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The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Aamir Khan names Vishnu Vishal-Jwala Gutta's daughter Mira; couple shares pictures and note of gratitude
We had previously reported that Tamil actor Vishnu Vishal and his wife, badminton player Jwala Gutta, welcomed their newborn daughter on April 22. On Sunday (July 6), the couple penned a note of gratitude to Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, revealing that he travelled to Hyderabad to name their newborn daughter, Mira. Vishnu and Jwala shared pictures from the naming ceremony on their social media handles. The pictures showed the couple and Jwala's parents along with Aamir. In one of the pictures, Vishnu's son from his previous marriage, Aryan, can also be seen with the couple. Our 'Mira'! Couldn't have asked for more!! This journey would have been impossible without u Aamir!! We love you ❤️ P.S Thank you for the beautiful name!!!! — Gutta Jwala 💙 (@Guttajwala) July 6, 2025 Vishnu and Jwala got married in a private ceremony in Hyderabad on April 22, 2021. The celebrity couple had been dating for over two years before making it official. Notably, Vishnu's friendship with Aamir goes back to 2023. The friendship came to light when Aamir, who was in Chennai to take care of his ailing mother, got stranded along with Vishnu and his family at the latter's Karapakkam residence after Cyclone Michaung devastated the city. They were later rescued by Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services in a boat. Shortly after the same, Vishnu shared a picture with Aamir Khan and Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar, stating that Ajith helped their community members with necessary travel arrangements. The same year, Aamir joined Vishnu in attending the birthday celebrations of veteran actor Kamal Haasan in Chennai. Notably, Vishnu and Jwala also attended the wedding reception of Aamir's daughter Ira Khan in Udaipur last year. On the work front, Aamir, last seen in Sitaare Zameen Par, will be seen soon in a special appearance in Rajinikanth's Coolie, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Interestingly, Aamir and Lokesh are teaming up for a big-scale superhero action film set to go into production in 2026. The actor is also set to begin working on his dream project, Mahabharata, and a biopic on pioneering filmmaker and the father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke, with director Rajkumar Hirani. Vishnu, on the other hand, was last seen in Aishwarya Rajinikanth's social sports drama Lal Salaam. The actor has Aaryan, an untitled film with director Gokul, a film with director Arunraja Kamaraj, a film with director Sathish Selvakumar of Bachelor fame, Irandu Vaanam, co-starring Mamitha Baiju, and the long-delayed Mohandas in the pipeline.
The Hindu
03-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Annual Brahmotsavam festival of Sri Parthasarathy temple begins
The annual brahmotsavam festival of the Sri Narasimhar shrine of the Sri Parthasarathy Perumal temple in Triplicane got under way on Thursday morning. The customary flag hoisting ceremony will be held on Friday. During the 10-day festival, the utsava idol of Sri Thelliya Singar (Azhagiya Singar) will be brought out in different alankarams and in different vahanams, including Sri Pallaku Nachiyar at 5.30 a.m. on July 8 and Sri Yoga Narasimhaswamy at 4 p.m. on the same day, and as Sri Lakshminarasimhar at 6.15 a.m. on July 11. The highlight of the festival include the Garuda Sevai to be held at 5.30 a.m. on July 6 and the temple car festival on July 10 at 7 a.m. These programmes are expected to attract a large number of devotees. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department has made arrangements for devotees to have darshan of the deities by arranging drinking water facilities and installing shamianas. Personnel of the police and the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services will be stationed at the venue during the festival to regulate traffic and manage the crowd.
The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Climate
- The Hindu
Teenager from Kerala on tour with family killed in tree fall in the Nilgiris
A 15-year-old boy from Kerala, who had come to the Nilgiris with his family for a tour, was killed by a falling tree, which was uprooted due to heavy rain on Sunday. The victim, identified as P. Adhidev of Kozhikode, was at Eighth Mile, a popular picnicking spot for tourists, when the tree fell on him. Residents and family members tried to rush him to the hospital, but he had already died of his injuries, police said. Nilgiris Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru and Coonoor MLA K. Ramachandran met the teenager's family and consoled them. In another incident, three people were rescued by the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services personnel after the SUV they were travelling in got stuck in a flooded river near Choondi in Gudalur on Saturday night. The firefighters rescued the occupants after securing the car with ropes to prevent it from being washed away. Rainfall intensified across the Nilgiris on Sunday, with an average of 47.53 mm being recorded till Sunday morning. Avalanche received more than 200 mm of rainfall, officials said. Despite precautions taken by the Forest Department and the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) to close most major tourist spots, including Avalanche, Ninth Mile, Pine Forest, Doddabetta Peak, Pykara and Ooty Boat Houses, and Lamb's Rock, many people braved the inclement weather to visit the Government Botanical Garden and Sims Park, where the Annual Flower and Fruit Shows were being held. On Sunday evening, Ms. Tanneeru said as a further precaution, the Government Botanical Garden and Rose Garden too would be closed on Monday. P. Krishnamurthy, District Fire Officer (Nilgiris district), said the Fire Department had received more than 31 complaints regarding fallen trees across the Nilgiris. 'We have been working with other government departments as well as the local civic bodies to clear the trees and restore traffic flow across the district,' said Mr. Krishnamurthy. He added that around 30 trees were uprooted in Glenmorgan area due to the extreme weather. The Nilgiris district administration also urged tourists to return to their hotel rooms by dusk. Ms. Tanneeru and Mr. Ramachandran visited landslip-prone areas and took stock of rain mitigation measures being implemented across the district. They also visited families that had been evacuated to temporary relief shelters in the Nilgiris and distributed blankets and essential commodities to them.
The Hindu
28-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Live shows, exhibition, carnivals need temporary fire licence, as per new T.N. Fire Service Bill
No events such as live shows, exhibition, carnival or festivals, can be conducted without a temporary fire licence. A Bill which was introduced by Law Minister in the Assembly to repeal and re-enact the TN Fire Services Act 1985 also says the event organiser should obtain a temporary fire licence after making an application in a form on the online portal. A former officer of Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services said the new law Tamilnadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025 has been brought since the old one was outdated. Fire safety regulations or norms of National Building Code of India, Model Building Bye-laws, 2016, Oil Industry Safety Directorate guidelines and Explosive Act and Rules relating to fire prevention are added. The new law stipulates that the government may, by notification, require the erector of a pandal or owner or occupier of any premises in any area which in their opinion, are likely to cause a risk of fire, to take such precautions as may specified in such notification. While the fire prevention and life safety measures in the pandals are made self-regulatory, it is also lawful for fire service officers to enter and inspect the pandal. The provisions of new law also makes it compulsory for the appointment of fire safety officer by every owner or occupier or an association of such owners to ensure effective fire prevention and life safety measures of hazardous industry or factory or commercial or public building or premises under substantive fire risk categories.
