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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.

Women's FTP: More Tests, slot for leagues

INDIA will host Australia and England and play multiple Tests away from home as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the women's cricket Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2025-29 cycle.

From being go-to reserve to MVP of series, tale of Will Young

WILL Young doesn't get to put on his Black Caps Test cap as much as he would like to. For the longest time, he has been New Zealand's go-to reserve batter.

We hope Chennai Grand Masters will become city tradition: Srinath

IN the final weeks of 2023, a few stakeholders quietly got together for the Chennai Grand Masters, India's highest-rated Classical super tournament ever.

GHOSTS OF PAST AND PROMISES OF FUTURE

Test series Down Under will define what lies ahead for Indian team

Applications invited for RBI DG as Patra retires in Jan

MICHAEL DEBABRATA PATRA, senior-most deputy governor of the Reserve Bank in charge of key monetary policy department, is set to step down once his term ends in January.

Southern states lead in white-collar hiring in Oct

WHEN it comes to white-collar hiring, Southern states saw significant growth with strong year-on-year gains.

Sebi asks Embassy REIT to sack CEO Aravind Maiya

Following the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)'s findings of serious lapses and gross negligence leading to market fraud when he was the lead auditor of Coffee Day, market regulator Sebi has ordered Embassy REIT's manager to immediately sack its acting chief executive Aravind Maiya for \"harming ordinary investors\" and also appoint an interim CEO in his place.