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CURTAINS UP FOR MEERAN THEATRES

WE all have that one film that we hold close to our hearts.

Accolade for accessible health care

A famous quote by American politician Woodrow Wilson goes, \"You are not here merely to make a living.

WOW KOLKATA! STARC CONTRAST IN HAPPY TIDINGS

Thanks to clinical bowling show against SRH at Chepauk in final, KKR clinch 3rd IPL title GOMESH S @ Chennai SUNDAY afternoon in Chennai brought with it a strange feeling.

Don't need too many matches to be at my best: Alcaraz after taming Wolf

CARLOS Alcaraz maintained his record of never losing in the first round of a Grand Slam by taming JJ Wolf at the French Open on Sunday, shrugging off his injury-hit build-up by insisting: \"I don't need too many matches to be at my best\".

Sindhu squanders lead to miss out on Malaysia title

STAR Indian shuttler PV Sindhu blew away a massive 11-3 lead in the deciding game of the Malaysia Masters final against Wang Zhi Yi, missing out on a great opportunity to end her title drought here on Sunday.

As precaution, Neeraj to skip Ostrava competition

IT was before the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition at Bhubaneswar did Neeraj Chopra and his team decided to participate at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet on Tuesday.

BharatPe, PhonePe settle long-standing trademark disputes over 'Pe' suffix

FINTECH unicorns BharatPe Group and PhonePe Group on Sunday announced that they have amicably settled all longstanding legal disputes pertaining to the use of the trademark with the suffix 'Pe'.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEW GOVERNMENT

IN MATTERS Na few days, the biggest democratic exercise in the world will determine the fate of the incumbent Narendra Modi government.

'Shriram Finance looking for strategic partner'

THE Shriram Group, which earlier this month exited the housing finance arm selling its entire 85% stake to the American private equity major Warburg Pincus for ₹4,630 crore, is looking at a strategic partner for its flagship Shriram Finance, the largest auto-focused non-bank lender today.

Renewed flash floods kill 15 in Afghanistan

RENEWED heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, including 10 members of the same family in the northeast, officials said Sunday.

Sinha returns to Ghazipur to boost last-mile support to BJP candidates

Varanasi IN February 2022.

Jaishankar interacts with Tamils in Varanasi

AS the Lok Sabha polls approach its seventh and final phase, top ministers of the Narendra Modi government are now bound to Varanasi the PM's parliamentary constituency.

PM openly says he will topple HP govt: Rahul

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi waived loans worth ₹16 lakh crore of 22 rich people in the last 10 years but could not give 9,000 crore to Himachal Pradesh to deal with the disaster caused by monsoon rains last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday.

Three rat-hole coal miners trapped after landslide in Assam, rescue ops on

THREE coal miners were trapped and are feared dead after a landslide hit an illegal rathole mine in Assam's Tinsukia district bordering Arunachal Pradesh.

C'garh gets a rare sighting of GPS-tagged long-distance migratory bird 'whimbrel'

FIRST the time, a long-distance migratory bird, the Eurasian or common whimbrel, tagged with a Global Positioning System (GPS) transmitter was captured on camera in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Indian Army chief's tenure extended by one month

IN a rare step, the Chief of Indian Army, General Manoj Pande, has been given a monthlong extension in service.

WAKE-UP CALL FOR FIRE SAFETY FROM GUJARAT'S HORROR HOLIDAY

WEEKEND amusement at a gaming arcade in Gujarat's Rajkot went horribly wrong as at least 28 holidayers, including nine children, were charred to death in a sudden blaze.

GOVT SHOULDN'T STRETCH RBI'S RESERVES TOO THIN

THE markets have cheered the Reserve Bank of India's decision to transfer a record surplus of almost ₹2.11 lakh crore to the government coffer.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GANGA AS ONE OF OUR HOLIEST RIVERS

ITH the spotlight on Kashi for reasons we all know, it's interesting to look again at its cultural significance.

THE MISUSE OF DRACONIAN LAWS FOR POLITICAL GAIN

In no state where the ruling party is in power or in a coalition, or even at the Centre, has any politician been investigated under the PMLA. This only seems to happen in opposition-ruled states

Youth's death sparks tension in Neyveli

TENSIONS erupted in Neyveli after a youth, whose bike had been seized by the police for driving under influence of alcohol on Saturday night, was found dead with injuries on the highway, opposite to Neyveli Township police station.

BJP candidate held on charge of damaging EVM

Cops say Prasanta Kumar kicked the table on which EVM was kept, manhandled staff

School edu dep portal extends OTP validity to 3 days

IN the wake of complaints from schoolteachers of \"practical difficulties\" in verifying over one crore contact numbers fed in the Educational Management Information System (EMIS) through a one-time password, the portal since Friday has been upgraded to extend the validity of the OTPs.

Suspect 'trips 'down stairs, breaks leg during inquiry

A 29-year-old man from Sathyapuram in Katpadi, arrested during a ganja seizure on May 23, allegedly sustained a fracture in his left leg as he tripped down the stairs at the site of arrest.

CPCL expansion: Names left out of beneficiary list over protests, locals claim

SEVERAL residents of three village panchayats here who parted with their lands for CPCL's expansion project allege discrepancies in the survey undertaken by the district administration for arranging livelihood compensation for them under the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act.

SOUTH LOOKS TO DO A PEACE DEAL WITH NORTH ON JUNE 4

POST elections, South India lives in an epistemic bubble.

Cracker mishap: Compensation yet to be paid to victims' kin 2 weeks on

MCC affecting disbursal of aid; families unable to work while caring for survivors at hospital

Nilgiris lab produces 61K sex-sorted semen doses

THE state's first sex-sorted semen production facility, set up in the Nilgiris last year, produced about 61,000 doses of semen in its first year.

'T Nagar' Sathya booked for MLA fund misappropriation

FORMER AIADMK MLA B Sathyanarayanan of T Nagar has been booked by DVAC for misappropriating ₹35 lakh from the constituency development fund for financial year 2018-2019 when he was in office.

Temp teachers' appointment may get postponed

Delay is the result of teachers' transfer counselling being put on hold as the Model Code of Conduct is still in force SUBASHINI VIJAYAKUMAR @ Chennai OWING to the delay in the teacher's transfer counselling, the appointment of temporary teachers might be postponed by at least a month in government schools across the state.