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APOCALYPSE NOW: FUTURE OF WARFARE IN THE PRESENT

Imagine a future war, not too far in the future. Say, 10 years from today. Now, take a step back and imagine the ongoing wars. You might find that the future is now.

THE NORTHEAST DARES INDIA TO REINVENT ITSELF

The attitude of treating the Northeast as an alien territory started with British colonialism. Today, it challenges the independent nation's capacity to fuse its fringes with the mainstream

Bus-lorry collision: One dead, six critically hurt

A SABARIMALA pilgrim died and six others were critically injured when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge after colliding with a lorry, along the NH near Aryankavu on Wednesday morning.

Two arrested for chain snatching

TWO youths were arrested on Tuesday on charges of snatching a gold chain weighing 19g from an elderly woman near Mylapore on Saturday.

3 killed and one injured as jeep rams stationery truck in Vellore

THREE persons were killed and one person was injured, after the jeep in which they were travelling, collided with a stationary lorry on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway near the Konavattam bridge at 3:45 am on Wednesday.

Proba-3 mission launch postponed due to technical issue, to be executed today

THE European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission, initially slated for launch on Wednesday, was rescheduled for Thursday (December 5), due to a technical issue that emerged during final pre-launch preparations.

Adani firm may win TNEB's first bid for smart meters

THE Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) is likely to award the first package of the much-awaited smart metering project to Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL), an Adani Group company, since it has emerged as the lowest bidder, according to highly placed sources in the board.

Unwanted remarks part of politics: SC to Murasoli Trust

THE Supreme Court on Wednesday said that one should be ready to receive unwarranted and unnecessary compliments upon entering politics.

'Spiritual' speaker effect: Rigid rules for school events

THREE months after the school education department faced criticism for allowing self-proclaimed spiritual speaker Mahavishu to deliver controversial speeches in government schools, the department has come up with detailed guidelines on who can be invited for events in schools, including private and CBSE schools, across the state.

Asked to leave shelters, say Uthangarai residents

EVEN as Uthangarai, which was battered by 50 cm of rain due to cyclone Fengal on Monday, is returning to normalcy, several people whose houses have been damaged continue to stay in relief centre at a community hall.

Smart insoles tested on kids without parental nod: School under scrutiny

VANA Vani Matriculation Higher Secondary School, located within IIT Madras campus, has come under scrutiny after students were allegedly used for testing smart insoles developed by the Centre of Excellence for Sports Science and Analytics, without prior parental consent.

CBI books 6 in home loan fraud, says developer inflated valuation

CHENNAI: CBI anti-corruption bureau on Wednesday held searches in Tambaram related to a fraud case filed against six people, including an NRI, for duping SBI and diverting sanctioned home loans worth ₹3.67 crore, which later became non-performing assets.

31-yr-old assaults infant son to get back at wife, booked

CHENGALPATTU Town police booked a 31-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting his two-and-a-half-year-old son in an attempt to get back at his wife.

Political forces exploiting woes of people: CM

CHIEF Minister M K Stalin, who laid the foundation for 79 new projects worth ₹1,383 crore under the Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam at an event held on Wall Tax Road in Chennai on Wednesday, said the preventive measures taken by the government had minimised losses due to Cyclone Fengal but certain political forces are trying to exploit people's suffering for their gain.

MP wants delivery of drugs by e-commerce portals stopped

DMK's Rajya Sabha MP Dr Kanimozhi NVN Somu raised concerns about the practice of delivering medicines and drugs directly to clients through online delivery companies like Swiggy, in the Parliament.

Youth beaten up by police suffers renal failure, SI transferred

A sub-inspector of Mettupalayam police station was transferred to the Armed Reserve unit on Wednesday after a woman filed a complaint with the Coimbatore Superintendent of Police saying that both kidneys of her 21-year-old son have been damaged due to custodial torture by the police.

78 town panchayat staff dismissed for using forged disability certs to get jobs

A total of 78 permanent employees, including sanitation workers, were recently dismissed by executive officers (EOs) of 27 town panchayats in Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts, for joining under priority quota for disabled persons by submitting forged disability certificates between 2010 and 2015.

Modi was watching film during floods

ASSEMBLY Speaker M Appavu alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet ministers were watching a film (The Sabarmati Report) while people in Tamil Nadu were suffering due to the recent floods.

LONG AND BUMPY ROAD TO NORMALCY

Rain recedes in Villupuram; electricity restoration under way; Kirumampakkam to Mullodai stretch of Puducherry-Cuddalore highway still closed for traffic

Man's wounds sutured under flashlight at GH

Medical staff at the Manamadurai government hospital treated a patient under a phone's flashlight following a power outage, late on Tuesday.

Four private dairy brands hike milk and curd prices

FOUR major private milk companies, which collectively hold over 45% of the state's milk market share, have hiked their milk prices by ₹2 to ₹4 per litre.

₹4 lakh cost on ex-MP for filing plea without 'due research'

THE Madras High Court imposed costs of ₹4 lakh on a former DMK MP for filing petitions in the court challenging the government notification inviting tenders for quarry lease in Dharmapuri district without \"holding due research on the facts of the case\".

Court upholds state GST authorities' power to block firm's e-cash ledger

The errant firm faces action for wrongfully availing input tax credit

Cash-strapped UoM gets paltry ₹8 crore in block grants, faculty fume

FACULTY members and academicians of the University of Madras (UoM) are aggrieved that the institution, which is in a deep financial crisis, has been sanctioned a mere ₹7.59 crore as a block grant from the higher education department.

Sukhbir Singh Badal shot at, escapes unhurt

SHIROMANI Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday narrowly escaped an assassination attempt outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

TEAM INDIA HECKLED & BODY-SHAMED

PERHAPS, the organisers never expected such a crowd. The open nets session for India at Adelaide before the second day and night Test match against Australia turned carnivalesque. Almost. It turned into chaos.

Fadnavis to be Maha CM

Swearing-in today; TNIE had earlier reported he was likely CM pick

Alangu to release in December

On Monday, makers of the action drama Alangu, starring Gunanidhi, Chemban Vinod, and Kaali Venkat in the main roles, announced its release date.

MISS YOU gets new release date

MAKERS of the rom-com film, Miss You, starring Siddharth and Ashika Ranganath, have announced that it would hit theatres worldwide on December 13, alongside Soodhu Kavvum 2.

'MAKING AN OTT FILM IS MORE CHALLENGING'

IN Rahul Dholakia's upcoming Prime Video film Agni, Divyenndu plays a corrupt cop who is always at loggerheads with his firefighter brother-in-law, played by Pratik Gandhi.