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1 lakh new homes: CM’s welfare push
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday announced the construction of one lakh new houses at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore under the Kalaignar Kanavu Illam housing scheme, stating that two lakh houses have already been completed. Replying to the...
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Modi launches NDA’s campaign, offers TN double-engine govt ride
CHENNAI: From dynasty to development and corruption to crimes, the Centre-ruling BJP’s election mascot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, touched upon all the talking points that the Saffron party and other rivals of the ruling DMK have been raising during...
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Battle for ballots heats up in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: The election is a few months away and the formal notification has not yet come. But the ruling and opposition fronts in Tamil Nadu have geared up for what promises to be a bruising fight to retain or reclaim the seat in Fort St George, while...
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FRONTS ROPE IN BIGGIES EYEING THEVAR VOTES
CHENNAI: The relentless efforts by the BJP to bring back disgruntled ex-ally AMMK finally bore fruits on Wednesday, after the party leader, TTV Dhinakaran, formally returned the NDA ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls in the presence of Union Minister and...
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HOUSE OPENS TO EXPECTED CLIMAX
After the previous year’s drama replayed in the Assembly on Tuesday with Governor RN Ravi refusing to read out the customary address and walking out, Chief Minister MK Stalin said the ruling DMK will work towards doing away with the customary...
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Bulwark against mighty: Oxfam praises India’s quota in politics
DAVOS: Flagging billionaires usurping the political landscape globally, rights group Oxfam on Monday heaped praise on India’s reservation system, terming it a “compelling” example of progress on how ordinary people can be politically empowered. In its...
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PM to launch NDA poll blitzkrieg on Jan 23
CHENNAI: Signalling an end to the long-running suspense over the National Democratic Alliance’s final composition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally launch the campaign for the 2026 Assembly elections at a public meeting in Madurantakam on...
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AICC to meet today amid power share cry
CHENNAI: The clamour for a share in power, and not just seats, raised by a section of Congress leaders here will echo before the high command, as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has convened a key preparatory meeting on Tamil Nadu Assembly...
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TN PIPS GUJARAT IN EXPORT INDEX; CROWN JEWEL KANCHI BEATS MUMBAI
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s credentials as a top exporter received a resounding shot in the arm on Wednesday, with the central government think-tank, Niti Aayog, ranking it second among states and Union Territories – and the only one in the top five that has...
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FROM DREAM TO DEBRIS
SRIHARIKOTA: An anomaly in the third stage resulted in a rare setback for India’s reliable workhorse, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), on Monday morning, when the rocket lifted off on the PSLV-C62 mission. This was the second failure linked to...
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SHOULD YOU ASK A DOCTOR TO HELP YOU DIE?
Over the past five years, the practice of allowing a physician to help severely ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalised in nine countries on three continents. Courts or legislatures, or both, are considering legalisation in a...
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Green manuring popular in TN, outcomes vary: Study
CHENNAI: The State government’s impact assessment of Tamil Nadu’s green manuring programme shows that the practice was adopted by nearly all farmers who received seeds, with many reporting improved soil condition, higher yields and reduced fertiliser...
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HC raps govt, allows light on Deepathoon
MADURAI: The Madras High Court’s Madurai bench on Tuesday upheld a single judge’s order allowing the lighting of a lamp on the Thirupparankundram hill here and slammed the DMK government, saying the apprehension about law and order due to this...
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NDA struggles to lock allies before PM’s Pongal visit
CHENNAI/TIRUCHY: With Pongal fast approaching and the 2026 Assembly elections firmly on the political horizon, the AIADMK–BJP alliance in Tamil Nadu is yet to resolve its most critical challenge: securing a broad and credible coalition. Former and...
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CM announces much-awaited dole of Rs 3,000 for Pongal
CHENNAI: Ahead of the Pongal festival, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday announced a Rs 3,000 cash assistance for all rice ration card holders in Tamil Nadu and families residing in Sri Lankan Tamil rehabilitation camps. To make the harvest festival...
