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NEED TO SIMPLIFY TAX BRACKETS AND BROADEN THE NET

THE government has claimed that the tax burden on individuals earning less than 20 lakh a year-that is, the middle class has reduced over the past decade, while that on the rich-those earning more than ₹50 lakh has substantially increased.

THE TEEMING UNDERBELLY SUPPORTING A GLITZY TOP

I have had strange interactions with Dharavi, dubiously honoured as Asia's largest slum.

THE LEGACY OF MONETARY MANDARINS

History will not be kind to central bankers fixated only on the financial economy. It will also be critical of govts passing the hard decisions to such unelected technocrats

Autobiography row: KL CM, CPM leaders back Jayarajan

Pinarayi stands by ex-LDF convener, endorses his version of events

No scope for strong AIADMK-led alliance

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will not succeed in forming a strong alliance for the 2026 Assembly election, Minister for Law S Regupathy said on Friday.

Six pvt college students among seven held with 1 kg ganja in Kovai city

SEVEN persons, including six students of a private college, were arrested by the Saravanampatti police on Friday for illegal possession of ganja.

ENGG NABBED IN SHILLONG FOR SENDING DRUGS VIA POST TO TN

After completing degree, he moved to Meghalaya last year to run a PG hostel

Agency arrests man for giving shelter to proclaimed offender in murder case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested M Mohammed Ali Jinnah for knowingly harbouring a proclaimed offender / absconder in the murder case of Ramalingam, the agency said on Friday.

Expose DMK's misrule, don't talk about alliance: BJP to TN cadre

BJP's senior leader and co-in-charge for Tamil Nadu Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Friday instructed the functionaries in the state not to make any comment on the alliance for 2026 but to concentrate on 'exposing' the DMK government's 'misgovernance'.

NIA charge sheets six in Hizb-ut-Tahrir case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday chargesheeted six accused in a Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) case involving alleged radicalisation of youth as part of a conspiracy to establish Islamic Caliphate in India.

Move HC against OPS brother's acquittal in priest suicide case: Kin

IN the wake of the Dindigul special court's acquittal of O Raja, former CM O Panneerselvam's brother, and five others in the abetment of suicide of a SC temple priest, the Executive Director of Evidence A Kathir and the priest's family demanded the state to appeal in the high court against the acquittal.

Tasmac QR code system now in 2 more districts

AFTER implementing QR code system in Ramanathapuram and Ranipet districts, Tasmac is extending it to 230 shops in Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts.

VCK reorganising party structure to shed Dalit-centric image

THE VCK, after becoming a state-recognised party, has announced a reorganisation of party structure, expanding the number of district units from 144 to 234.

From hotels to movies, Sadiq's 6business of laundering money,

THE black money earned through alleged international drug trafficking was invested by Jaffer Sadiq in 21 different businesses in Tamil Nadu including sale of iron and steel scrap, fresh seafood, imported dates and perfume, running indoor sports facilities, restaurants and producing Tamil films - for money laundering, investigation by the Enforcement Directorate shows.

₹1K-cr footwear unit gets off ground

CM lays foundation for Taiwan plant, launches 2nd phase of nutrition scheme for kids, moms

Udhaya holds meet to discuss road widening, new flyovers

DEPUTY Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin held a consultation meeting atthe Secretariat on Friday to discuss measures to improve the road infrastructure in Chennai.

Kin of deceased allege med negligence, Kalaignar hosp says man brought critical

A 33-year-old man from Kundrathur, who had complained of stomach pain, died at Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Guindy on Friday morning.

Baby rescued: Kidnapper's bid to convince hubby that it was their own child fails

THE newborn boy who was kidnapped by a woman at T Nagar on Thursday was rescued from a private hospital in Thiruverkadu on Friday.

4x dose of 'outdoor' rodenticide used inside home

A day after two children died due to inhaling rodenticide at their apartment in Kundrathur, police inquiries have revealed that employees of a pest control company based in T Nagar had placed nearly four times the prescribed quantity of the rodenticide inside the house.

Doc transferred after death of mom, newborn at GH

AFTER the death of a Woman and her newborn at Ambur Government Hospital and the protest that followed, the doctor who was treating the woman, Dr Shyamala, was transferred to Tirupathur Government Hospital on Friday.

Why can't EPS be examined as witness in Kodanad case as he's not CM now: HC

THE Madras High Court on Friday asked why AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswamy can't be examined as a defence witness in the Kodanad heist cum murder occurred in 2017, as he is not holding the post of chief minister now.

Conciliation meet of Ravi & Arthi on Nov 29

ACTOR Jayam Ravi appeared before the Third Family Court in Chennai in connection with the divorce case filed for dissolving his marriage with Arthi solemnised in 2009.

TACKLE FLOODS BY BRINGING IN EXPERTS

I have lived in Chennai for over five decades in the same locality opposite the erstwhile Dasaprakash Hotel in Egmore off Poonamalee High Road.

DMK and AIADMK interested in trading charges, not in people's welfare, says court

JUSTICE P Velmurugan of Madras High Court on Friday commented that both the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK are interested more in trading charges against each other and do not seem to show interest in the welfare of the people of the state.

Fuel spill sparks blaze at funeral home; woman dies, three injured

A 53-year-old schoolteacher died and three others sustained burns in a fire that broke out during the funeral arrangement of her mother-in-law at her house at KRG Nagar in Ganapathy in Coimbatore on Friday afternoon.

Hugs, kisses of teens sweet nothings, not crime: HC

OBSERVING that it is natural for two teenage people in love to hug and kiss each other, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently quashed a sexual harassment case registered against a 20-year-old man for rejecting the marriage proposal of his girlfriend despite hugging and kissing her.

SINHALESE-MAJORITY ALLIANCE CAPTURES TAMIL FORT ON ITS OWN

WHILE everyone expected the National People's Power (NPP) to win the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the party's spectacular scale of victory in the results declared on Friday has surprised many.

Row over PM's plane snag as Rahul's chopper delayed

THE special IAF aircraft carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday developed a snag, stranding him in Jharkhand's Deoghar airport for over two hours till a replacement plane came from Delhi.

Finance talks on at a snail's pace

THE climate finance talks at COP29 are going on at a snail's pace with no significant headway achieved although five days have passed.

Massive fire in UP hospital, 10 newborns dead

TEN newborn babies died of burn injuries and suffocation after a massive fire broke out at the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) of Rani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh late on Friday night.