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December 25, 2025

9 killed as TN bus crashes into cars after tyre burst

A total of nine people, including five men and four women, were killed when a State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) bus collided with two cars along the Tiruchy-Chennai NH near Thittakudi in Cuddalore district late on Wednesday.

1 mins

No fresh leases allowed for mining in the Aravallis

THE Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has directed states to completely ban new mining leases in the Aravalli Range, stretching from Delhi to Gujarat, to save them from unbridled mining activities.

1 mins

2 new airlines get wings as govt clears Al Hind Air, FlyExpress

AIR travellers are set to have more options as three new domestic airlines prepare to launch operations.

1 mins

Unnao survivor to approach SC seeking justice

To challenge Sengar bail; Rahul offers help

1 mins

Black leopard cub spotted in Kovai colony

EFFORTS are under way by the Coimbatore forest division to reunite a six-month-old female black leopard cub with its mother near the Maruthamalai foothills.

1 mins

Double lifer for man who raped minor

THE Special Court for Pocso cases in Tiruvallur sentenced a 35-year-old man to double life imprisonment on Wednesday for the abduction and sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl near Arambakkam railway station in Tiruvallur in July this year.

1 mins

Examiners repeat questions, candidates get 40 marks

OWING to a lack of monitoring of question papers by the Controller of Examinations of the Bharathiar University, evaluating professors have alleged that questions were repeated in the computing fundamentals and C-programming exam for firstyear BSc Computer Science students.

1 mins

Stalin vibes, asks youth to get sporty

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday urged youngsters to limit their time on mobile phones and take up sports during their free hours.

1 mins

Synchronised bird census to begin on Sat

TO monitor avian biodiversity, the state forest department will launch the synchronised bird census 2025-26 across Tamil Nadu this weekend.

1 mins

Udhayachandran among 7 IAS officers elevated to grade of CS

THE state government on Wednesday promoted seven IAS officers belonging to the 1995 batch, including finance secretary T Udhayachandran, to chief secretary grade.

1 mins

Nurses withdraw strike after talks with health min

Ma Subramanian says 1,000 nurses will be regularised initially and remaining in phases

1 mins

SETC’s luxe fleet hits road, cozy ride at lower fare

NEARLY 15 years after the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka introduced premium multi-axle buses to provide enhanced comfort for long-distance travellers, the Tamil Nadu transport department has joined the initiative.

2 mins

Phone left in SUV helps cop nab car-lifters in hrs

A phone accidentally left behind in a luxury car turned out to be the undoing of two vehicle lifters, helping the police track and recover the stolen car within hours on Wednesday.

1 mins

DMK, allies hold protest against VB-G RAM G

The ruling DMK-led alliance staged protests across the state on Wednesday against the union government’s move to overhaul the MGNREGA and replace it with the VB-G RAM G, including the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the scheme.

1 mins

TN allows stamp duty set-off for first-time homebuyers, ending double levy

THE Tamil Nadu government is set to allow first-time home-buyers to set off the stamp duty and registration fee already paid on construction agreements against charges due at the time of registering composite sale deeds.

2 mins

3.6 lakh farmers to get ₹290 crore in compensation for crop damage

Govt sanctions relief from state disaster fund for farmers hit by heavy rain and gale wind

1 mins

Tributes paid to Periyar, MGR on death anniv

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister Udhay-anidhi Stalin and other elected representatives on Wednesday paid floral tributes to Dravidian icon and social reformer Periyar E V Ramasamy on his 52nd death anniversary.

1 mins

DMK was among BJP's first slaves, says Vijay

CONTINUING his diatribe against the DMK, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Wednesday said that it was the Dravidian party which had been the first to take refuge in the BJP and was among its \"first slaves\".

1 mins

Judge says new criminal laws made process victim-centric

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently observed that the new criminal laws created a major shift in India's criminal jurisprudence, making it victim-centric, citizen-responsive, and justice-oriented in contrast to the colonial enactments.

