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Inauguration of college named after Savarkar triggers political controversy

AN announcement for inaugurating a new college named after Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar triggered a political row, with the Congress and its student wing, NSUI, demanding that the college be renamed after former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

Muizzu minister-EAM meet today

Jaishankar and his Maldives counterpart to give new direction to eco, maritime cooperation

Cohesion at Home Must While Backing an Equitable World

As India champions the cause of the Global South, it must address its domestic vulnerabilities. International leadership requires a balance between ambition and resilience

Fertility Decline: A Success Story Or Cause For Concern?

India's declining fertility rates, once hailed as a success of family planning policies and socio-economic progress, are now the subject of renewed debate. Despite achieving replacement-level fertility, India now faces the challenge of below-replacement fertility, which presents new socio-economic hurdles.

₹40 lakh stolen from contractor's house in Tiruchy, probe on

Miscreants broke into a house at Ponnagar in Tiruchy city on Wednesday, tied up a watchman and allegedly decamped with ₹40 lakh in cash.

NSS secy hits out at Kerala CM over temple tradition

'Hindus have freedom to enter temples without interfering in customs of shrines'

Man Tries to Rape Daughter, Wife Kills Him

POLICE have arrested a woman for allegedly murdering her husband who attempted to rape their daughter at Umarani near Chikkodi on Wednesday night.

Community health programme a hit in Tiruchy, expanded to other dists

BUOYED by the response to the pilot phase of its community-based mental and health awareness programme for elderly women, the state government has expanded it to cover two other blocks in the district as well as Dharmapuri and Tiruvannamalai.

Week after MT's demise, his favourite editor dies

IT is a curious coincidence that S Jayachandran Nair bade adieu exactly a week after legendary writer MT Vasudevan Nair breathed his last.

FB pic of car, LPG delivery help ED crack money laundering case

Distinct clues ranging from Facebook images and LPG gas cylinder deliveries to intelligence reports from Chennai Customs and data from the Tamil Nadu government’s commercial taxes wing were crucial to the Enforcement Directorate busting the International Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) scam in Chennai.

TN will not compromise its edu policy for central fund: Minister

SCHOOL Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Thursday said CM M K Stalin is firm on not accepting funds from the centre under Samagra Shiksha scheme if it comes at the cost of the state having to compromise on its policy.

15-Year-Old Tiruppur Girl Attacks Robber, Helps Police Arrest Him

A home-alone 15-year-old girl, who was robbed at knife point by a masked man and locked up in the toilet, acted bravely and helped police locate the burglar.

Move to merge local bodies sparks job, governance fears

Govt planning to merge, upgrade village panchayats in 28 districts

97% land acquired for runway expansion: Durai Vaiko

Nearly 97% of land acquisition for the expansion of the Tiruchy international airport runway has been completed, said Tiruchy MP Durai Vaiko on Thursday.

Dammam flight of AI Express from Tiruchy launched

AIR India Express on Thursday commenced its maiden flight between Tiruchy and Dammam, marking the first direct air link between the city and Saudi Arabia.

Kerala to procure shallots from Perambalur farmers

IN a move spelling cheer for shallot farmers, two farmer producer organisations (FPOs) based in the district have jointly entered into an MoU with the Kerala State Horticultural Products Development Corporation (HORTICORP) enabling the latter to procure from them the small onions harvested by Perambalur farmers.

Civic projects: Corpn's 'soft corner' for Anna Nagar irks residents

THE continuing allocation of multiple projects by the Tiruchy corporation to Anna Nagar, one of the prime locations in the city, has irked other locality residents.

Boon for tourism: Foundation laid for adventure sports facility at Pachamalai

PERAMBALUR MP Arun Nehru on Thursday laid the foundation for an adventure sports zone at Top Sengattupatti in Pachamalai Hills near Thuraiyur.

Comments on Hindu women: Case against Thiruma binned

THE Madras High Court has quashed a case pending at the district munsif-cum-judicial magistrate court at Peraiyur in Madurai, against VCK leader Thirumavalavan in connection with his comments about Hindu women made at an international conference in 2020.

Time Has Come For Serious Debate On Paved Surface Ratio

As a coastal city sitting right next to Bay of Bengal with a flat terrain, Chennai is not unknown to floods. For most people from the current generation, 2015 may be the first flood event that may come to memory.

Short circuit sparks fire in Ramnad med college hosp

A fire broke out inside the inverter room on the second floor of the new block in Ramanathapuram Medical College Hospital on Wednesday midnight.

Court okays Shekher's one-month jail term for maligning women journos

THE Madras High Court has confirmed the punishment of one-month imprisonment imposed on actor and politician SVe Shekher in the case relating to a social media message denigrating women journalists.

RESTED?

Head coach Gambhir's ambiguous reply gives new twist to Rohit not figuring in the playing XI for Sydney Test saga

MP town protests over Union Carbide waste, CM says it's not harmful

PROTESTS erupted at Pithampur industrial town in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Thursday, hours after truckloads of toxic waste was brought from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal.

Manu, Gukesh among four Khel Ratna awardees

THIS being an Olympic year, there were exceptions to the number of Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees and also the Arjuna Awards list.

Bumrah overload biggest concern

India's strategy to have more all-rounders in the playing XI for batting depth seems to have increased workload of frontline pacers

Indian Boxing in the Shadows, Former Pros Seek System Overhaul for Revival

No sport had seen such a slump like boxing this year. The sport that is among the well-funded and supported by the sports ministry and Sports Authority of India through various schemes had the worst possible year that culminated in zero medals at the Paris Olympics.

Djokovic-Kyrgios lose, wildcard stuns Navarro

AUSTRALIAN wildcard Kimberly Birrell stunned second seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday while the doubles act of Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios came to a shuddering halt at the Brisbane International.

New Year celebrations in Sydney surreal experience

Sydney Opera House and Harbour are fabled land on festivity days.

Vaishali bags bronze in World Blitz Championship

INDIA'S R Vaishali clinched a bronze in the women's section of the World Blitz Championship, capping another strong performance by the country's chess players after stalwart Koneru Humpy's title-winning show in the rapid event here.