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Will TN relent to demand for OPS? All eyes on CM’s announcement today
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin is set to make an official announcement on Saturday on the pension scheme, amid mounting demands from government employees and teachers’ unions for the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme in place of the Contributory...
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TN doubles Pongal bonus for 4.7L pensioners at Rs 20 cr expenditure
CHENNAI: In a major relief for pensioners, the State government has announced that the Pongal bonus for pensioners and family pensioners under the C and D categories has been increased to Rs 1,000 from the existing Rs 500, reaffirming its commitment to...
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Convince voters on ties with BJP: EPS to leaders
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has advised district secretaries to take the positive aspects of the AIADMK-BJP alliance to rural voters, as feedback from villages indicates negative perceptions about the partnership, according...
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Panel submits pension report to CM week before Jan 6 strike
CHENNAI: With just months left for the 2026 Assembly polls, a three-member committee constituted to examine pension models for government employees has submitted its report to Chief Minister MK Stalin. The panel, headed by senior IAS officer Gagandeep...
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TN to assess impact of welfare schemes
CHENNAI: Ahead of next year’s Assembly elections, the State government has decided to conduct an impact survey covering 1.91 crore households which are receiving various welfare benefits. The survey will be carried out by 55,706 members of Self-Help...
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Rolls-Royce sees India as next home base
NEW DELHI: British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce on Sunday said it is looking at making India its third “home market” outside of the UK in line with a plan to unlock the full potential of opportunities across an array of domains, including jet engines,...
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Cong announces nationwide movement against G RAM G
NEW DELHI: The Congress will launch a nationwide campaign against the repeal of the UPA-era rural employment legislation MGNREGA on January 5, similar to the pushback against the three farm laws which eventually forced the Narendra Modi government to...
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6 killed after bus hit by truck catches fire in K’taka; close shave for 42 kids
CHITRADURGA: At least six persons, including a child, were killed when a speeding truck crashed against a luxury sleeper bus that caught fire under the impact in this district early on Thursday, a senior police official said. While the east zone...
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Bahubali elevates India’s rocket launch business
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) solidified its position in the global commercial space market on Wednesday with a record-setting satellite deployment, while its chairman announced a major expansion with a new launch facility...
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Bangla lynching boils over, raises diplomatic heat
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the VHP and Bajrang Dal broke barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh High Commission,...
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POLL POT SIMMERS
CHENNAI: After skipping the Rs 1,000 cash component in Pongal gift hampers in 2025 citing financial constraints, the State government is not only considering bringing it back, but even hiking the amount substantially, to as much as Rs 3,000 if...
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Assent in, RAM Bill replaces Mahatma Act
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which replaces the MGNREGA and has a provision for 125 days of wage employment for rural...
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SIR EXORCISES 97L FROM TN’S ROLLS
With more than 10 per cent voters remaining absent or shifted and another 4-plus per cent deceased, the total number of voters in Tamil Nadu took a steep fall of nearly one crore as per the draft electoral rolls released on Friday after the conclusion...
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Theeya Vs Thooya war: Vijay adopts MGR’s anti-DMK slogan
COIMBATORE: Back on the ground to address a public meet in Erode, the first major event in the State after the Karur stampede in September, TVK president Vijay adopted anti-DMK phrases used by late AIADMK leaders MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa to...
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Chief Minister targets ‘BJP partner’ Palaniswami over MGNREGA renaming, rural jobs Bill, federal injustice
CHENNAI: Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday mounted a scathing attack on AIADMK and its general secretary, Edappadi K Palaniswami, accusing the ‘BJP partner’ of maintaining a complicit silence on the Centre’s proposed rural...
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13 die of burns in pileup on UP eway
MATHURA: Thirteen people died of burns, and 43 sustained injuries when a vehicle pile-up in dense fog on the Yamuna Expressway here early Tuesday turned into an inferno, according to police. Eight buses and three smaller vehicles collided with each...