1 mins

Grant-in-aid for rehabilitation is not taxable income, says HC

THE Madras High Court has said that grant-in-aid provided by the government for the purpose of rehabilitation cannot be treated as revenue receipt but only as capital receipt, and so it is not taxable.

1 mins

UNITY BID FAILS, BUT OPS CAMP TO CONTINUE LEGAL FIGHT

WITH former chief minister O Panneerselvam formally giving up his long-pitched unification drive within the AIADMK and vowing to \"teach a lesson\" to party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, efforts to bring back leaders who drifted away from the party have effectively collapsed.

1 mins

Kids' welfare crucial in custody cases: HC

STATING that the child is of paramount importance, the Madras High Court has refused to grant custody of a minor child, who has been with the mother since the marriage was dissolved, to the father.

1 mins

8,000 cops deployed for Christmas security in city

ON the occasion of Christmas, a total of 8,000 police personnel have been deployed across Chennai to ensure a peaceful celebration.

1 mins

Special SIR camp for 4 days to include voters in poll rolls

CHIEF Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik on Wednesday announced that to facilitate eligible citizens to submit applications during the claims and objections period for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, special camps will be conducted at all polling station locations on December 27 and 28 (Saturday and Sunday), besides on January 3 and 4 (Saturday and Sunday).

1 mins

Constable held for filming teen girl in bathroom

A 29-year-old constable who worked as the Pollachi station inspector's car driver was arrested on Tuesday for filming a 19-year-old girl while she was bathing in her house.

1 mins

Dad gets death for raping 14-yr-old girl, TN told to pay ₹10L

THE special court for Pocso cases in Tirunelveli on Wednesday awarded death penalty to a 49-year-old daily wage labourer for sexually assaulting and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter.

1 mins

Virudhunagar family blaze: Perpetrator, two more die

THE 55-year-old man who suffered burns and two out of the four family members that he set on fire on Tuesday night succumbed to their injuries in hospital on Wednesday, taking the death toll to four.

1 mins

ASSEMBLY POLLS 'AMMK not part of NDA, will decide alliance after February'

AMMA Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) will decide its alliance stand for the 2026 Assembly elections only after February, party general secretary TTV Dhinakaran said on Wednesday.

1 mins

Citizenship issue: Kerala govt to issue nativity card

THE Kerala government is planning to introduce a permanent nativity card as a new identification document to prove residency as it looks to address concerns related to citizenship.

1 mins

ISRO’s ‘Bahubali’ releases its heaviest-ever satellite in orbit

THE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the heaviest satellite so far after its Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)-M6 rocket lifted off with the 6.10-tonne BlueBird-6 Block-2 communication satellite of US-based AST SpaceMobile (AST and Science, LLC) and released it accurately in a in the 518.50 Km altitude circular Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

1 mins

GREAT INDIAN HIGHWAY ROBBERY

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HIGHER STANDARDS FOR HIGHER EDU

NDIA'S higher education system now enrols crores of students every year, making it one of the biggest anywhere.

3 mins

ISRO’S BAHUBALI RAISES HOPE FOR MISSIONS AHEAD

I HE Indian Space Research Organisation flexed its muscles on Wednesday by placing into orbit the heaviest satellite it has launched so far-the 6.1-tonne BlueBird Block 2 designed by a private American company.

1 mins

THE MOSCOW-KYIV CONFLICT STRAINS PARIS-BERLIN TIES

EU's decision to issue bonds to give Ukraine a loan-and not use frozen Russian assets-exposed new chasms. Meanwhile, the Americans are preparing for dialogue with the Russians

3 mins

TRADE DEALS BRIGHTEN A YEAR OF NAVIGATING DIPLOMATIC DOLDRUMS

NDIAN diplomacy in 2025 unfolded in a world short on certainty.

1 mins

40% farmers linked to coops see improved yields

MORE than 40% of marginal farmers linked to cooperatives have experienced an increase in household income and improved crop yields, a new report says, calling for making the country's cooperative structures more inclusive to assist more such farmers.

