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1,433 personnel to be deployed for vote counting in 3 LS seats in city

A total of 1,433 personnel, including 20% additional reserve staff, will be involved vote counting in Chennai district on Tuesday.

IAS-IPS officers' fight for house: HC reserves order

JUSTICE Anitha Sumanth has reserved the orders on a petition filed by former Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das seeking orders to restore power supply to a bungalow at Thaiyur, for which he and his estranged wife and Tamil Nadu Energy Secretary Beela Venkatesan are claiming ownership.

TN food safety officials continue crackdown on human breast milk sale

IN view of the Food Safety Standard Authority of India's (FSSAI) recent advisory against the commercial sale of human milk, the Tamil Nadu food safety department has continued to crack down on distributors and sellers involved in the illegal sales of human milk.

Anna varsity to hold PG counselling 3 months early for better enrolment

Counselling preponed from Sept to June; 65% seats in govt colleges were vacant last year

After 4-day therapy, mother elephant back on feet, walks 5km into reserve

DISTRICT forest officials released the mother elephant into the Maruthamalai foothills on Monday morning following the successful treatment provided to the animal in the last four days.

Markets on steroids with highest single-day jump in three years

BUOYED by exit poll predictions of a comfortable victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP in the general elections, equity markets Nifty and Sensex went up by more than 3% on Monday, the highest singleday jump in three years.

CEC seeks proof as Oppn alleges BJP attempt to influence counting

THE Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Monday reacted sharply to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's claims that the BJP tried to influence 150 district magistrates and collectors ahead of the HANDBOOK FOR COUNTING AGENT 2023 vote counting on June 4, asking him to submit proof to back his claim by 7 pm on Monday.

ED: Kavitha's proceeds of crime valued at ₹293 crore

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED), in a supplementary chargesheet filed against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, said a total of ₹1,100 crore was laundered in the case and Kavitha was involved in proceeds of crime worth ₹292.8 crore.

Two cages set up in ATR to catch tiger injured by snare

FOREST officials have set up two cages to capture and treat a five-year-old male adult tiger that was spotted roaming with injuries suspected to have been caused by a snare at the Tiruppur division of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR).

After TNIE expose, 8 monitor lizards seized, 3 arrested

THE state forest department on Sunday seized 18 monitor lizards that were transported on a private bus from Thanjavur to Sikkarimedu village, which is notorious for selling bushmeat, in Krishnagiri district.

TIME FOR PEOPLE'S PULSE

Both the BJP and the Oppn INDIA bloc optimistic, chalk out strategies for today's counting

Levitt ready to light up T20 WC

Netherlands' highest individual T20I scorer played a key role when his side beat former champions Sri Lanka in a warm-up match. All eyes will be on him during the marquee event..

15th CL crown for Real

REAL Madrid withstood a Borussia Dortmund barrage to win the Champions League for the 15th time as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior struck late in a 2-0 win at Wembley on Saturday.

Tale of redemption: Amit, Jaismine find joy

BOXERS Amit Panghal and Jaismine Lamboria's tales are sort of a redemption.

MRC 'A' secure VAP Trophy

M BOOPATHI Vaishna Kumar slammed a century as Take Solutions MRC 'A' beat Kalpathi Investments Young Stars by by three wickets to win the VAP Trophy at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.

On the way to becoming a great: Sania on Iga

ON Monday, one of the surest things in tennis, a Rafael Nadal win in the French dirt, came to an end.

Adani Group 'better' leveraged even as debt more than doubles in 5 yrs

TOTAL net debt of the Adani Group has almost doubled in the past five years from ₹94,770 crore at the end of FY19 to ₹181,604 crore in FY24, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 14%.

Markets might see biggest gains post exit polls

INDIA'S equity market is expected to see one of its biggest gains of recent times this week following the exit poll results which have erased all concerns related to change of power at the centre.

First Christian women gets Brigadier rank in Pak army

DR Helen Mary Roberts, serving in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps, has made history by becoming the first woman from Christian and minority community to achieve the rank of brigadier in the Muslim-majority country.

China disrupting peace conference: Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused China on Sunday of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organised peace conference on the war in Ukraine.

US trying to build Asia-Pacific NATO, China says

THE US is trying to build an Asia-Pacific version of NATO through its Indo-Pacific strategy to maintain its hegemony in the region, a Chinese defence official said, stressing that Washington's attempt to serve its 'selfish' geopolitical interest is 'doomed to fail'.

Israel-Hamas war continues amid truce push by mediators

ISRAEL bombarded the Gaza Strip on Sunday and battled Hamas as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden.

Ramaphosa fighting to stay prez as talks for govt formation begin

Zuma's party, the third biggest in Parliament, says he will come for talks after Prez leaves

Welfare schemes fuel SKM power play

'Sikkim Aama Yojana', 'Bahini' and 'Vatsalaya', and the slogan of 'Garib Ka Sarkar' did wonders for the party

Nitish leaves for Delhi, says Modi to form govt

BIHAR chief minister Nitish Kumar left for New Delhi on Sunday ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha election results scheduled to be announced on June 4.

In a 1st in many decades, Naxals fail to cast shadow on elections in J'khand

FOR the first time in the last few decades, voting in Jharkhand went without any signs of Maoist threat.

Litmus test for Omar, Mehbooba, Jitendra Singh

THE political career of three political heavy weights — two ex-chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and BJP MP and Union MoS PMO Dr Jitendra Singh at stake in the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

EC seeks 'detailed info' from Ramesh over Shah remark

AFTER Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that home minister Amit Shah had called up 150 district magistrates across the country after voting for the Lok Sabha polls was completed, the Election Commission of India (EC) on Sunday asked him to furnish details of the officials.

May records 125% jump in heatwave days, says IMD; casualties too surge

HEATWAVE days across the country rose by 125% in May, a record jump, compared to the normal, impacting a billion people, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Missing Odisha girl reunited with dad

A 10-year old girl from Odisha, who went missing on May 22 in Vellore, was reunited with her father on Friday.