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Traders at Koyambedu market protest against poor waste management
TRADERS at Koyambedu Market staged a protest on Saturday, raising concerns over persistent sanitation issues and poor solid waste management.
Two youths go missing in sea off Mahabs
TWO youths from Chennai, Girish Keshav (20) and Syed Riyaz (19), went missing while playing in the waters off Mahabalipuram beach on Friday afternoon.
City cops nab ‘serial’ burglar
The Mambalam police on Friday arrested ‘Nemilicherry’ Vinod Kumar (27) on charges of burgling a house in T-Nagar, belonging to an elderly couple, and stealing ₹10,000.
Waste dumping on open plots: Owners fined ₹1.4L
To stop vacant lands from turning into dumping grounds and prevent water stagnation, the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) has imposed a penalty of ₹1.4 lakh on 42 land owners for failing to fence or put up boundary walls on vacant properties.
Water level in Chembarambakkam lake 40 percent less than last year
Of 3.64 tmcft capacity, reservoir has 1.9 tmcft water, officials attribute drop to monsoon delay
Wings of Hope That Weathered A Storm
Like an abandoned battlefield post-war, the farmlands in Peravurani lay in peril with rows of uprooted coconut trees all over. The 2018 cyclone Gaja had left behind in its wake an oppressive silence and a long trail of destruction.
A badge of honour, heart of gold
Rajadeepan does not wear a cape and his uniform certainly lacks the mystique of the Superman suit, but his commitment to empowering the vulnerable is nothing short of heroic.
Five Maoists shot dead in Chhattisgarh
FIVE cadres of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), including two women fighters in uniform, were gunned down by security forces in an encounter on Saturday in the north Abujhmad area located along the edgy inter-district borders of Narayanpur-Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
Land given to descendants of Kattabomman sold illegally
SEVERAL acres of 'assigned patta land' given by the Tamil Nadu government to the descendants of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the legendary palayakarar or poligar of Panchalankurichi who fought the British East India company with great valour and was killed through treachery, has been illegally sold to non-family members over the years in violation of norms.
Imphal valley on boil, mob storms houses of ministers
Speculation rife on some BJP MLAs submitting resignation today
Friday speech to be vetted: Waqf Board
IN what is decidedly the first such directive anywhere in the country, the Chhattisgarh State Waqf Board in the BJP-ruled state issued a circular to the Mutawallis (caretakers) of all mosques asking them to get the sermons they deliver every Friday afternoon before the prayer vetted by it.
‘Naanum Rowdy Dhaan’: Nayanthara spars with Dhanush over Netflix documentary
ACTOR Nayanthara took to Instagram on Saturday to address a legal dispute involving actor-director Dhanush, accusing him of obstructing the making of her Netflix documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale.
CONSTRAINED BY TAKHT, BADAL CALLS IT QUITS
EMBATTLED Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday submitted his resignation, drawing the curtain over two decades of dynastic rule in the second oldest political party in the country.
CLINGS TO FACTS BUT SACRIFICES THE DRAMA
You can hear a clock ticking in almost every scene of Freedom at Midnight. The historical drama chronicles the events that led to India's independence, dampened by the horrific reality of the Partition.
A stirring ode to the power of shared dreams
WHAT makes a nation? Kings? Heroes? Laws? Ridley Scott presents a stirring tale of unabashed romanticism to tell us that a nation is perhaps a shared dream. Gladiator II begins with Numidian soldiers, men and women, taking up arms to defend their motherland against the invading Roman army.
A thousand-year-old spectacle with only a few seconds of soul
HERE'S great joy in watching new worlds come alive on screen—living conditions, attire, language, pastimes, poetry, expression of love... Clearly, countless hours and endless effort must have gone into conjuring up such a world from over a thousand years ago.
On the fight to stop pneumonia
VERY year, the world observes November 12 as Pneumonia Day. This year, the theme was 'Championing the Fight to Stop Pneumonia'.
MANAGING DIABETES IN CHILDREN
November 14—for some, it's just a date on the calendar. But for many families, World Diabetes Day is a reminder of their everyday reality filled with careful planning, constant awareness, and countless choices just to keep their children healthy and safe from the disease.
ROOTS OF INCLUSION
ON Children's Day, we celebrate the laughter, dreams, and limitless potential of every child.
Making moves in Madras
THE chessboard is set.
COMICALLY CURIOUS
From folklore to mythology, supernatural to realism, comics have witnessed waves of transitions, creating a visual world for children of all times
India faced 255 days of extreme weather crisis
India experienced extreme weather events on 93% of days from January to September this year.
HINDU KUSH HIMALAYAS WARMING FASTER THAN GLOBAL AVERAGE
The glaciers of the HKH, particularly in the Eastern Himalayas, are experiencing alarming rates of melting.
Italy, France book Nations League quarters spot
ITALY ensured qualification for the Nations League quarterfinals with a victory over Belgium on Thursday that also guaranteed France a place in the last-eight despite a lacklustre display in a scoreless draw with Israel under tight security in Paris.
574 players listed for IPL auction, 13-yr-old youngest
RISHABH Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Arshdeep Singh will headline a 574-strong list of players with a top base price of ₹2 crore at the Indian Premier League auction scheduled in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on November 24 and 25.
Kamboj 3rd to claim perfect 10
HARYANA pacer Anshul Kamboj entered the record books on Friday as he became only the third bowler in the history of Ranji Trophy to claim all 10 wickets in an innings.
Ali's 91 helps Tamil Nadu take lead against Railways
MOHAMED Ali's patient 91 runs off 174 deliveries came in handy for Tamil Nadu as they posted 438 in their first essay against Railways on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Fulton presses for restructure
IMMEDIATELY after winning the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, neither the Indian men's hockey team nor their head coach Craig Fulton had much time to celebrate. Within weeks the team was again on the flight to defend their Men's Asian Champions Trophy in China and the coach was aware of it.
Rahul suffers blow on right elbow
IF any player that has managed to attract so much media attention before a series, it has to be KL Rahul this time Down Under.
Samson-Tilak carnage @ Jo'burg
THIS has been a glorious T20I year for the Indian team and their batters ringfenced 2024 with a sort of hedonism you wouldn't have associated with this team even a few years ago.