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Rape accused caught, ‘injures' limbs in 'escape' attempt near Velankanni

THE Nagapattinam police on Saturday night arrested a 28year-old man of Karaikal and remanded him in judicial custody on charges of sexually assaulting a 40-year-old widow in the backyard of her house and attempting to assault her minor daughter on Friday night.

Fulfil 5 major demands in budget: CM to centre

AHEAD of the union budget on July 23, Chief Minister MK Stalin outlined five key demands for the state on Sunday, which include the release of funds for Chennai Metro Rail project which has been pending for three years, approval for a flyover expressway between Tambaram and Chengalpattu and reduction in income tax burden of middle-class households.

Union govt must release funds for metro: Udhaya

YOUTH Welfare, Sports Development and Special Programme Implementation Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday inspected the second phase of the Chennai Metro Rail works being carried out at a cost of ₹63,246 crore in Royapettah, Alapakkam and Poonamallee.

4 kids among 8 attacked by stray in K'giri

EIGHT persons, including four children, were bitten by a stray dog near Doddametrai village on Sunday.

135 new BS VI buses added to TNSTC fleet in a week

Initiative is part of the state government's decision to introduce 7,682 new buses; plans on to replace 200-250 buses every month

AS RAIN TOOK HUT, ELDERLY WOMAN CRAMS LIFE INTO A LOO

In 2016, when the panchayat authorities constructed a toilet for the 75-year-old R Marimuthu outside her hut in Vettukadu village near Vikravandi in Villupuram district, never did she imagine that the cramped structure would one day turn into her entire household.

B'desh violence: 40 TN students return

N Gomatesh heaved a sigh of relief after landing at Chennai airport on Sunday late evening.

State engineering counselling begins today

Experts recommend students choose better-performing colleges rather than chasing Computer Science seats

Senthil Balaji hospitalised for chest pain

JAILED former minister V Senthil Balaji was admitted to the Omandurar Multi-Speciality Hospital in Chennai on Sunday evening following complaints of chest pain.

UoM delays results; govt UG students fret

UNCERTAINTY looms over the future of undergraduate students at 108 non-autonomous government colleges affiliated to the University of Madras (UoM) as the varsity is yet to release its final semester results.

B'desh SC dials down govt job quota behind deadly unrest

THE Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday pared back the contentious quotas for government jobs after days of clashes between students and security forces that have killed at least 155 people.

In rare attack on Pawar, Amit Shah calls him 'ringleader of corruption'

UNION home minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched an unusually blistering attack on Opposition leader Sharad Pawar, calling him the 'sargana of corruption' (ring leader of corruption).

Budget session to be stormy as Oppn, allies raise heat

DROPPING hints that the Budget session of Parliament starting Monday is going to be stormy, the all-party meeting on Sunday saw Opposition parties demanding discussion on a number of contentious issues, including the NEET fiasco, the UP government's order to eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route, among others.

AAI cites limited slots for exclusion of coach

HOURS after Baek Woong Ki expressed his shock after denial of accreditation to be with the squad in the Paris Olympics, the Archery Association of India (AAI) has cited limited availability as a reason for not including India's South Korean Archery coach in the contingent.

India men to leave for Sri Lanka on Monday

ABHISHEK Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate might join the support staff of newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir during India's white ball tour to Sri Lanka, starting from July 27.

Shooter Prithviraj primed for Olympic debut

PRITHVIRAJ Tondaiman is at the peak of his powers.

HDFC BANK LOGS 35% INCREASE IN NET PROFIT

RETURNING to its once famed over 30% net income for as many as 34 quarters on the trot which ended with the pandemic era, the second-largest lender logged in a robust 35.33% jump in net profit at 16,174.75 crore for the June quarter even though the numbers are not comparable since the merger with its parent took effect only from July last year.

Jindal Group probe against sr. executive

A Jindal Group company has sent a senior executive, who is ns facing allegations of molestation by a female flight passenger, on administrative leave and a third-party probe has been started to probe the matter.

Kotak Bank profit up 81% to ₹6,250 cr

A stake sale in its general insurance subsidiary has boosted standalone net income of the fourth largest private sector lender, Kotak Mahindra Bank, by 81% to 6,250 crore, of which as much as 3,012 crore came in as the one-time income from deal with Zurich Insurance group that picked up 70% in the company during June quarter.

Flight operations back to normal after technical glitch

THE Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Saturday that flight operations in the country are back to normal a day after a global outage at Microsoft had a severe impact on the functioning of airlines and airports.

FLIP-FLOP DIPLOMACY IS A FAILING SCRIPT

IF Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Russia was to signal India's equidistant position between Russia and the US, it did not work.

Iran can make fissile material for nuclear bomb in 1-2 weeks: US

IRAN is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within \"one or two weeks,\" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday.

Israel strikes Huthis in Yemen

ISRAEL said its warplanes hit \"military targets of the Huthi terrorist regime\" on Saturday, a day after a drone attack claimed by Yemeni rebels killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.

Ukraine leader Zelenskyy hints he's ready for talks with Putin to end war

Analysts point to stalemate on battlefield and prospect of Trump victory for shift in attitude

Defiant Biden vows to stay in race despite rising pressure from Dems

US President Joe Biden pledged to stay in the White House race Friday, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this weekend.

12 dead, 30 missing after bridge collapses in China

A bridge collapse caused by torrential rains in northern China killed 12 people and left more than 30 missing, state media said Saturday.

Lucknow's outer areas to come under UPSCR

FOUR months after approving the draft for the amalgamation of half-a-dozen districts adjacent to state capital Lucknow as Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UPSCR), a notification to that effect was issued by UP Governor Anandiben Patel late on Friday evening.

Didi's 'Ma, Mati, Manush' touch to TMC July 21 rally

AS the Trinamool Congress is gearing up for its Martyrs' Day rally on Sunday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the day, to be observed as Ma Mati Manush Divas, would commemorate party's electoral victories in West Bengal.

Gujarat BJP chief and mantri – Patil's dual role to continue

THE BJP's CR Patil will continue in dual posts - as a Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the Gujarat party president.

BSF officer & jawan die of heatstroke during 'Harami Nallah' patrol

A Border Security Force (BSF) officer and a jawan died of heatstroke while on patrol at the 'Harami Nallah' creek area along the Indo-Pak border in Gujarat, said a BSF statement on Saturday.