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Tirupattur girls can now call 'Police Akka' for help
IN a bid to prevent crimes against women, Tirupattur Superintendent of Police Shreya Gupta launched the 'Police Akka' initiative on Wednesday.
TN HOME TO 1,031 NILGIRI TAHRS
THE first-ever synchronised survey of the Nilgiri Tahr, conducted from April 29 to May 1 this year, has revealed a total population of 1,031 tahrs in Tamil Nadu, with 552 living in fragmented habitats across 128 blocks and 479 in large contiguous landscapes spanning 12 blocks.
VIT holds seminar on health hazards faced by female workers in agri sector
VELLORE Institute of Technology's (VIT) School of Social Sciences and Languages (SSL) organised a one-day regional seminar on occupational health hazards faced by women workers in agriculture sector on Wednesday.
28-year-old gets 5-year jail term for sexually assaulting girl
THE special court for cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act has sentenced a 28-year-old man to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a girl in Chennai, in 2020.
Fisher's widow moves HC, seeks insurance claim
THE Madras Bench of the Madras High Court sought the state government's response on a petition filed by the widow of a fisherman, seeking the release of the insurance amount.
TN girl who won carrom worlds gets ₹1 cr from govt
THREE TN women dominated the Women's Carrom World Championship.
Venkatachalapathy gets Sahitya Akademi award
HISTORIAN AR Venkatachalapathy has bagged the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2024 in the research category for his Tamil book \"Tirunelveli Ezhuchiyum Vaa Vuu Ciyum 1908\", (Tirunelveli uprising and VO Chidambaram Pillai 1908).
Trouble in Tasmac QR-code billing system hampers rollout across TN
Unloading alcohol stock from trucks which took 30 minutes now takes 7 hours, says official
Ashwin's big spin: Goodbye to international cricket
INTRIGUE and suspense, the moments leading up to the revelation seemed like an episode right out of the pages of mystery books. It all started as murmurs as if something unexpected was going to happen.
Border talks back on track as Doval meets Wang in Beijing
IN what is seen as a major step towards normalization of India-China ties, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held \"substantive discussions\" during the Special Representatives dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday.
Modi raps Cong over demand for Shah's axe
Attacks Kharge claim on Ambedkar's insult
13 KILLED AS NAVY BOAT RAMS FERRY
THIRTEEN people were killed after a speed boat of the Indian Navy crashed into a passenger ferry boat near the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club
CHELSEA forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.
Closely monitoring situation in Chennai plant: Samsung
CITU also said that they were yet to receive a written response to the charter of demands that the SIWU had placed before the company when they agreed to give up the protest in October. At the conciliatory talks at the end of the protest, it was agreed that Samsung would submit a written response to the demands before the conciliation officer. Talks were held between the two parties and labour department officials on Tuesday.
Unrest in Samsung again, workers plan 'canteen boycott'
UNREST is brewing among the Samsung India workers in Sriperumbudur again over alleged harassment of 35 workers, who were the face of the month-long protest in September, by supervisors and management of the company.
The ongoing struggle of Sharma the Test batter
Poor form and captaincy issues could be two unrelated things as Rohit falls for another low score on day four in Brisbane on Tuesday
RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS
SOMEWHERE in the middle of the first innings, Virat Kohli rushed out of the Gabba dressing room, called up Abhimanyu Easwaran, told him something in earnestness and sent him off the ground.
Two World Champions, 31 GMs, Tamil Nadu is the best: Anand
OPEN rooftop car. Scores of people. Cavalcade of cars. It was another maddening but memorable day in the newly-crowned world champ, D Gukesh's, life.
Rana wouldn't have got into our playing XI: Gujarat coach Klinger
GUJARAT GIANTS, after finishing last in the back-to-back Women's Premier League points table, went into the mini-auction looking to make a few important changes.
Bid in satellite spectrum not feasible: Scindia
A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the government's decision to administratively allocate satellite spectrum in the country, communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday defended the move, saying that satellite spectrum is neither suitable nor practical for auction.
ITC Hotel demerger from January 1, 2025
FMCG giant ITC Ltd has fixed January 1, 2025 as the effective date for the demerger of its hotel business after receiving an order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
Sebi may tighten SME listing norms, bring in transparency
THE Securities and Exchange Board's (Sebi) board meeting slated for Wednesday is likely to come up with a slew of measures to clean the SME IPOs space that has, of late, received regulatory attention.
Slower Q2 GDP growth temporary blip, will see healthy growth in coming qtrs: FM
FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has termed the second quarter GDP growth slowdown a temporary blip and expressed her confidence that the economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters.
Gold import up on tariff cut, UAE pact
331% rise in import of yellow metal to $15 bn in Nov resulted in trade deficit, pressure on rupee
Adani group firm Ambuja merges Penna Cements, Sanghi Ind with itself
AMBUJA Cements, the cement and building material company of Adani Group, announced the merger of Sanghi Industries (SIL) and Penna Cement Industries with itself.
ED hands over ₹22,000 cr worth properties attached under PMLA to owners
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has handed over properties worth ₹22,280 crore attached under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to victims or their legitimate claimants, finance ministry has informed parliament.
Domestic market declines on trade deficit, weakening rupee
DOMESTIC equity market declined sharply on Tuesday with the benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 - cracking nearly 1.5% each.
Russian Gen heading N-arms vertical assassinated
Ukraine claims responsibility, accuses Igor Kirillov of using banned chemical weapons in ongoing war; Moscow treating it as terror attack
Chinese leader convicted in graft case executed
CHINA on Tuesday executed Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest-ever corruption case in the country totaling to over $421 million.
Was target of suicide attack during 2021 Iraq visit: Pope
Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn't make it.