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Train may have derailed at intersection point: Officials

A joint inspection note on the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express-freight train collision near Chennai last week, prepared by seven senior railway officials, suggests that the train may have derailed at the intersection point.

6 missing cases filed related to Isha Yoga in 15 yrs, SC told

THE Tamil Nadu police have filed a 23-page report in the Supreme Court on the cases registered against the Isha Foundation founded by Swami Jaggi Vasudev in the last 15 years.

20 priests protest seeking pooja rights in Tirunelveli

TENSION prevailed at Uvari Suyambulingaswami Temple as over 20 priests staged a protest demanding pooja rights on Thursday.

DMK leader's son found dead on electric fence

THE missing son of Pernampet DMK West Union President was found electrocuted by an electric fence allegedly set up to ward off wild boars. Allegations of foul play were rejected by the police.

Coastal zone plan: NGT orders TN to conduct ground truthing

Tells authority to collect inputs from all dists, fix shortcomings before releasing draft map

‘KL laxity affecting maintenance works of Mullaiperiyar dam’

FOLLOWING the boycott by members of the Mullaiperiyar sub-committee, which was scheduled to inspect the Mullaiperiyar Dam, the baby dam, shutters and other areas, the executive engineer and chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC) left without inspecting the dam on Wednesday.

AI revolutionary tool, has to be used responsibly: MSSRF chief

AI has the potential to revolutionise various fields, but it must be used responsibly, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.

400 kg illegally transported crackers seized in Sirkazhi

THE district police seized nearly 400 kilogrammes of banned firecrackers, which were allegedly being transported in a truck, in Sirkazhi on Thursday.

Another temple docu forgery case in Karaikal under cops' lens

CLOSE on the heels of the scam involving fraudulent sale of land belonging to Parvatheeswarar temple, the Karaikal police are intensifying investigation into a separate case wherein individuals allegedly colluded with government officials to forge documents and sell the immovable property of another temple in the region.

MK CENTRE ON ECR ONLY TO BENEFIT DMK MEN: EPS

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday condemned the DMK government for its decision to establish the Kalaignar International Convention Centre in Muttukadu. He urged the government to set it up at the Chennai Trade Centre (CTC) in Nandambakkam where, according to him, 16 acres of land are lying vacant.

Tasmac plans additional sales counter at 3,500 outlets

IN order to reduce the waiting time for customers at its liquor outlets, Tasmac is planning to set up a second sales counter at its retail outlets where daily sales exceed ₹2 lakh.

Time of Day tariff for domestic EB consumers likely to take 3 more years

TNEB is expected to take three more years to implement the Time of Day (ToD) power tariff for its 2.3 crore domestic consumers across the state, according to top officials. Currently, only industrial and commercial consumers are involved in this process. The ToD power tariff is a system where electricity charges vary depending on usage time.

Edappadi politicising govt's handling of rains, but people are happy: Stalin

Water has receded in most areas, ready to tackle intense rain: CM

Waterlogging lingers, drain repair orders issued

WITHOUT further rains, all areas in the city are expected to be free from waterlogging by Thursday night, said city corporation officials. According to official data, stagnant water from 539 of 542 inundated locations in the city were cleared by Thursday evening.

NGT fines hosps for dumping med waste in Pallavaram lake

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to levy environmental compensation on two private hospitals who had dumped medical waste in Pallavaram lake.

Teen detained for bomb scare at airport, let off with warning

The Chennai Airport received a hoax bomb threat on Wednesday afternoon, which was traced to a 16-year-old school student from Agaramthen near Vandalur.

'If govt can sell liquor, why not crackers?'

THE Madras High Court on Thursday questioned the state government why can't crackers be sold by the state when it is selling liquor through Tasmac outlets.

Court asks how is speaker's speech on MLAs switching sides defamatory

THE Madras HC questioned AIADMK spokesperson RM Babu Murugavel as to how a particular speech of Assembly Speaker M Appavu amounted to defamation and directed him to file a reply to the speaker's petition seeking to quash the defamation suit.

Rescued she elephant calf dies at Theppakkadu camp

AN orphaned nine-month-old she elephant that was brought to Theppakkadu elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) six months ago died due to an intestinal disorder called Intussusception in the wee hours on Thursday.

Baby shower video: School teacher gets her job back

THE chief educational officer, on Thursday, reinstated the government school teacher who was suspended after a video of class 12 girls mimicking the baby shower of a classmate went viral on social media in the third week of September.

HC: No ban on docs registered with Siddha panel to practise allopathy

Judge says medical practitioners can sell or distribute drugs only if they have a licence

Delay in taking charge sheets on file: Report of lower courts sought

TO ascertain the reason for widespread delay in charge sheets or final reports being taken on file in lower courts, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed all principal district judges under its jurisdiction to submit a report on the number of charge sheets or final reports filed through e-filing before judicial magistrate courts or sessions courts in the past one year and how many of those were not taken on file, along with reasons in case of delay.

BLACK CAPPED IN BENGALURU

ROHIT Sharma called right at the toss but that was the only thing the hosts got right in a madcap first four hours of play on Thursday.

Aavin plans to get in the black with ₹25 'Green Magic Plus' milk

AAVIN is attempting a stealthy price hike with its proposal to launch a new milk variant 'Green Magic Plus' at ₹25 per 450 ml (₹50 per 900 ml). The new variant has the exact nutritional content as its standardised variant Green Magic, with vitamins A and B fortified on a trial basis. The Green Magic, which also has 4.5% fat and 9% SNF, is sold at ₹44 a litre and contributes to around five lakh litres of the 14.5 lakh litres of milk distributed in Chennai daily.

Hyundai set to pump ₹1,500 cr into TN plant

HYUNDAI Motor India is planning to invest around ₹1,500 crore for revamping and modernising its existing facility at Irungattukottai in Kancheepuram district. The company has submitted a pre-feasibility report in this regard.

SC upholds the validity of Sec 6A of Citizenship Act

4:1 verdict holds provision as valid law; Justice Pardiwala dissents

New scholarship scam targets parents of TN school students

PARENTS of a Class 12 student at a government school in Tirunelveli recently received a call that seemed too good to be true.

Canada yet to act on Bishnoi gang info

INDIA on Thursday trashed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations before a commission of inquiry probing foreign interference, that the actions of Indian diplomats violated his country's sovereignty.

BJP makes a Maha Valmiki Jayanti point

WHEN the BJP postponed the swearing-in ceremony of the Nayab Singh Saini government in Haryana's Panchkula to Thursday, October 17, it had more than the availability of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the event in mind.

Beyond the mainstream

MUMBAI Academy of Moving Image's (MAMI) Mumbai Film Festival faces a major shift this year.