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‘MOST GRAFT ACCUSED IN LAST 5 YRS ARE FROM RURAL DEPT’

THE highest number of officials booked by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC) over the last five years is from the rural development department, according to data available on the agency's website.

1L people form human chain against IREL

AROUND 1 lakh people, including children, from the coastal villages of Kanniyakumari district, formed a human chain on Sunday against IREL's atomic mineral mining project.

First meet of reconstituted SMCs in govt schools on Oct 25

AFTER a month's delay, the School Education Department has instructed all government schools across the state to hold School Management Committee (SMC) meetings on October 25. This will be the first meeting since the SMCs were reconstituted in August.

Kavaraipettai: GRP finds rail switch points tampered with

Signalling gears meddled with, bolts & nuts loosened; sabotage suspected

3 bank staff replace gold in vault with fakes, booked

FOUR persons, including three employees of a private sector bank, were booked for replacing 533 sovereign gold jewels with fakes, on Saturday.

2K stage stir in Ambur over remark against Prophet Muhammad

OVER 2,000 people participated in a protest organised by the Ambur All Islamic Federation and Jamiat Ulama in Ambur, Tirupattur district, on Sunday condemning the derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad allegedly made by Maharashtra's Hindu leader Ramgiri Maharaj and controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand of Uttar Pradesh recently.

Traffic diversions in place for Police Commemoration Day parade today

IN view of Police Commemoration Day, which is scheduled to be commemorated at the Director General of Police office in Mylapore on Monday, the police have announced several traffic diversions from 8 am to 9 am.

Fiji woos film producers, hospitals, SMEs with tax benefits, incentives

JAGANNATH SAMI, the grandson of a girmitiya (indentured labourer) from Visakhapatnam, has returned to India as the High Commissioner of Fiji. In this role, he aims to strengthen ties between the two nations and attract investments to boost Fiji's economy and develop key sectors.

Better road to link MRTS stns at Velachery, Perungudi

THE Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to improve the road linking Velachery and Perungudi MRTS stations following approval from the Southern Railways for maintenance work.

Loop Road or fish market? Shoppers in a pickle

Vendors engage in heated arguments with GCC officials, say they were assigned stalls right at the end of complex

Madras univ yet to get surplus grant from centre

Varsity says it is eligible to get ₹100 crore fund after it received category-1 status, and had applied for it in March

Govt selects 54 teachers for all-paid France trip

IN a first, the school education department will take 54 teachers, who excelled under the Kanavu Asiriyar scheme, along with a few education officials to France for a week. Of these, 32 are primary school teachers, and 22 are from high and higher secondary schools.

Delay in postmortem of girl killed by leopard

THE body of a four-year-old girl who was killed by a leopard at Oosimalai estate in Valparai on Saturday was handed over to her parents after postmortem at Valparai government hospital on Sunday. The girl was buried at a burial ground in the town.

Heavy rain likely in 13 districts today

HEAVY rain is likely over isolated places in 13 districts across the state on Monday, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre.

WOOL BLANKETS WASHED 'ONCE A MONTH': RAILWAYS

HOW often does the Indian Railways wash the blankets provided to passengers paying for AC coach travel? In an RTI response to TNIE, the Ministry of Railways said the linen provided to passengers is washed after each use but the wool blankets are to be washed \"at least once a month, preferably twice in a month, subject to available capacity and logistics arrangements\".

Man misses interest payment, Nellai loanshark beats his mother to death

A 61-year-old woman died after allegedly being brutally beaten by a moneylender and his relative on Saturday, as her son was unable to pay the exorbitant monthly interest on a loan of ₹1 lakh.

Brinkmanship as Uddhav's Sena, Cong bicker on 15

Both refuse to yield; grand old party looks to contest from more if push comes to shove

Mother, kin murder man over property dispute; held

A 60-year-woman, her daughter and son-in-law were among five arrested in Gudimangalam in Tiruppur district on Saturday night for murdering the woman's son over a property dispute last week and attempting to stage it as a suicide.

Mysterious blast outside CRPF school in Delhi, multi-agency investigation on

A mysterious blast occurred near a CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini area on Sunday morning, sparking a security alert in the national capital. The blast, which appeared to be triggered by a crude bomb, partially damaged the school's wall and some cars parked nearby. Nobody was injured.

90 and counting as 25 more Indian flights get hoax bomb threats

HOAX bomb threats continued to disrupt the aviation sector for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday, grounding planes and unnerving passengers.

MARKETS SENSE THE SCENT OF A SLOWDOWN

IT is flowing out in dribs and drabs and is not yet a deluge of dismal news. As high-frequency growth indicators flash amber and red the stock markets seem to sense the scent of a slowdown.

10-man Arsenal stunned

TITLE hopefuls Arsenal had a chance to go top of the Premier League on Saturday. Instead, they suffered their first defeat of the season as the Gunners lost 0-2 against AFC Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.

Jordan, Bates and the legacy of jersey No. 23

JUNE 14, 1998. Delta Center, Salt Lake City. Utah Jazz vs Chicago Bulls. National Basketball Association Finals, Game 6. Even though the Bulls were leading the seven-match series 3-2, and just needed one final push to clinch their second hat-trick of the championship in the 1990s, the games, bar one, were exceptionally close. The Jazz were at home, but trailing behind by one Game. A win here meant they would get another opportunity to go at the Bulls and potentially win the championship.

Final frontier: A new champion and long-lasting legacy await

HIS time around last year, when the cricketing world was in the middle of the men's ODI World Cup in India, all cards were falling in place for another rivalry to lock horns in the Rugby World Cup. While New Zealand All Blacks were crushing every opposition to make it to the final, South African Springboks were sticking to their mantra of winning by one point because that was enough of a margin for them. All cards fell in place and Stade de France, the national stadium of the host country, witnessed one of the best finals ever.

INDIA HOPING FOR A MIRACLE

After a 106-run lead, hosts will have to come up with something extraordinary on final day

OLA ELECTRIC UNDER FIRE FROM CUSTOMERS AND INVESTORS

There have been instances when angry consumers burnt down showroom

SPECTRUM ALLOCATION: MUSK'S WIN OVER AMBANI DEBUNKS 2G 'SCAM' CASE

It is significant that the Union government has backed Elon Musk's internet arm Starlink and Amazon over Mukesh Ambani Reliance and Sunil Mittal's Airtel by deciding to allot satellite spectrum administratively rather than take the auction route.

Kotak Bank reports muted Q2 earnings

THE rising stress in the personal loans, credit card and microfinance portfolios roiled the earnings for Kotak Mahindra Bank for Q2FY25.

‘Economic prospects help India-US ties’

COMMERCE and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said Indo-US business relations have strengthened over the past 10 years as lack of predictability and confidence in the future of the Indian economy has become a thing of history.

HDFC Bank net profit rises 5% to ₹16,820 crore in Q2

HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 5% rise net income year-on-year to ₹16,821 crore, despite overall stressed assets inching up marginally.