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B'desh violence: 40 TN students return
N Gomatesh heaved a sigh of relief after landing at Chennai airport on Sunday late evening.
State engineering counselling begins today
Experts recommend students choose better-performing colleges rather than chasing Computer Science seats
Senthil Balaji hospitalised for chest pain
JAILED former minister V Senthil Balaji was admitted to the Omandurar Multi-Speciality Hospital in Chennai on Sunday evening following complaints of chest pain.
UoM delays results; govt UG students fret
UNCERTAINTY looms over the future of undergraduate students at 108 non-autonomous government colleges affiliated to the University of Madras (UoM) as the varsity is yet to release its final semester results.
B'desh SC dials down govt job quota behind deadly unrest
THE Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday pared back the contentious quotas for government jobs after days of clashes between students and security forces that have killed at least 155 people.
In rare attack on Pawar, Amit Shah calls him 'ringleader of corruption'
UNION home minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched an unusually blistering attack on Opposition leader Sharad Pawar, calling him the 'sargana of corruption' (ring leader of corruption).
Budget session to be stormy as Oppn, allies raise heat
DROPPING hints that the Budget session of Parliament starting Monday is going to be stormy, the all-party meeting on Sunday saw Opposition parties demanding discussion on a number of contentious issues, including the NEET fiasco, the UP government's order to eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route, among others.
AAI cites limited slots for exclusion of coach
HOURS after Baek Woong Ki expressed his shock after denial of accreditation to be with the squad in the Paris Olympics, the Archery Association of India (AAI) has cited limited availability as a reason for not including India's South Korean Archery coach in the contingent.
India men to leave for Sri Lanka on Monday
ABHISHEK Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate might join the support staff of newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir during India's white ball tour to Sri Lanka, starting from July 27.
Shooter Prithviraj primed for Olympic debut
PRITHVIRAJ Tondaiman is at the peak of his powers.
HDFC BANK LOGS 35% INCREASE IN NET PROFIT
RETURNING to its once famed over 30% net income for as many as 34 quarters on the trot which ended with the pandemic era, the second-largest lender logged in a robust 35.33% jump in net profit at 16,174.75 crore for the June quarter even though the numbers are not comparable since the merger with its parent took effect only from July last year.
Jindal Group probe against sr. executive
A Jindal Group company has sent a senior executive, who is ns facing allegations of molestation by a female flight passenger, on administrative leave and a third-party probe has been started to probe the matter.
Kotak Bank profit up 81% to ₹6,250 cr
A stake sale in its general insurance subsidiary has boosted standalone net income of the fourth largest private sector lender, Kotak Mahindra Bank, by 81% to 6,250 crore, of which as much as 3,012 crore came in as the one-time income from deal with Zurich Insurance group that picked up 70% in the company during June quarter.
Flight operations back to normal after technical glitch
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Saturday that flight operations in the country are back to normal a day after a global outage at Microsoft had a severe impact on the functioning of airlines and airports.
FLIP-FLOP DIPLOMACY IS A FAILING SCRIPT
IF Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Russia was to signal India's equidistant position between Russia and the US, it did not work.
Iran can make fissile material for nuclear bomb in 1-2 weeks: US
IRAN is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within \"one or two weeks,\" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday.
Israel strikes Huthis in Yemen
ISRAEL said its warplanes hit \"military targets of the Huthi terrorist regime\" on Saturday, a day after a drone attack claimed by Yemeni rebels killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.
Ukraine leader Zelenskyy hints he's ready for talks with Putin to end war
Analysts point to stalemate on battlefield and prospect of Trump victory for shift in attitude
Defiant Biden vows to stay in race despite rising pressure from Dems
US President Joe Biden pledged to stay in the White House race Friday, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this weekend.
12 dead, 30 missing after bridge collapses in China
A bridge collapse caused by torrential rains in northern China killed 12 people and left more than 30 missing, state media said Saturday.
Lucknow's outer areas to come under UPSCR
FOUR months after approving the draft for the amalgamation of half-a-dozen districts adjacent to state capital Lucknow as Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UPSCR), a notification to that effect was issued by UP Governor Anandiben Patel late on Friday evening.
Didi's 'Ma, Mati, Manush' touch to TMC July 21 rally
AS the Trinamool Congress is gearing up for its Martyrs' Day rally on Sunday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the day, to be observed as Ma Mati Manush Divas, would commemorate party's electoral victories in West Bengal.
Gujarat BJP chief and mantri – Patil's dual role to continue
THE BJP's CR Patil will continue in dual posts - as a Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the Gujarat party president.
BSF officer & jawan die of heatstroke during 'Harami Nallah' patrol
A Border Security Force (BSF) officer and a jawan died of heatstroke while on patrol at the 'Harami Nallah' creek area along the Indo-Pak border in Gujarat, said a BSF statement on Saturday.
Elephant carcass found buried at Assam refinery, case under Wildlife Act
A case under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 was registered after the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam buried the carcass of a wild elephant without informing the forest department.
'White paper on demography soon'
Home Minister Amit Shah says BJP move is aimed at protecting tribal land rights in J'khand
Split over coal block, C'garh locals await justice
AUGUST 2 is scheduled for public hearing for Environment Clearance (EC) for mining in the Kete Extension open cast coal block in north Chhattisgarh's Hasdeo Arand region in Ambikapur district.
THE MAN OF ALL SEASONS AT FOREIGN OFFICE
THOSE who know Vikram Misri in the Ministry of External Affairs say the new top diplomat is progressive, forward-looking and well-versed with not only the internal exigencies of the current dispensation but also their diverse nuances expressed outside India's borders.
Kanwariyas ransack eatery in UP over onion in curry, Indore for toeing Yogi line
A DAY after the Uttar Pradesh government mandated display of nameplates on the eateries falling on the Kanwar yatra route, a group of Kanwariyas, heading to Haridwar with water collected from the Ganga, ransacked an eatery on finding onion slices in the food in Muzaffarnagar.
Gogoi: Oppn won't let NDA govt bulldoze Budget session
INDIA bloc will not allow the NDA government to bulldoze the Budget session of Parliament to be held from July 22 to August 12, said Gaurav Gogoi, Congress' Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha.