World Chess : 13th game ends in nervy draw, contest heading for grand climax with one round remaining

Chennai, Dec 11 (UNI) After an intense 5-hour long battle, the penultimate and the
13th game between Indian Challenger D Gukesh and reigning Chinese champion
Ding Liren ended in a nervy draw in Singapore on Wednesday night, as the contest
headed for a grand climax on the tomorrow with one last round remaining.

SUV driver arrested for death of youth while shooting promotion videos

Kozhikode, Dec 11 (UNI) Kerala police on Wednesday arrested the driver of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) which allegedly crushed to death a 20-year-old youth when the latter was filming on his mobile phone promotion videos of two SUVs involved in a car chase in Kozhikode district.

SM Krishna cremated with state honours

Mandya, Dec 11 (UNI) Amidst a gun salute and playing of the National Anthem, the last rites of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna was performed with full State honours in his ancestral village of Somanahalli under Mandya district of Karnataka on Wednesday.

AP : Launching of direct flights to Rajahmundry to New Delhi from December 12

Kakinada, Dec 11(UNI)The direct flights from Rajahmundry to New Delhi would commence from December 12.

Second terminal at Hyderabad Airport in next couple of years: GMR Group official

Hyderabad, Dec 11 (UNI) A second terminal and another runway are coming up at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,in the next couple of years,to meet the growing air passenger traffic, according to SGK Kishore, Executive Director (South) and Chief Innovation Officer of GMR Airports.

'People First' is our policy, AP CM tells district Collectors

Vijayawada, Dec 11 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday told the district Collectors that every bureaucrat in the State should function as a public servant but not as a feudal as 'People First' is the policy of the State Government and the slogan should be 'healthy-wealthy-happy'.

CMFRI to host Winter School on genetic research for sustainable fisheries

Kochi, Dec 11 (UNI) The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) will host a 21-day Winter School on genetic and genomic tools for sustainable aquaculture and fisheries management from January 15.

Global Livestock conclave to begin on Dec 20

Wayanad (Kerala), Dec 11 (UNI) The Global Livestock Conclave, aimed at the holistic development of the livestock and animal husbandry sector and enhancing the productivity of dairy farmers, will commence on December 20 at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode.

Google will set up its unit in Visakhapatnam: AP CM

Vijayawada, Dec 11 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced that Google is going to establish its unit in Visakhapatnam soon.

Well marked Low Pressure heading to TN, to bring heavy rains

Chennai, Dec 11(UNI) Yesterday’s Well Marked Low Pressure Area over the
Southwest and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal lay over southwest Bay of
Bengal off Sri Lanka coast with the associated upper air cyclonic circulation
extending up to mid-tropospheric levels.

Stalin lands in Kerala to attend historic Vaikom centenary tomorrow

Chennai, Dec 11 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin today
left Chennai and landed in Kerala to attend the Centenary of the
historic Vaikom Satyagraha led by Dravidian icon and social reformer
Periyar E V Ramasamy tomorrow along with his Kerala counterpart
Pinarayi Vijayan.

In a video post on X before emplaning for Kerala, Mr Stalin recalled the historic
struggle led by Periyar, who was in the Congress then, in the Travancore state.

Govt focuses on Warangal city development: Minister

Hyderabad, Dec 11 (UNI) Telangana Revenue, Housing, and Information and Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who is also the Warangal District In-charge Minister, emphasised the state government's commitment to the comprehensive development of Warangal city.

Bharat Gaurav tourist train 'Ayodhya–Kashi” commences Yatra' from Secunderabad

Hyderabad, Dec 11 (UNI) The 26th trip of the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train, themed "Ayodhya–Kashi: Punya Kshetra Yatra," commenced its journey on Wednesday from Secunderabad Railway Station.

Well-marked low-pressure area over Southwest Bay of Bengal: Met

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 11 (UNI) The well-marked low-pressure area that was positioned over the southwest Bay of Bengal on Tuesday now lies over the same region of the Sri Lanka coast.