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Avadi double murder: Five held; inspector suspended

A day after two brothers, both history-sheeters, were stabbed to death by a gang near Avadi within the Pattabiram police jurisdiction, the law and order inspector of Pattabiram police station Jaganathan was placed under suspension for alleged inaction.

Garcetti at final meet with PM: 'India-US ties at peak'

Says what was unthinkable a generation ago will be indispensable soon

Love Affairs Key Reason for Kota Suicides: Minister

DAYS after another student suicide in Kota, Rajasthan's Education Minister Madan Dilawar made a rather curious and controversial statement.

EPFO Simplifies PF Account Transfer Process

THE Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has simplified the process for transfer of PF account on change of jobs wherein the requirement to route online transfer claims through either the previous or current employer has been removed in majority of cases.

WHAT NOT TO EXPECT OF BUDGET 2025

By the end of the week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second Budget in quick succession.

B'luru techie gets free phone, loses ₹2.8 crore

AFTER the 'dubious parcel at Customs' scam and 'digital arrest' scare, cyber fraudsters have come up with a new trick to gobble up your money: give a free mobile phone, and use it to siphon off money from your bank account.

Olive Ridley 'turtle dance' on pause due to poor nesting, hatcheries turn idle

NG of Olive Ridley turtles continues to be sluggish as the area's shores, riddled with thermocol, plastic and other waste, fail to provide a conducive environment for the turtles.

Alcaraz sets up date with Djokovic

ALEXANDER Zverev warned on Sunday he can \"do a lot of damage\" at the Australian Open but is wary of \"smart\" quarter-final opponent Tommy Paul.

Maritime drill in Indian Ocean as Quad foreign ministers set to meet

WHILE the maritime forces of the Quad nations are together exercising in the Indian Ocean as part of a multinational exercise, the foreign ministers of India, Australia and Japan are expected to meet a day after Donald Trump takes oath as the 47th US President on January 20.

HIL: Lancers pull off stunning comeback

KALINGA Lancers pulled off a stunning comeback to earn a shootout victory against the Delhi SG Pipers in the ongoing Hockey India League.

Centre approved ₹3L cr projects for AP in six months: Amit Shah

EMPHASISING Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support for the development of Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah highlighted that the Centre has approved projects totalling over ₹3 lakh crore for the State in the last six months.

B'luru bypass, GST road, ECR grind to a halt as lakhs return to Chennai

Pvt buses charge passengers ₹3.5K to ₹5K per ticket against the usual fare of ₹1.4K to ₹2K

Debt within limit; spending funds for union govt schemes

THE union government is yet to release funds for many schemes in Tamil Nadu, including ₹2,000 crore for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan, and the state has been spending its funds to implement the centre's schemes, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Sunday.

MEANINGS, METAPHORS.AND ROOTS OF POTS

Pots are of utmost importance in sculptural tradition—having deep-rooted connections with Indian rivers, artforms, and rituals, and holding cultural significance

Budget 2025: Insurance sector expects incentives, innovation

THE insurance industry is expecting a host of policy measures from the forthcoming budget and topping the wish-list is ending the double taxation on pensioners, lowering, if not ending, GST on insurance, especially on health products, and a closure for the much-delayed insurance amendments bill that may likely bring in a composite licensing regime for the sector.

'We believe FY26 will be better than FY25; deal pipeline is strong'

L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS), an engineering and technology services company, had a strong third quarter, as its revenues jumped 9.5% y-o-y to 2,653 crore. The company won eight large deals in the December quarter.

It's a wrap for GV Prakash's Kingston

ON Sunday, composer-actor GV Prakash Kumar announced that he has completed work on his upcoming film, Kingston.

15 cm rain lashes Tirunelveli; no heavy rain warning for TN today

TIRUNELVELI district received heavy downpour with 15 cm of rainfall lashing Oothu area alone in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday.

MANAGEMENT OF GH PATIENTS SIMPLIFIED THROUGH E-SUSHRUT

With new ID card, there is no need to stand in queue for OP slip or carry along lab reports

PEACE TRUMPED' IN GAZA TIME TO MAKE IT WORK UNDER SUPERVISION

PEACE finally got a chance in war-wracked Gaza after mindless hostility led to the slaughter of over 48,000 people, many of them innocent women and children who had nothing to do with the Hamas militia.

85% Cardholders Given Pongal Gift, Deadline Extended Till January 25

DESPITE the exclusion of the cash reward from this year's Pongal gift scheme, nearly 85% of ration cardholders—about 1.87 crore families—have received their gifts from fair price shops.

Tracing Indo-European Languages' Tamil Roots

TN body along with Oxford University Press to publish etymological dictionary in 12 volumes

Six caste Hindus attack Dalit teenager, force him to prostrate before them in Usilampatti; booked

THE Usilampatti town police on Saturday booked six caste Hindus on charges of forcing an SC teenager to prostrate before them on January 16.

Trump Throws a Lifeline to TikTok in US

TIKTOK said it is \"in the process\" of restoring service to users in the United States after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a new law.

Surreal Salvador Comes to Town

The interiors of a new restaurant in Bengaluru is an eccentric interpretation of the outlier artist's chaotic genius

Hanging with the Irish by the Sea

Home to Europe's largest stalactite, Doolin Cave on Ireland's west coast was discovered by accident before becoming a tourist magnet

Kotak Bank profit up 10% at ₹4,701 cr

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK on Saturday reported a 10.22% increase in consolidated net profit to ₹4,701 crore for the third quarter of FY25.

Only 3% of doctors who applied for NMR enrolment got registered: RTI

ONLY 3 per cent of MBBS doctors who had applied for registration in the National Medical Register (NMR), launched by Union Health Minister JP Nadda with much fanfare five months ago, have been enrolled so far, as per a RTI reply.

Patients paid ₹511 cr for CT, MRI scans in TN GHs in 5 yrs: RTI data

OVER ₹511.21 crore were generated through CT and MRI scans in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu in the last five years.

TikTok to 'go dark' in US today as SC upholds bans

TIKTOK said it will have to 'go dark' this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won't enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.