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FIVE FOR 2025: TRENDSPOTTING IN THE MARKETPLACE

Data analytics and smart tech will give the marketer more power in the new year. How she uses those tools to claim the consumer's time will shape marketing campaigns

Won't compensate TECOM for Smart City pullback: CM

'Govt will take over land and won't give it to any private players'

Chennai cops open fire at history sheeter, arrest him

A special police team opened fire at a 24-year-old history sheeter after he allegedly threatened to shoot the personnel with a country-made gun to evade arrest.

Man killed in drunken altercation

A clash between two groups allegedly under the influence of alcohol in Masapettai's Anna Nagar area on Saturday proved fatal for Dinesh (28), who was killed after being struck on the head with stones, while his friend, Sivaraj (34), was stabbed with a bottle.

Teachers want exam duty in 8-km radius of school

POSTGRADUATE teachers in Coimbatore have demanded the district school education department to ensure norms of practical examination duty this academic year.

Endangered porcupine spotted in Kovai city

THE Coimbatore forest range staff are trying to capture a porcupine that has taken shelter in a burrow amid the bushes at Sripathy Nagar near Ramanathapuram in the city on Monday morning.

Govt to construct hostel for UG female students of arts college

FOLLOWING requests from students, the Directorate of Collegiate Education (DCE) is planning to construct a new hostel for undergraduate female students of Government Arts College located on Race Course road.

Panchayat chief dismissed for embezzling funds

COIMBATORE collector Kranthi Kumar Pati has issued orders dismissing the president of Somayampalayam village panchayat P Rangaraj a month before his tenure ends.

6 months & counting, 30K get no pay for cleaning school toilets

Over 30,000 sanitary workers who clean toilets in government schools in rural areas across the state have not been paid salaries for more than six months in this academic year, allegedly because the department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj stopped releasing funds.

10 more bills likely to be passed today

THE state government introduced a total of 10 bills in the Assembly on Monday. The bills are likely to be passed on Tuesday, when the short two-day session ends.

AFTER ARJUNA'S DYNASTIC BARB, VCK SUSPENDS HIM FOR 6 MONTHS

The now-suspended VCK deputy general secretary is in no mood to relent as he reaffirms the mindset that thinks oppressed communities should not come to power is 'monarchic'

Villagers urge centre to drop tungsten mining

AFTER the state government passed a resolution against tungsten mining, members of the Tungsten Surangathitta Ethirppu Makkal Kootamaippu in Madurai on Monday staged a demonstration, urging the central government to drop the mining project.

Pierian Services'new Kochi office to expand scope of E-commerce managed services operations

Pierian Services Private Ltd, a major global professional services firm based in Bengaluru, has opened its new facility in Kochi at Prestige Cyber-Green 1 in Smart City.

2 auto drivers attack bus driver, held

Two auto drivers who had attacked a bus driver were arrested on Monday.

Man attacks estranged partner, surrenders in police station

The city police arrested a 33-year-old knitwear company worker on Monday evening for stabbing a woman.

Panchayat officials clear weeds near Arulnatham anganwadi

FOLLOWING a TNIE article on Monday about Panchayat Union Primary School (PUPS) students near Madakkal studying in an anganwadi and on temple premises, the local body cleared weeds around an Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centre.

Quarry trucks are damaging roads, complain villagers

RESIDENTS of R Gopinathampatti in Harur urged the district administration to take steps to prevent a private quarry from damaging their roads by hiring heavy vehicles and transporting stones in a petition filed by them on Monday.

Palacode residents urge police to intensify patrolling on NH 844

RESIDENTS of Palacode say several motorists are driving vehicles on the wrong side of the NH 844 between Palacode and Hosur and urged police to intensify patrolling to prevent accidents.

Udhaya, Anbil Mahesh to inaugurate 48th Chennai Book Fair on Dec 27

DEPUTY Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi will inaugurate the 48th edition of the Chennai Book Fair on December 27, the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (Bapasi) officially announced on Monday.

Does MS' 'will' preclude third party from instituting award in her name, asks Madras HC

The Madras High Court on Monday questioned whether the Will of legendary carnatic singer M S Subbulakshmi prevented a third party from instituting an award in her name.

City residents need to be taught to love their waterbodies

The floods of 2015 was the very first time I had to move away from the house I was born into, as it was filling up with sewage water.

Erode man sets 4-yr-old son on fire, arrested

ERODE North police arrested a man on Monday for setting his four-year-old son on fire over a family dispute on Sunday.

Tasmac staff urge min to fix glitchy billing system

THE Tamil Nadu Tasmac Employees Union (AITUC) has urged Electricity and Prohibition Minister V Senthil Balaji to resolve issues related to the QR code-based billing system implemented on a pilot basis in Tasmac outlets in select districts.

COMING, NO-TRUST MOTION AGAINST V-P

IN a breakdown of ties between the Opposition and the BJP-led NDA government, the INDIA bloc on Monday said it is contemplating an impeachment motion against Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Revenue Secy Sanjay Malhotra is new RBI chief

To assume charge on Wednesday; will have to fight high inflation and slowing growth

Stop attacks on Hindus, Dhaka told

NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN, CLAIMS BANGLADESH

₹800 cr in 4 days, Pushpa rules box office

EVER since he rose on the screen in 2021, Allu Arjun's Pushparaj has become an unstoppable force of nature.

Real close gap on Barcelona

JUDE Bellingham guided champions Real Madrid to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Girona on Saturday in La Liga, with Kylian Mbappe also on the scoresheet after two high-profile penalty misses in recent games.

Gukesh takes giant leap towards title

On Sunday, D Gukesh took a giant step towards becoming the youngest World chess champion in history after beating Ding Liren with White pieces.

Norris triumphs to help McLaren seal title

LANDO Norris coolly claimed victory in a tense, emotional and incident-filled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to deliver McLaren's first constructors' championship in 26 years as Lewis Hamilton finished a remarkable fourth in his final race for Mercedes.