A Holiday was declared for educational institutions including professional colleges in Mayiladuthurai District on November 14, due to the forecast of heavy rainfall, said the District Collector AP Mahabharathi.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday attached movable assets of a former forest official Biraj Mohan Mohanty and his wife Sibanee Mohanty worth Rs 40.20 lakh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with the Disproportionate Assets (DA) case.
Amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Monday that he will visit multiple Middle Eastern countries to discuss humanitarian access and assistance in the war-torn region.
This comes after UK PM Rishi Sunak sacked his home secretary Suella Braverman over her sharp criticism of Police amid the ongoing Pro-Palestine rallies in the United Kingdom.
Democrat Representative for New York, Brian Higgins has announced plans to resign in February, he announced on Sunday. Higgins cites frustrations in Congress during a particularly tumultuous year for the chamber as the reason for bringing his 19 years to a close, The Hill reports.
In a major crackdown on an international drug syndicate, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai has seized 2 kg of cocaine worth around Rs 15 crore and arrested two key associates, including a Zambian national and a Tanzanian woman, an official said on Monday.
The European Union has called for immediate pauses in hostilities and the establishment of humanitarian corridors, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said in a statement.