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Uddhav's Maha pitch: 'Declare MVA CM face ahead of polls, will support'

ASSERTING his position in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday expressed his willingness to support any candidate proposed by the Congress and NCP(SP) as the alliance's chief ministerial candidate, but it should be decided ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

Facing backlash, Kolkata top cop says not shielding anyone, probe transparent

ON a day when the Kolkata High Court came down heavily on the state government, particularly the police, the CBI questioned Dr Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in the rape and murder of a medico.

IMA's 'nat'l movement' gains ground as docs of large corporate hosps join

EVEN as hundreds of angry resident doctors on Friday laid siege to Nirman Bhavan, the health ministry headquarters, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said it is firm on a 24hour shut down of OPD and elective surgeries on Saturday to protest the barbaric rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor in Kolkata.

3-phase assembly elections in J&K to begin on Sept 18

THE Election Commission on Friday announced assembly polls for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Haryana.

After SC directive, clamour for policy on GM crops grows

COMPLYING with the Supreme Court's July directive, civil society groups and environmental activists have written to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), seeking widespread consultative processes for evolving a national policy on Genetically Modified (GM) crops.

Natural for young man to be upset about sister being ill-treated, says SC

IT is natural for a young man to be emotionally upset to see his sister ill-treated by her in-laws, observed the Supreme Court while modifying the jail sentence of a man, accused under IPC Section 304.

Nod to Metro projects in 3 cities, 2 airports

Cabinet approves metro rail projects for Bengaluru, Pune and Thane; also clears one airport each in Patna, Bagdogra

Army honour for Paris Olympic medal winners

CHIEF of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Friday felicitated Indian Army sportspersons for their accomplishments at the Paris Olympics.

National film awards: South industry retains its hot streak

Malayalam film Aattam is Best Feature Film; Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan I wins 4 national awards; Rahman gets 7th nat'l award, most won by any music director

Murder accused tries to escape from police, shot in his right leg

THE Needamangalam police on Friday night shot an accused in a murder case while he was allegedly trying to flee after attacking a personnel with a machete.

Bus crew sacked for abusing visually impaired couple

A visually impaired couple, Ramadhas and Visalakshmi, from Thippasandra near Pallikonda, allegedly faced mistreatment and abuse while alighting a TNSTC bus on Thursday.

Tirunelveli cops advise private bus crew not to play caste-related songs

THE Tirunelveli city police convened a meeting with private bus conductors and drivers here on Friday, instructing them against playing caste-related film songs and locallycomposed caste songs in the buses, and report the issues among student passengers to the police.

In July, Tiruppur knitwear exports up by ₹400 crore

KNITWEAR exports from Tiruppur increased by 400 crore in the quarter ending July, said A Sakthivel, in-charge of Apparel Export Promotion Council (Southern Region), on Friday.

Must win 200 seats in next Assembly poll, CM tells brass

DIST SECY MEET CM MK Stalin on Friday announced that the DMK-led alliance is targeting to bag 200 seats in the 2026 Assembly polls.

TNSTC DRIVER DIES AS POWER LINE FALLS ON BUS IN NILGIRIS

A TNSTC driver died on the spot after a high-tension power line snapped and fell on the bus near Sholurmattam at Kotagiri in Nilgiris on Friday morning.

'Guv's At-Home exposes DMK-BJP ties'

FORMER minister D Jayakumar of the AIADMK has accused the ruling DMK of maintaining a tacit relationship with the BJP after CM MK Stalin and eight ministers attended the At Home reception hosted by Governor RN Ravi.

Graft case: DVAC told to give files to ED to probe money laundering

The directive comes in a disproportionate assets case registered by the DVAC in 2019 against the former registrar of Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council

EPS plans state-wide tour to get AIADMK cadre ready for 2026 poll

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will be undertaking a state-wide tour soon to prepare cadre for the 2026 Assembly election.

Crude bomb attack: 4 held

THE Sholavaram police have arrested four men in connection with the crude bomb attack at two places on Thursday night, including the house of a DMK functionary.

Udhayanidhi reviews measures to tackle monsoon in Chennai

MINISTER for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday chaired an inter-departmental review meeting on the monsoon preparedness in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), in the presence of ministers and senior officials from various departments.

IIT-M names top 5 winning teams of i2I

THE IIT-M on Friday announced the top five student eco-innovator teams of the inaugural edition of the ideas to Impact (i21) challenge.

CUMTA to prepare roadmap for last-mile connectivity

THE Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) is planning to review bus services and routes to improve last-mile connectivity, according to CUMTA special officer I Jayakumar.

Kolkata rape-murder: Doctors to suspend OP services at GHs today

Stunity MCuical College hospital in CCU VIчuy |гRAVINUMAN EXPRESSING solidarity with the Kolkata doctors protesting over the death of a second-year PG student at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, various government doctors across the state and the IMA have announced the suspension of outpatient and non-emergency services for 24 hours from 6 am on Saturday to 6 am on Sunday.

TNPCB allows Ennore chemical plant to reopen

TAMIL Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has granted permission to Coromandel International Limited (CIL) for resuming operations of its phosphoric and sulphuric acid plants located in Ennore.

ISRO aims to hold Gaganyaan 1st test flight in December

ISRO Chairman S Somanath said the first test flight of the Gaganyaan project is expected to happen this December.

Indo-Lanka passenger ferry service resumes after 10-month-long hiatus

THE passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka's Kankesanthurai resumed after a gap of 10 months with the flagging off the ferry 'Sivagangai' at Nagapattinam Port on Friday.

Vallalar centre not on ancient monument site: TN

THE state government has informed the Madras High Court that the site for constructing the proposed Vallalar International Centre on the Sathya Gnana Sabai premises in Vadalur is not an ancient monument site of archaeological significance.

ISRO to share rocket tech with private sector

FOLLOWING the successful launch of the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-08) by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D3) on Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now ready to transfer the SSLV technology to the private sector for commercial production.

HC whiplash over mob violence

THE Calcutta High Court on Friday came down like a ton of bricks on the West Bengal administration for its abject failure in handling a midnight mob that ransacked the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and terrorised its staff.

Yunus dials Modi, claims minorities safe

BANGLADESH Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Friday telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first direct communication between the two after the Nobel Laureate assumed charge on August 8.