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A GOAL SNATCHED FROM JAWS OF DEFEAT

When the waves receded

Bodies of all three students recovered from Cauvery

A team of 51 firefighters on Tuesday recovered the bodies of the three Class 10 students who were washed away in River Cauvery at Ayyalamman Padithurai in Kudamurutti of the district.

Temple activist granted bail

JUSTICE V Lakshminarayanan of Madras HC granted conditional bail to temple activist Rangarajan Narasimhan of Srirangam in two criminal cases relating to circulating derogatory messages against Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin and Embar Jeeyar of Sriperumbudur, and harassing a woman advocate through messages on the social media.

In disasters, we need a result-oriented administration

Radhakrishnan was collector of Thanjavur when the tsunami struck in 2004. He was soon transferred to erstwhile Nagapattinam, the worst-hit district with 6,065 deaths.

From Jan, liquor sales in TN to be fully based on QR code system

TAMIL Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) is gearing up to implement an end-to-end computerisation using QR code system to ensure transparency in liquor sales across the state.

Chargesheet filed against 2 in Hizb-Ut-Tahrir terror case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against two accused in a terror conspiracy case involving the Hizb ut Tahrir (HuT) terrorist organisation, the agency said on Tuesday.

Allu Arjun grilled for three hours, seeks bail

ACTOR Allu Arjun, accused in the Sandhya Theatre stampede case, was on Tuesday grilled for more than three hours by the police.

BJP X'mas outreach hits Kerala wall

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Christmas celebration hosted by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) in Delhi, a senior Orthodox Church Bishop in Kerala on Tuesday openly questioned the saffron party's outreach to the Christian community.

Lokpal calls Sebi chief for oral hearing

TAKING cognizance of complaints of impropriety and conflict of interest filed by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and two others, anti-corruption body Lokpal on Tuesday called Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and the complainants for 'oral hearing' on January 28.

Arif transferred to Bihar, Bhalla goes to Manipur

Kerala governor shifted to NDA-ruled Bihar; former home secy gets to manage Manipur

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DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

GREEN CORNER IN BOXING DAY BOUT

MCG curator says grass on the surface should excite pacers

Beau is not afraid of Test challenges

IMAGINE being Beau Webster. You had just helped Tasmania beat New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the Sheffield Shield game around late November. A 61 and 49 with the bat while taking five wickets across two innings. You get called up as cover for Mitchell Marsh ahead of the pink ball Test against India.

Naveen & Lokesh one hit away from national glory

IT was a mixed outing for shuttlers from Tamil Nadu in the ongoing Senior National Badminton Championships in Bengaluru on Monday.

Scrap dealer's son Sairaj claims gold

SAIRAJ Pardeshi was pretty clear what he had to become when he was only eight.

Hyderabad FC squander 2-goal lead to suffer loss

HYDERABAD FC have endured a difficult run in the ongoing Indian Super League so far. And things turned from bad to worse on Monday.

Adani Defence acquires 85.8% in Air Works

ADANI DEFENCE Systems & Technologies Ltd. (ADSTL) in acquiring 85.8% shareholding in Air Works (AWIEPL), India's largest private sector MRO company with the largest pan-India footprint, said the Adani Group company on Monday. ADSTL will acquire the stake at an enterprise value of ₹400 crore.

Razorpay grants employees ₹1L ESOPs to mark 10-yr of operation

FINTECH major Razorpay is awarding employee stock option plans (ESOPs) worth ₹1 lakh to all its current employees as part of its 10 years celebration.

Honda-Nissan to be 3rd-largest carmaker

JAPANESE auto giants Honda and Nissan have announced plans to merge operations, creating the world's third-largest automaker by sales, trailing only Toyota and Volkswagen.

Women represent 20% of crypto exchange CoinDCX's high networth customers

WITH the increasing adoption of cryptocurrency, women are now representing 20% of crypto exchange CoinDCX's HNI (high net-worth individual) customers.

GST rate hike: Used car market faces challenges

Experts say rate hike from 12-18% to impact second-hand vehicle biz

Tata Capital to raise up to $2 billion from overseas mkt

TATA CAPITAL, which after the merger with the group company Tata Motor's NBFC subsidiary has become the 12th largest non-bank player in terms of AUM, is tapping the global debt market to raise up to $2 billion as part of its medium-term notes (MTN) programme.

Airtel gains customers for first time since tariff hike in Oct; Jio, Vi lose users

FOR the first time since the tariff hike announced by private telecom service providers in July 2024, Bharti Airtel added 1.9 million subscribers in October 2024.

Market snaps 5-day losing streak, retail participants advised to take cautious stance

DOMESTIC equity market snapped a five-day losing streak on Monday with the benchmark indices - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty - gaining 0.70 per cent each.

Don threatens to take back Panama Canal, gets it from Panama's prez

Incoming president says US ships are charged unfair fees; also points to Chinese footprint

TRAI asks telcos to offer tariff vouchers for calls, SMS

THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed telecom service providers to offer separate special tariff vouchers (STVs) for voice calls and SMS services.

China denies request to probe ship linked to cable cuts: Sweden

SWEDEN's foreign minister said on Monday that China had denied a request for prosecutors to conduct an investigation on a Chinese ship linked to two severed Baltic Sea cables despite Beijing pledging \"cooperation\" with regional authorities.

Marcel Ciolacu reappointed Romanian PM

ROMANIA's president on Monday nominated incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to lead a new pro-European coalition government in hopes of ending a protracted political crisis in the European Union country following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court.

Israel's pager blast ops started 10 yrs ago: spies

TWO recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies three months ago.

China chip industry probed for being non-competitive

THE United States said on Monday it is opening an investigation into China's policies for its semiconductor industry, over concerns that Beijing is turning to \"extensive anticompetitive and non-market means\" to undermine other economies.