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MGNREGA rejig to cost State up to Rs 4,000 cr
CHENNAI: The BJP-led central government decision to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another legislation, titled the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill,...
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Messy end to Messi’s Kolkata event; organiser held
KOLKATA: Chaos at the Salt Lake stadium here during a Lionel Messi event on Saturday escalated into a law-and-order episode with police detaining the prime organiser for alleged mismanagement, even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered a high-level...
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‘Rising’ Tamil Nadu outpaces peers with 16% growth rate, says RBI data
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu registered the highest Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) growth among major states in 2024-25, expanding by nearly 16 per cent over the previous year, outpacing Maharashtra and Gujarat, according to the latest Reserve Bank of...
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Vijay forms panels to pick partners, draft poll manifesto
CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay, on Thursday firmed up its coalition roadmap for the 2026 Assembly elections by constituting a high-powered committee to negotiate seat-sharing and alliance terms with like-minded...
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AIADMK will win 210 seats, DMK losing: EPS
CHENNAI: The AIADMK-led NDA will sweep the 2026 Assembly elections with 210 seats, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said at its general council meeting on Wednesday in Vanagaram. The council passed 16 resolutions, including...
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DMK-led Oppn moves to remove MHC judge
NEW DELHI/MADURAI: Several opposition MPs, led by the DMK, on Tuesday submitted a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to move a motion for the removal of Madras High Court Judge GR Swaminathan whose order directing Subramaniya Swamy temple authorities...
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Govt in poll mode, fast-tracks rollout of flagship schemes
CHENNAI: From restarting free laptop distribution for students and launching the expanded Kalaignar Mahalir Urimai Thogai scheme to even filling grassroots-level vacancies, the State government has put administrative affairs, especially those related...
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Big-ticket deals at TN Rising’s Madurai event
MADURAI: In a statement event that amplified the DMK’s and its government’s development vs communalism politics narrative, which coincided with the row over lighting the lamp at Deepathoon (a stone pillar) atop Thiruparankundram hill, Chief Minister MK...
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Air fares capped at Rs 18,000; IndiGo refund deadline tonight
NEW DELHI: A day after easing flight duty rules for pilots to restore normalcy in IndiGo’s flight disruptions that sent air ticket prices soaring, the government on Saturday capped the airfares in the range of Rs 7,500 to Rs 18,000, depending on the...
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Putin, Modi sign on oil, gas, coal and everything in between
NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday unveiled a raft of measures including a five-year roadmap to build a robust economic partnership and address New Delhi’s concerns over trade deficit even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to President...
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Putin arrives to a red carpet welcome and warm Modi hug
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night kick-started a nearly 27-hour visit to India to further shore up a nearly eight-decade bilateral partnership that remained in firm footing notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment...
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Centre retracts order on Sanchar Saathi
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday withdrew its directive requiring smartphone makers to pre-install a staterun cybersecurity application on all new devices, as it moved to quell rising concerns that the measure could have compromised user privacy...
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Privacy row erupts, govt says Sanchar app not for snooping, feel free to delete
NEW DELHI: In the face of a privacy row kicked up by the Department of Telecom’s directive to manufacturers and importers to preload a state-run cybersecurity app, Sanchar Saathi, on all phones within 90 days, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya...
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DECEPTIVE DITWAH
CHENNAI: After dithering for a day, keeping the State on tenterhooks over the red alert that weathermen issued for Sunday, Cyclone Ditwah played truant for yet another day, this time by sending relentless rains that went on for more than 10 hours in...
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Ditwah nears TN coasts, Chennai on orange alert
CHENNAI: With the cyclonic storm Ditwah over the Southwest Bay of Bengal is inching towards the north Tamil Nadu coasts, the south and delta districts received heavy rains on Saturday along with strong surface winds touching 60 km per hour during the...
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No new PDS cards, KMUT seekers hit
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Food and Civil Supplies Department has halted the printing of new ration cards since May 2025, citing ‘administrative reasons’, leaving over one lakh applicants stranded and fuelling mounting public frustration, particularly...
