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Udhaya launches 'Namma Marina' drive for clean beach

MINISTER for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated the 'Namma Marina, Namma Perumai' (Our Marina, Our Pride) awareness campaign at the Marina beach on Sunday.

₹5L ‘theft': Bar manager detains 3 staff

THREE employees and the manager of a hotel bar have been booked in separate cases by the CMBT police following an incident at the hotel on Saturday.

CMDA yet to get details of Pallikaranai marshland

Conservation affected as no information on boundary, influence zone

Corpn's unfriendly online portal troubles disabled

UNRECOGNISABLE CAPTCHA text, hard to navigate selections, poor colour contrasts, unlabelled boxes are some of the many challenges faced by Persons with Disabilities while accessing Chennai Corporation's online services.

'No transparency in NEET PG results as no marks released'

DOCTORS from Tamil Nadu alleged a lack of transparency in the NEET PG results released on Friday by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) for the exams held on August 11.

Anna univ hikes exam, cert fees; minister says decision on hold

HIGHER Education Minister K Ponmudy on Sunday announced that the fee hike for certificates and practical examinations in autonomous and non-autonomous colleges under Anna University has been put on hold.

Broken guardrails, no warning signs: Kotagiri Road nightmare for tourists

Road alternative route to Mettupalayalm during dense traffic in Ooty, Coonoor in peak season

Israel hits Lebanon with 100 jets in 'self defence'

Hezbollah fires over 300 rockets, says first phase of attack is over

Crime against women unpardonable sin: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said crimes against women are unpardonable sins and the guilty should not be spared.

Kerala govt forms SIT to probe film industry

UNDER fire for its inaction on the Justice Hema Committee's findings, the Kerala government on Sunday formed a special investigation team to probe allegations of sexual harassment and exploitation in the Malayalam film industry.

Kovai man falls to death in pit dug up for road

IN the fourth such death in Tamil Nadu in the last 10 days, a 36-year-old man died after he fell into a construction pit dug up on Siruvani Main Road in the district early Sunday morning.

Lorry driver slams brakes; one killed. 9 injured in 10-vehicle pileup in TN

ONE person died and nine others suffered injuries in a 10-vehicle pileup near Berandapalli along the Hosur-Krishnagiri road on Sunday evening.

5-yr-old Punjab boy youngest Asian to scale Mt Kilimanjaro

AT the age of five, most children would not have heard of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.

CBI conducts raids over irregularities in RG Kar

THE CBI's anti-corruption unit on Sunday conducted searches on the premises of ex-principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, former medical superintendent cum vice-principal Sanjay Vashisth, and 13 others in and around Kolkata in connection with the probe into financial irregularities at the state-run institute.

350 of 536 posts vacant in Madras varsity; faculty strength lowest in 10 yrs

THE number of permanent faculty members in the University of Madras, one of the oldest and among the most prominent universities in India, has dipped to its lowest in the last 10 years with 350 of the total 536 posts lying vacant.

India draw blank in men's freestyle

INDIAN men's freestyle wrestlers will return empty-handed from the U17 World Championship as Jaspooran Singh, the lone Indian wrestler in the medal contention, lost his bronze play-off here.

Buchi Babu: Ravi helps Railways secure a draw

CHENNAI: An unbeaten 65 by Ravi Singh helped Indian Railways play out a draw against TNCA President's XI on the final day of the TNCA all-India Buchi Babu Invitation cricket tournament played at Salem.

Injury-time pain for United; Haaland juggernaut rolls on

MANCHESTER United crashed to a last-gasp 2-1 defeat against Brighton and an Erling Haaland's hat-trick fired Premier League champions Manchester City to a 4-1 win against Ipswich on Saturday.

I haven't done anything wrong: Sinner

JANNIK Sinner said he was relieved to escape a doping ban after twice testing positive for a banned substance, even though \"in my mind I know that I haven't done anything wrong.

Jon and Jaden take top honours

ON a day of drama, twists and turns, veteran Jon Lancaster from Leeds, England, and 17-year-old Jaden Rahaman Pariat from Shillong took the honours in the Indian Racing League and Formula 4 Indian Championship races, respectively in the Round-1 of the Indian Racing Festival held at the Madras International Circuit, here on Saturday.

UTT: Sathiyan's fighting win in vain for Delhi

EXPERIENCED Indian paddler G Sathiyan kicked off his fifth season in Dabang Delhi TTC colours with a sensational come-from-behind win over World No 20 Quadri Aruna, the highest-ranked male player in the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.

Cognizant files lawsuit against Infosys over trade secrets

IT major Cognizant's subsidiary TriZetto has filed a lawsuit on Infosys in a US federal court, accusing the Bengaluru-headquartered company of stealing trade secrets and information related to healthcare insurance software.

Hero Motors files draft for ₹900 crore IPO

HERO Motors, the auto-components firm of Hero Motors Company (HMC) Group, on Saturday filed preliminary papers with markets regulator Sebi to raise ₹900 crore via an initial public offering (IPO).

PREDATORY PRICING BY ETAILERS: WHAT'S BEHIND THE OUTBURST?

UNION commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has stirred up the pot by letting go a broadside against Amazon and other ecommerce players.

Q1 GDP forecasts range from 6-7%

Icra attributes lower growth to reduction in govt capex and fall in urban consumer demand

PV sales remain under pressure despite deep discounts, schemes

AFTER three years of blockbuster growth, passenger vehicle (PV) sales have come under pressure in FY25.

Moscow, Kyiv swap 115 prisoners under UAE-mediated deal

RUSSIA and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's fullscale invasion.

Sunita Williams to remain in space station till February

TWO US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said on Saturday.

Hackers linked to Iran targeting US candidates: Meta

META said on Friday it had warned US presidential campaigns to be wary after it discovered an Iran-linked hacking attempt using the WhatsApp messaging service.

Terror probe after blast near French synagogue

AN explosion outside a synagogue in southern France wounded a police officer early on Saturday, in what authorities said was being treated as a potential terror attack.