 116th birth anniversary late CM C N Annadurai. An official release said in recognition of outstanding devotion to duty of the Police, Fire and Rescue Services, Prisons and…