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Sulking Trump axes S Africa from G20 2026 invite list
WASHINGTON: South Africa will not receive an invitation to attend the G20 Summit to be hosted under the US presidency in Florida next year, President Donald Trump said as he described the country as not being “worthy” of membership anywhere. The US...
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Two-hour talks with Vijay fuel role rumours; formal induction likely today
CHENNAI: Expelled AIADMK leader KA Sengottaiyan resigned as MLA from Gobichettipalayam on Wednesday and met Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay, ending days of political speculation. The nine-time MLA, a veteran strategist known for crafting...
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Sengottaiyan likely to join hands with Vijay
CHENNAI: Political circles in Tamil Nadu are abuzz with speculation that former AIADMK Minister KA Sengottaiyan may soon join actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), with party insiders indicating that preliminary talks have already taken place. A...
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Tree census in Chennai, 5 other cities soon
CHENNAI: The Forest Department will conduct a comprehensive tree census and green space assessment in six major cities, including Chennai, to protect existing greenery and to create new ones. Other than Chennai, the census and assessment will be...
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High alert foiled conspiracy to strike Red Fort on R-Day
NEW DELHI: A red Ford EcoSport car suspected to be linked to the Delhi Red Fort blast case has been traced and seized in Faridabad district’s Khandawali, police said. Earlier, the Delhi Police sounded an alert across all police stations, posts, and...
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Probe goes to NIA; early leads reveal terror links of Pulwama doc in killer car
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: The probe into the deadly car blast near the Red Fort was on Tuesday handed over to the premier anti-terror agency NIA as investigators zeroed in on a doctor from Pulwama in south Kashmir with suspected links to an inter-state...
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Car blast near Red Fort kills 8, major cities put on high alert
NEW DELHI: A high-intensity explosion ripped through a slow-moving car at a busy traffic signal near the Red Fort Metro station on Monday evening, killing at least eight people, injuring twenty-four, and gutting several vehicles. Delhi Police...
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D-COMPANY, TIGERS EXPLORE DRUG RING
CHENNAI: Central agencies have issued a high-level alert about a new nexus between the dreaded Dawood Ibrahim crime syndicate, popularly known as the ‘D-Company’, and the surviving networks of the Sea Tigers, the marine wing of the Liberation Tigers of...
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SIR tool of NDA for regime change in state, raps Stalin
CHENNAI: Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Friday alleged that his political opponents were using the Election Commission as a tool to defeat his party “through the backdoor,” since they were unable to challenge it ideologically. Speaking...
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SC orders stray dogs out of institutions
NEW DELHI: Taking note of the “alarming rise” in dog bite incidents within institutional areas like educational institutions, hospitals and railway stations, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the forthwith relocation of stray canines to designated...
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Rs 20 lakh deposit, water must for events: Draft SOP
CHENNAI: A draft standard operating procedure (SOP) for conducting political rallies and meetings has mandated political parties to provide toilets for every 500 participants and four litres of drinking water to each participant. The draft SOP comes...
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Vijay bashes DMK, dashes AIADMK’s alliance hopes
CHENNAI: Delivering his first in-person speech after the Karur stampede, TVK founder actor Vijay on Wednesday accused the ruling DMK and its leader, Chief Minister MK Stalin, of levelling baseless accusations and remaining arrogant, and warned that the...
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Spl Intensive Revision kicks off amid protest by DMK, allies
CHENNAI: Amid staunch opposition from the ruling DMK, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls commenced in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, with authorities assuring Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will guide the people in filling up the enumeration...
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Three gang rape college girl after assaulting friend near Kovai airport
COIMBATORE: A 21-year-old student of a private college was allegedly raped by three persons, who also assaulted her friend with a sickle, near the Coimbatore international airport on Sunday night, sending shock waves across the state, with political...