1 mins

‘62% of mouth cancers due to alcohol, tobacco’

SIX out of 10 people in India are suffering from mouth cancer due to frequent consumption of alcohol, along with chewing of smokeless tobacco products such as gutkha, khaini, paan, said a first large-scale study published on Wednesday.

2 mins

China likely to stabilise India ties to stop deepening of US relations

US defence dept outlines New Delhi's role in Xi Jinping's long-term strategic & military vision

2 mins

Projects commissioned, India set to overtake US in metro network length

THE Ministry of Railways has claimed that India is on course to overtake the United States in total metro network length as ongoing projects are commissioned.

1 mins

30 Indians arrested for driving trucks without valid licences in California

SOME 30 Indian nationals living illegally in the United States have been arrested in California after being found driving semi-trucks using commercial driver's licenses, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

1 mins

50L failed in boards, need to be sent to Open School: Secy

AROUND 50 lakh students across the country have failed to clear the final exams of Class X and XII in 2024, said Sanjay Kumar, Secretary of the school education and literacy department.

1 mins

Saying ‘love you’ outrages modesty of women: HC

THE Chhattisgarh High Court, hearing the appeal against the conviction judgment order of the trial court, ruled that saying ‘I love you’, holding hand and pulling woman towards self amounted to offence as it outrages the modesty of a woman.

1 mins

ED seizes ₹67L cash in Gujarat land scam case

A non-agricultural land scam has rattled Gujarat’s bureaucracy after the ED raided top officials’ homes in Surendranagar, arrested a deputy mamlatdar with ₹67.50 lakh, seized over 100 files, and exposed a nexus of middlemen, speed money, and misuse of power.

1 mins

Cong: Deleted, unmapped voters more than losing margin in MP

‘Gap in SIR data & loss margin prove fake votes’

1 mins

HC: Teacher, student relationship a misconduct

OBSERVING that the termination of the professor of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, for consensual relationship with one of his students is shockingly disproportionate, the Allahabad High Court set aside his 19-year-old dismissal order as he was accused of emotional and physical harassment by an ex-student.

1 mins

Thackeray cousins join hands, but road to BMC uncertain

THE Thackeray cousins announced a formal alliance for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election on Wednesday, with Uddhav Thackeray appealing to the Marathi people not to get divided or risk losing the authority of the Marathi manoos over Mumbai.

1 mins

Additional forces deployed to keep peace in Assam

AN uneasy calm returned to Kheroni in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday after two days of violence over the alleged encroachment of village grazing reserves (VGRs) and professional grazing reserves (PGRs) by “outsiders”.

1 mins

Protests against B’desh Hindu man killing continue

FRESH protests erupted in Kolkata and districts across West Bengal on Wednesday over the brutal killing of 25-year-old Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu youth from Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

1 mins

Clashes between 2 Matua groups rock Bengal town

THAKURNAGAR, the administrative headquarters of the Matua community, witnessed unprecedented violence on Wednesday as rival groups aligned with BJP MP and Union Minister of Shipping Shantanu Thakur and Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mamatabala

1 mins

U’khand HC takes note of missing forest pillars and ‘unusual wealth’ of officers

THE Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the CBI, Centre and the state government in connection with a petition alleging disappearance of 7,375 forest boundary pillars in the Mussoorie forest division and “rapid and unusual” rise in the assets of territorial forest officers posted there.

1 mins

Airplane lands itself safely after in-flight emergency

AN airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, the CNN reported.

1 mins

Ukraine okay with demilitarised zone in Donbas area to end war with Russia

Plan includes control of N-plant, referendum; Russia yet to respond

2 mins

Explosion in Russia kills two police officers

AN explosion in Moscow on Wednesday killed three people, including two police officers, Russian investigators said, days after a car bomb killed a high-ranking general not far away.

1 mins

Ceasefire tested after Gaza blast injures Israeli soldier

AN explosive device detonated in Gaza on Wednesday, injuring one Israeli soldier and prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the US-backed ceasefire.

