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PRAYERS AT KAMALA'S ANCESTRAL VILLAGE AHEAD OF US PREZ POLLS
Tiruvarur: A section of residents of Painganadu Thulasendrapuram village in Tiruvarur on Tuesday offered prayers at the Sri Dharma Sastha Ayyanar Kovil for the victory of US Vice-President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Tuesday, coinciding with the commencement of the polling.
10 libraries to be transformed into co-working, learning spaces
IN a move to expand access to education and professional resources, the state government has announced plans to transform 10 public libraries into modern co-working and learning spaces under the Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam scheme.
GO issued for 70 fellowships under Tholkudi scheme
THE Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department has issued a Government Order to provide fellowship to 70 students through the Tamil Nadu Fellowship for Tribal Research initiative, part of the Tholkudi scheme.
Irfan wife delivery clip: Med panel summons doc
THE Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TMC) will summon the doctor involved in the case regarding YouTuber Mohammed Irfan who landed in a controversy after he had shot and released a video of him clamping his newborn daughter's umbilical cord at a private hospital in Shollinganallur.
Make Thiruppugazh panel report public
HENNAI, originally a cluster of few villages, has a draining system that is more than a century old with three rivers, Cooum, Adyar and Kosasthalaiyar dissecting it.
Dad, girl dump body in trolley bag after murder, held
A father and his 17-year-old daughter from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh were arrested by the Korukkupet Railway Police late on Monday on the charge of murder after they allegedly attempted to dispose of a woman's body near Minjur railway station by concealing it in a trolley bag.
Govt to sell 2.5% in HZL to raise ₹5K cr
THE Centre on Tuesday announced its plan to divest up to 2.5% of its stake in Hindustan Zinc through an offer for sale (OFS) set to commence on November 6.
3 girls saved from bonded labour in Chennai home
A 17-year-old girl from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and two 20-year-old girls, one from AP and another from Poonamallee, who were employed as bonded labourers at a sprawling house at Valasaravakkam in Chennai, were rescued by a team of officials on Tuesday.
Yechury gone, CPM moves towards Karat line to keep off Congress on core issues
WITHDRAWING from the line proffered by former CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, the Left party's current leadership feels it should distance itself from the Congress on core issues such as neo-liberal policies and stance against communal politics.
US votes to elect its 47th President
MILLIONS of Americans on Tuesday headed towards polling stations across the United States to elect the 47th President between Republican leader Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in an election billed as one of the most consequential contests for the White House in decades.
SC UPHOLDS U.P. BOARD OF MADARSA EDU ACT, NULLIFIES HC ORDER
IN a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004, and set aside the Allahabad High Court's order declaring the Act unconstitutional.
Right to take over pvt property not total: SC
Not all pvt property can be taken over for common good: 7:2 verdict
Land trouble delays ECR project, cost up three-fold
LAND acquisition for the six-laning of the 10.3-km stretch of the East Coast Road from Thiruvanmiyur to Akkarai, a busy stretch in Chennai, has been dragging on for over a decade, pushing the land acquisition cost three-fold in 11 years.
Documentary on Andrew Flintoff's return post accident in development
Andrew Flintoff and Disney+ are teaming up for a documentary film about the England all-rounder's career in cricket and recovery following his 2022 accident.
Jingle All The Slay sets cast
MPIRE Studios and Stryke-Force Films are joining forces for a holiday action film, titled Jingle All The Slay, featuring Nick Sagar, Ricky Norwood, and Alexa Adeosun in the lead roles.
MARTIN FREEMAN, MALIN AKERMAN AND MORE JOIN LET'S LOVE
Chloe Jouannet and Richard Elis have already been cast in the comedy film Let's Love, written and directed by Jamie Adams.
Nakkhul's The Dark Heaven blends investigation and folklore
HE makers of Nakkhul's next, The Dark Heaven, unveiled the first-look poster of the film on Monday.
'Sex scenes in my films are a transaction of emotions'
Filmmaker Kanu Behl talks about his upcoming investigative thriller Despatch, working with Manoj Bajpayee for the first time, and whether he thinks about an audience while making films
There's Christmas cheer in the air!
NOVOTEL Chennai Sipcot hosted its annual cake mixing ceremony, creating a festive ambiance that brought families and children together in joyful spirit.
A Siva temple connected to the Cholas and Pandyas
There is a quaint story associated with this temple. It is said that while the Cholas constructed the main sanctum, a Pandyan king, who was cured of a skin disease after bathing in the temple-tank, built the sanctum for Goddess Meenakshi, as he was a devotee of this deity in the Pandya capital, Madurai.
Jack of all trades
Allow me to get nostalgic for a minute. About 15 years ago, I obsessively played an online browser game where I, a pigeon, resided in a park that received a number of daily visitors.
Adios Gudda: Farewell to India's fashion icon
Rohit Bal was known for blending Indian couture witha modern twist and loved to use peacock and lotus motifs
MAID OF STEEL
In the early hours of dawn, when the world is only waking up from its slumber, the clank of pans and the sound of running water ring out from the only-lit corners of otherwise quiet houses.
ΑΙ salute!
Musician Tenma’s The Valor of Madurai Veeran’, celebrates a legend by integrating technology and myth
Filmmaking is my form of politics
MID the din of doom and gloom narratives that dominate works on climate change, Shawn Sebastian's projects offer an oasis of quiet. The root of the problem that imperils today's communities is not the only mainstay in this documentary filmmaker's focus. Instead, it also encapsulates the collective solutions that people arrive at.
Study links PM2.5 component to poor learning and memory in children
NEW DELHI: EXPOSURE to ammonium nitrate, a key component of PM2.5 pollution and a product of agricultural emissions, has been found to affect the learning ability and memory in children, according to a new study.
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HOW KIDNEY STONES PLAY HAVOC WITH YOUR BACK
PSITA Singh was experiencing recurring back pain, and multiple visits to an orthopedician did not show any visible improvement even after a couple of months of treatment. The 45-year-old banker was evaluated by multiple doctors, but they were unable to diagnose her problem correctly. However, an ultrasound of her abdomen followed by a CT scan revealed two large stones in her kidney that were not visible on a conventional X-ray. The stones were removed with laser surgery, and with that, her back pain vanished.
Velammal Vidyalaya win top prize
VELAMMAL Vidyalaya (Team A) from Alapakkam won the boys' segment of the inaugural FittGen '3 vs 3' basketball meet held at the Santhome Higher Secondary School, here.
Five-star show: Chennaiyin thrash Jamshedpur in ISL
CHENNAIYIN FC ran riot in the opening 25 minutes or so against Jamshedpur FC to eventually go on to record a 5-1 victory in the Indian Super League in Jamshedpur.