An undertrial prisoner has died in the district prison here after suffering a heart attack, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said.

Kurukshetra: Farmers protesting over the MSP for sunflower seeds at Pipli in Haryana's Kurukshetra called off their agitation on Tuesday night after an assurance from the state government of "appropriate price" for the crop.

Murdeshwar: Tragedy struck in Murdeshwar on Tuesday when a student from Bengaluru, who was on a trip to the coastal town, drowned in the sea.

Udupi: MLC and former minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has said that the BJP was in support of the Shakti scheme, giving free travel for women in government buses, as the party was always in favour of projects for the welfare of the economically backward classes.

Dubai: Hany M Haneef, the CEO of American Specialty Foods Co., a renowned NRI entrepreneur from Mangalore, was honored with the prestigious Business Excellence Award at the Master Vision International Excellence Award ceremony held in Dubai's Al Nasr Leisureland. The award was presented to Hany M Haneef on May 27, 2023, by retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Joseph Kurian.

Bengaluru: Bangalore University (BU) has achieved a milestone by becoming the first state university in India to receive an A++ grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Dr Jayakara SM, the Vice-Chancellor of BU, announced this news on Monday, June 13. In the recently concluded fourth cycle of evaluation, the university attained an outstanding Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.75 out of four.

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu's Prabanjan J and Andhra Pradesh's Bora Varun Chakravarthi have topped the medical entrance exam NEET-UG this year with 99.99 percentile scores, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Tuesday.