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Gaps in Tambaram flood mitigation efforts slammed

During corpn meet, councillor breaks down while discussing water stagnation struggles

Forest dept to geo-tag vultures to track their migration route

THE Tamil Nadu forest department has sent a proposal to the union government seeking permission to fix geo-tagging devices on vultures after capturing them. This will enable the forest department to track the migration route of the birds which will help in conservation activities. The project is already implemented in Madhya Pradesh and Assam. If all goes well, Tamil Nadu will be the first state in South India to do it.

Health secy told to file report on plea for more dialysis technicians in govt hosps

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday sought a report from the health secretary on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed to appoint sufficient dialysis technicians on permanent basis in government hospitals across the state.

YouTuber in soup for posting video of wife's delivery

Video shows him cutting umbilical cord of child in operation theatre of Chennai hosp

Is HR&CE empowered to interfere in Podhu Dikshitar panel affairs: HC

MADRAS High Court on Monday questioned whether the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department is empowered to interfere in the affairs of the Podhu Dikshitar Committee of Chidambaram Natarajar Temple in Cuddalore district.

Six held for duping man of ₹14 cr by promising 500% return; probe into crypto transactions on

THE Tamil Nadu police's cyber crime wing has busted an organised network, which was involved in defrauding a person of ₹14 crore and siphoning it into cryptocurrency accounts.

Medics call off fast after 2-hr talks with Didi

PROTESTING doctors in West Bengal called off their hunger strike on Monday following a two-hour meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. They also cancelled their proposed strike across hospitals in the state on Tuesday.

Hoax callers to be put under no-fly list: Rammohan Naidu

TO deal with the menace of hoax bomb threats to airlines, the Centre plans to amend rules to place the culprits in the no-fly list and initiate criminal charges against them, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Monday. He said such threats will be made a cognisable offence, which will attract punishment and fines.

INDIA, CHINA IRON OUT WRINKLES

Both sides arrive at patrolling agreement on the LAC. Chances brighten for Modi-Xi talks

SC: Secularism part of statute's basic structure

The Supreme Court on Monday said secularism had always been held to be part and parcel of the basic structure of the Constitution.

DEEPAVALI RUSH: TNSTC TO RUN 14K BUSES FROM OCT 28-30

A total of 14,086 government buses will be operated across Tamil Nadu from October 28 to 30, to help the public commute ahead of Deepavali, said Transport Minister S S Sivasankar on Monday. It is estimated that 5.83 lakh commuters will travel from Chennai during these three days.

TN takes first step towards becoming accessible

OVER two years have gone by since the Tamil Nadu government missed the June 2022 deadline set in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016 to ensure all public buildings in the state are accessible.

HC grants interim bail to double lifer convicted in 1996 Navarasu murder

THE Madras High Court on Monday granted interim bail to John David, convicted and sentenced to double life in the infamous murder of medical student Pon Navarasu at Annamalai University in 1996, while quashing a Government Order rejecting his application for premature release.

Why Real Estate Is Not A Retirement Plan

BUYING a home is the first preference of Millennials and Gen X in India. Millennials are people born between 1980 and 1996.

Ranji Trophy: Pradosh & Washington help TN post 674/6

AFTER Sai Sudharsan's double century (213), Washington Sundar (152) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (117) notched up a century each against a hapless Delhi attack to help Tamil Nadu post a mammoth score of 674/6 (declared) in 158.2 overs on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

The short-lived joyride ft. Sarfaraz, Rishabh

ON SATURDAY, two young men -one who was on the verge of leaving the sport for good and another who almost died less than two years ago - gave wings to new dreams. They broke open a hitherto lost cause.

US judges fear violence as Election Day nears

OVER the past four years, judges at Washington's federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the US Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation's democracy.

Role of Supreme Court as people's court must be preserved, says CJI

CHIEF Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said the Supreme Court's role as a people's court must be preserved for the future, but this does not mean it has to fulfill the Opposition's role in Parliament.

Notice to govts on plea to stop attack on fishers

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Saturday issued notice to the union and Tamil Nadu governments and the assistant high commissioner of India in Sri Lanka on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking to stop the arrest and killing of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy in international waters.

You Are Losing Money Without Knowing It!

SEE how you have been losing money, some knowingly and some unknowingly! Some of it could be hereditary and some of it is your own behaviour.

New Zealand Turns World Champions

WELL, all the odds are, they are in my favor; Something's bound to begin; It's gotta happen, happen sometime; May-be this time, I'll win... sung Liza Minnelli in the debut motion picture named Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse. Her character, Sally Bowles, a Manic Pixie American Dream Girl living in 1931's Berlin, through this song has an air of "desperate hope" around it.

Junior Doctors Firm On Health Secy's Exit, Threaten To Resume Cease-Work

A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the junior doctors and called a meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse over RG Kar hospital rape-murder, agitation junior doctors on Sunday said they would launch a cease-work along with senior doctors from Tuesday if their demands are not met in the meeting.

Drones From Kyiv Shot Down, Russia Sends Missiles

RUSSIAN air defences shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones on Sunday over Russia's western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

India go for broke but Kiwis hold ground

AFTER two balls on Sunday, the impossible dream was on. Jasprit Bumrah got one to straighten after pitching on offstump.

RED-LETTER DAY FOR NEW ZEALAND

India face 2nd home loss of 2024 as Black Caps register first Test win in country since 1988

Petition seeks to make snakebite treatment available at PHCS

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to make available poly-venom (anti-venom) and snakebite treatments at PHCS, CHCs and district hospitals along with all the government hospitals in the country.

Plea in SC seeks urgent relief from demolitions after Bahraich violence

THREE people allegedly involved in the October 13 Bahraich violence in UP have approached the Supreme Court seeking urgent relief against the demolition notices issued to them for Sunday.

URBAN FLOODING CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS

A recent 'landslide' and 'waterfall' at a deep excavation site in Bengaluru, where an ambitious skyscraper is due to come up, has become the subject matter of much social media mockery and a political slugfest.

TRUDEAU'S PATHETIC POSTURING WITHOUT PROOF IS SHOWING

BY framing the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder last year as an infringement on national sovereignty by Indian state actors without proper contextualisation and making bilateral diplomatic ties hostage to its resolution, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau appears to have sunk further in the quicksand of perception.

ADM Naveen Babu never sought bribe: Gangadharan

Contradicting the claims made by former Kannur district panchayat president P P Divya in her anticipatory bail plea, A Gangadharan, a retired school teacher, clarified that Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu never sought bribe from him.