1 mins

Digital spendings, house rents to get better representation in new CPI series

CONSUMER Price Index (CPI), a measure of the retail inflation, is undergoing an overhaul after more than a decade, with several changes to be adopted in the methodology.

1 mins

Demat account additions slow down in 2025

WITH the equity market facing volatility, the addition of new demat accounts by brokerages slowed down sharply, adding only 1.51 crore new investor sign-ups in 2025 so far.

1 mins

Gold, silver witness best yearly gains since 1979

PRECIOUS metals are on a song again and are heading for their best annual returns since 1979, scaling new peaks globally as also in the domestic markets on safe haven demand and expectations of more rate cuts by the US Fed.

2 mins

BP to offload 65% stake in Castrol to US-based Stonepeak for $10.1 billion

BP on Wednesday announced the sale of a 65% shareholding in Castrol to US-based Stonepeak at an enterprise value of $10.1 billion.

1 mins

RBI postpones Jan 3 rollout of Phase 2 of faster cheque clearance sine die

THE Reserve Bank (RBI) has deferred the rollout of the phase 2 of its faster cheque clearance framework, which was scheduled to come into effect from January 3, 2026.

1 mins

IndusInd gets SFIO notice over accounting fraud

IndusInd Bank, which came under fire from regulators and probe agencies since March when it had admitted to a ₹2,000 crore accounting fraud in forex trading book, on Wednesday said it has received a second notice from the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).

1 mins

RIL gets US relief for Rosneft oil cargoes

RELIANCE Industries Ltd (RIL) has obtained a concession from the United States to receive oil cargoes supplied by Russia’s Rosneft, which has been sanctioned by the US government.

1 mins

Bharti Ent, Warburg to buy 49% in Haier India

Haier to retain 49% stake, co’s India management team to hold 2%

2 mins

After long injury lay-off, veteran Savita ready for ‘new chapter’

AS she took the posts in an exhibition hockey match at the Ramachandra Institute grounds here, one could see the joy in veteran Indian goalkeeper Savita Punia’s face.

2 mins

Hockey star Hardik in line for Khel Ratna

INDIA men’s hockey team vice-captain Hardik Singh was the sole recommendation for this year’s Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna honour, while teen-aged chess star Divya Deshmukh and trailblazing decathlete Tejaswin Shankar were among the 24 picked for the Arjuna awards by the selection committee here on Wednesday.

1 mins

Of trusting process & being vocal: Lovlina ready for 2026

WITH just nine minutes of ring time at the international level this year, Lovlina Borgohain was predominantly in the background this year.

4 mins

Gurjapneet helps TN get off to winning start

GURJAPNEET Singh’s 4/32 and half centuries by N Jagadeesan (67) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (73) paved the way for Tamil Nadu to beat Pondicherry by 101 runs in the Vijay Hazare tournament played at Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

2 mins

Back with bang: Rohit and Kohli smash hundreds

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NEW YEAR NEW DESTINATION!

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1 mins

Mleiha National Park announces new activities!

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1 mins

BLENDING GRAPHITE ART AND KUTCHERI

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2 mins

A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PAST

A phone call regarding a long-form article she had written eight years ago sparked the beginning of this book, Sowmiya Ashok recalls.

3 mins

RADIKAA'S NEXT AS LEAD TITLED THAAL KIZHAVI

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1 mins

Guru Somasundaram's next titled Paris Cafe

ACTOR Guru Somasundaram, who last headlined Bottle Radha, will next lead a romantic drama titled Paris Cafe, directed by debutant Saraj Seelan.

1 mins

Two's a crowd

Arun Vijay talks about playing dual roles in Retta Thala, performing dance numbers, and staying in character while filming

3 mins

THE LEGEND OF AANG ADDS NEW CAST MEMBERS

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1 mins

Mirzapur: The Film goes on floors

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1 mins

Steve Rogers returns to the MCU

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1 mins

Thomas Jane joins Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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