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Congress played key role in DMK-alliance's victory: MP

AFTER Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader John Pandian claimed that political leaders were unsafe, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Selvaperunthagai said it was his personal opinion.

Social media post: CB-CID questions BJP TN secretary

BJP state secretary S G Suryah appeared before the Villupuram CB-CID station on Saturday for an inquiry regarding his social media post related to the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.

EPS calls CM's Amma canteen check a drama, mayor retorts

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami condemned the DMK government for \"shutting down 19 Amma Unavagams\" in Chennai and called the chief minister's recent unannounced inspection at a canteen a \"drama\".

Will bring TN to standstill for Vanniyar quota'

PMK founder S Ramadoss announced that the party would organise a statewide protest and bring TN to a standstill in order to get a separate quota for the Vanniyars and better reservation for SC.

TECH GLITCH: 23 FLIGHT SERVICES HIT IN CHENNAI

THE ordeal of air passengers at Chennai airport came to an end on Saturday after airline systems recovered around 11am from the global Crowdstrike outage faced by computers running on Microsoft Windows.

Dy CM role will be dad's call, says Udhaya amid elevation rumours

Minister launches dedicated website for DMK youth wing units at revenue district level

5-member panel formed to suggest reforms in DMK

CHIEF Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday constituted a five-member coordination committee to recommend changes and organisational reforms to be implemented within the party to face the 2026 Assembly election.

Madurai Bench a catalyst for positive social change: CJI

ONE would be highly mistaken if he believes the impact of the judgments coming out of the Madras High Court and its Madurai Bench are limited to Tamil Nadu, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said, while addressing a gathering during the 20th anniversary of the setting up of Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Saturday.

'Shocked', HC seeks report over loot of stones worth ₹199 cr from temples' land

EXPRESSING shock over looting of natural resources worth ₹198.65 crore from the land belonging to two temples in Krishnagiri district, the Madras High Court has ordered the police to file a report on the illegal mining of stones and the action taken against such illegal activity.

CS inspects ₹5-crore emergency centre, monsoon preparedness

CHIEF Secretary Shiv Das Meena inspected the renovation work on State Emergency Operations Centre which is being equipped with better communication facilities and technological infrastructure at a cost of 5.12 crore at Ezhilagam on Saturday.

Police arrest 2022 Navalur murder accused in Jharkhand

A special team from Tambaram police commissionerate nabbed a 2022 murder accused from a Naxalite prone area in Jharkhand and produced him before a city court on Friday.

City's first pet park likely at Teynampet

AMID calls for designated spaces for pets, the city corporation has set the ball rolling for a pet park at Demonte Colony street in Teynampet zone on a pilot basis.

Power shutdown in city tomorrow

POWER supply will be suspended in the following areas from 9 am to 2 pm on Monday (July 22) to facilitate maintenance work.

City-wise result of NEET-UG declared by NTA

THE National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday released the the centre and city-wise results for NEET-UG, following a Supreme Court order to do so.

New SOP to make TN buses disabled-friendly

IN an attempt to make public transport services disabledfriendly, the state transport corporations have issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP) for drivers and conductors of government buses to make travel comfortable for disabled passengers.

30 hospitalised after gas leak in Thoothukudi seafood unit

THIRTY female workers of a private seafood exporting unit at Pudurpandiapuram in Thoothukudi district and a fire and rescue services officer were admitted to hospitals after they fainted due to suspected ammonia gas leak at the plant on Friday night.

Shoot-at-sight fiat out in Bangladesh

Entire country under curfew with army patrolling cities

Easy win for India against Pakistan in opener

THE women's T20 World Cup scheduled in Bangladesh is approaching soon.

TNSCA IM norm meets in Chennai and Coimbatore from Jul 21 to Oct 7

TAMIL NADU State Chess Association will organise 10 IM Norms tournaments in Phase 2 at Chennai and Coimbatore from July 21 to October 7.

Cracks in O2C pull down RIL Q1 PAT

Reliance's profit after tax at 15,138 crore is lower than the Street estimate of 16,287 crore

Wipro profit up 5%; to hire 12K freshers in '25

Wipro beat Street estimates and posted a 4.6% rise in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter at 3,003 crore as against ₹2,870 crore in the year-ago period.

Paytm loss widens to ₹840 cr in Q1 FY25

FINTECH firm One97 Communications, which owns Paytm, on Friday said its loss has widened to 840 crore in the quarter ended June 30, mainly due to continued impact of restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank Ltd.

Reserve Bank raises concern over falling deposit mobilisation

WARNING banks and nonbanks in particular and all lenders in general again over the falling deposit mobilisation and increasing credit offtake, leading to asset liability mismatches, Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the Reserve Bank has is reviewing the liquidity coverage ratio framework to address the emerging issues.

Forex kitty up by $10 billion to $667 billion

THE country's forex reserves, a key monetary defence against external risks, have rallied by a whopping $10 billion to touch an all-time high of $666.85 billion as of the week ending July 12, boosted by the heavy inflow into government debt after its inclusion into a global debt index from late last month.

Portal for non-tariff barriers in 2-3 months

AN online platform designed for the registration and resolution of non-tariff barriers (NTBS) affecting exporters is anticipated to launch within the next two-three months, said Rajesh Agarwal, additional secretary with Commerce Ministry on Friday.

Govt may simplify TDC/TCS framework in Union Budget 2024

The government may announce major reforms in the existing tax deducted at source (TDS) and tax collected at source (TCS) framework, as these are overly complex and burdensome for taxpayers, sources told TNIE.

Friday crash wipes out ₹8L cr from domestic equity market

SNAPPING a four-day winning rally, India's equity market benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 took a beating on Friday due to the global sell-off, triggered by operating system issues that caused devices to crash worldwide.

Sanstar's 510 crore public issue booked 4.16 times on Day 1 of offer

THE initial public offering of Sanstar Ltd got fully subscribed on the first day of subscription on Friday.

'Outage shows fragility of world's core internet infra'

AIRLINES, banks, TV channels and other business across the globe were scrambling to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years on Friday, apparently caused by an update to an antivirus program.

Israeli occupation of West Bank illegal: ICJ

THE UN's top court on Friday said Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory was \"illegal\" and needed to end as soon as possible.