Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced her government's decision to install a mega statue of Tamil Thai (Mother Tamil) in Madurai at an outlay of Rs.100 crore.

Announcing this in the assembly, Jayalalithaa said, "The Tamil Thai statue will be built in a way that would showcase to the world the Tamil civilisation, culture, literary treasures and architectural prowess."

She said Tamil Thai park will have five types of lands - Kurunji (mountain land), Mullai (forest land), Marutham (cultivated land), Naithal (beach) and Palai (desert) - and plants mentioned...

Aizawl: With the recovery of three more bodies on Tuesday, the death toll in the May 11 landslide that swept away 11 houses in the capital of the northeastern Mizoram state has risen to 15, officials said.

"At least 25 people, including women, were injured and are being treated in a government hospital. A search is on for three people who were reported missing after the landslide," a Mizoram...

Ghaziabad: A camera caught police mistreating a young woman, who was caught consuming alcohol with a male friend inside a parked car in a Delhi suburb. According to the police, the girl “misbehaved” with the policemen, thereby getting slapped. The girl however says, that her behavior was only a response after the cops continuously abused her with filthy remarks.

A resident of Goa, the...

Lucknow: The body of a nine-year-old girl who had been raped was found on Tuesday in a field on the outskirts of this Uttar Pradesh capital, police said.

The daughter of a brick kiln worker from Bihar had gone to see a 'nautanki' (play) near her home in Sirsodhi village in Barabanki district but did not return, said Lucknow's Inspector General of Police (IG) Subhash Chandra.

The family...

Lucknow: The civil force responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order is Police. Lately, this definition has turned zilch. Why? Because it is the very body which has come in question when crimes and unlawful acts are concerned.

There have been a lot of crime scenes registered in the recent times in which we saw the involvement of the ‘Khaki’...

Patna: A minor boy was arrested in Bihar early on Tuesday for allegedly raping his seven-year-old cousin, police said.

The victim was raped on Monday in Bima village of Supaul district, around 245 km from here, a police official said.

He added that the incident has shocked the villagers and they are demanding stringent punishment for the...

New Delhi: It was a cool morning in the capital on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling a notch below average at 24.7 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast a clear day ahead.

The day will be clear and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 39 degrees Celsius, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

This will be slightly higher than Monday's maximum...

Sringar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday stressed that peace and tranquility hold the key to groom and grow the tourism industry in the state for which over Rs.383 crores have been sanctioned during the last four years by his government.

"People from all the three regions of the state are equal stakeholders in the tourism industry. Balanced approach has to be taken to...

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday appointed Jayadev Jena and Sukhdeo Bhagat as new state unit chiefs of Odisha and Jharkhand, respectively, said a party statement.

According to a statement issued by Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, Jena will replace Niranjan Patnaik as chief of the party's Odisha unit. Jena is a former legislator.

The state ruled by Biju Janata Dal will have...

Bangalore: Just after the newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took oath at a public venue in the city centre on Monday, a 50-year-old Congress supporter died of cardiac arrest, police said.

"The victim, Manjappa, a security guard, was taken to a nearby private hospital after he collapsed outside the venue (Kanteerva stadium) and was pronounced dead by doctors as he suffered a...