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Once Termed ‘Youngest Indian Impact Crater’

Tiruppattur in Sivaganga district remains a DMK stronghold, with KR Periakaruppan securing significant victories in recent Assembly elections. This year's Tamil Nadu polls on April 23 pit the ruling DMK against the AIADMK and a BJP-led alliance, with campaigns focusing on welfare, law and order, and identity politics. Key issues include industrial growth versus corruption allegations and power concerns.

Tamil Nadu and Puducherry's oil industry has significantly boosted LPG supply, especially for migrant workers, by doubling the availability of 5-kg cylinders. This initiative, in coordination with government bodies, aims to ensure access through direct distribution to worker clusters and simplified connection processes, with supply now 70% above pre-crisis levels.

SInger Gayatri Asokan recently got married to Purbayan Chatterjee

The Kattakkada police on Friday arrested one more person in connection with the murder of CPM worker Sreekumar alias Asokan, which took place on May 6.

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The Kattakkada police have arrested six people, who are the main suspects in the murder of CPM worker Sreekumar alias Asokan.

After a long hunt, a special team of the Tamil Nadu CB-CID's idol wing arrested A Sanjeevi Asokan, the alleged kingpin of an idol-smuggling gang in the state, from Kochi on Tuesday.

Dancing Stars fame Ashika Asokan is excited after her dance video with superstar Nani. The duo tapped the feet with the actor's recent hit song 'Mainaru Vetti Katti'.

For years, Asokan is believed to have conned the handicrafts wing under the union textiles ministry and the customs to ship antique idols to an Indian buyer in the US.

Actor Vincent Asokan talks about his future projects in a chat with TOI

Ernakulam consumer disputes redressal forum has ordered Cooperative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd in Aluva to provide compensation of Rs 5 lakh to a consumer for not returning the latter's title document.

IMA president Dr RV Asokan has called for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination tests, citing ineffective results from a decades-old ban. He argues that legalisation, paired with protective measures, can help address India's skewed sex ratio. Asokan questions the current policy's impact and suggests leveraging available technology for better outcomes.

Earlier this week, Hadiya's father KM Asokan told the top court that his efforts prevented her from being transported to "extremist-controlled territories" of Syria to be used as a "sex slave or a human bomb".

Asokan, who has assisted Murugadoss in his previous films, is turning director with Kamban Kazhagam

Baba Ramdev crossed a red line when he claimed he could cure Covid-19 and at the same time maligned modern medicine by calling it a "stupid and bankrupt science", Indian Medical Association president Dr R V Asokan said on Monday. This is IMA's first comment since the Supreme Court's tongue lashing to Ramdev and his multibillion-dollar consumer goods empire Patanjali Ayurved last month over misleading ads. It comes a day before the top court is scheduled to hear the matter next.

Police have arrested two persons for the assault on a doctor by family members of a patient at Fathima Hospital, Kozhikode on Saturday night. The nose of Dr P K Asokan (59) was broken and his teeth dislodged in the attack.

About four years after an ex-DMK MLA attempted to shoot and kill his wife and daughter, a special court here has found him guilty of attempt to murder and imposed three-year jail term on him.

The Supreme Court sparked discontent over an apology by IMA President R V Asokan concerning statements about misleading advertisements by Patanjali. The court found the publication font to be minuscule and illegible. As a consequence, Asokan has been instructed to submit physical copies of 20 editions of The Hindu newspaper with the apology in one week.

Indian scientists have discovered an entirely new species of mosquito, which has been named Culex katezari, after Katezari village in Gadchiroli, where it was first detected.

Chennai might have overcome the effects of Vardah and is battling a drought now, but four months after the cyclone, the forest department is yet to remove trees uprooted in reserve forest areas by the strong winds.

The duo raised a series A round from Sequoia and existing investors last week

The movie stars an ensamble cast including Chemban Vinod, Dharmajan, Balu Varghese and Anumol

Terming Indian Medical Association (IMA) president R V Asokan's adverse remarks in the Patanjali misleading advertisements case "very, very unacceptable", the Supreme Court asked, "Your president gave an interview on the eve of the hearing. Why on the eve of hearing?". This came after the IMA president's interview with PTI editors on April 29 for its programme '@4 Parliament Street' where he said it was "unfortunate" that the Supreme Court criticised the association and also some of the practices of private doctors.

He will talk about his new film Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha on the show

In an initiative aimed at protecting the caged wildlife, a complex surgery was conducted on a five-foot long cobra at the Coimbatore Zoo on Friday morning.

In an initiative aimed at protecting the caged wildlife, a complex surgery was conducted on a five-foot long cobra at the Coimbatore Zoo on Friday morning.A tumor, weighing 100 gram, was removed from the cobra's body.