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All-party meet sets stage for SIR showdown in SC
CHENNAI: The Election Commission’s decision to undertake the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu with only months left for the next Assembly polls was “legally untenable and politically motivated”, criticised the all-party...
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Eight women, 12-year-boy killed in stampede at temple in Srikakulam
KASIBUGGA: At least nine people — eight women and a boy — were killed and many others injured in a stampede at Venkateswara Swamy temple here in Srikakulam district on Saturday. Earlier, Srikakulam District Collector Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar had put the...
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Sengottaiyan ‘crosses over’; weeds will be removed: EPS
Weeds have to be removed for crops to grow well. It was done. Now there will be a good harvest, the AIADMK will form the government — Edappadi K Palaniswami, general secretary, AIADMK RAMANATHAPURAM/MADURAI: After lying low ever since raising a flag...
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Wadia group puts 691-acre Dunsandle Tea Estate in Nilgiris on the block
CHENNAI: In a move that could mark the end of an era in the Nilgiris’s storied plantation history, the 691-acre Dunsandle Tea Estate, owned by the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation (BBTC) that is part of the Nusli Wadia-led group, is set to go under...
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Meet Pushkar’s elite stars: Rs 23-cr buffalo Anmol & a Rs 15-cr stallion Shahbaz
PUSHKAR (RAJASTHAN): A horse worth Rs 15 crore, a Rs 23-crore buffalo and a cow just 16 inches tall are the star attractions of the Pushkar Cattle Fair in Rajasthan, one of India’s most prominent livestock fairs known for showcasing elite breeds and...
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Montha heads to AP; heavy rain likely in TN
CHENNAI: Cyclone Montha, the first cyclonic storm to form in the northeast monsoon season this year, is rapidly intensifying and is projected to make landfall between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada during the evening or night of...
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At her brightest moment, teen kabaddi star proudly turns spotlight on Kannagi Nagar
CHENNAI: Kannagi Nagar’s Kabaddi star, R Karthika, is used to riding on her mother R Saranya’s auto-rickshaw to local kabaddi matches. On Sunday evening, however, her ride was a decked-up, horse-drawn chariot, which took the Asian Youth Games gold...
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Montha brewing, Chennai braces for rainy Monday
CHENNAI: The northeast monsoon’s first cyclone of the year, Montha, is forecast to develop over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on Monday which will likely cause heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over Ranipet,...
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20 KILLED AS SLEEPER BUS CATCHES FIRE IN KURNOOL
KURNOOL (ANDHRA PRADESH): Twenty passengers of a Bengaluru-bound private bus burnt to death here early on Friday after it collided with a two-wheeler that was then dragged underneath the bus with its fuel cap open, triggering a blaze. The bus was...
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Blow to Indian refiners as US sanctions key Russian firms
NEW DELHI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd, India’s largest buyer of discounted Russian oil, plans to scale back imports of Russian crude oil following fresh US sanctions on Moscow-linked firms, sources said. State-run refiners,...
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...AND SO BEGINS THE MAYHEM
CHENNAI: Another monsoon season, another period of avoidable hardship for thousands of people in the city and its neighbourhood, struggling with battered roads, inundation, and sewage overflow even on major roads. Whether 1.0 or 2.0, this familiar fate...
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Twin depressions on horizon, parts of TN in for a pounding
CHENNAI: The brief but intense spell of rain on Tuesday could have been the opening act of what seems to be a heavy monsoon season, with not one but two low-pressure systems, one over the southwest Bay of Bengal and the other in the southeast Arabian...
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Diversification pays off: Export to 24 nations marks growth
NEW DELHI: Reflecting a clear trend of market diversification, Indian exporters registered positive growth in 24 countries during the first half of the current fiscal year, even as shipments to the US declined due to high tariffs in September, official...
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Hindi names to TN bias, Stalin launches big attack on Centre
CHENNAI: A day after Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu posed 10 questions to the Union government, alleging disparity in fund allocation to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday continued the attack and questioned the Centre’s refusal to...
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