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Making Voices heard: TN women voters outnumber men in 207 Assembly seats

WOMEN voters are steadily inching towards outnumbering men in all Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

December 31 is new deadline for adding names to birth certificates

FOR births registered with the Greater Chennai Corporation that have crossed the 15-year deadline without name entries, individuals can apply for a birth certificate with the name included at GCC zonal offices with the relevant documents.

Teacher arrested for job fraud

After scoring 127 in 2023 & 129 in 2024 in NEET, he created a fake scorecard with 698 marks

Interstate 'TRAI scam' busted; two arrested in Chandigarh after raid, kingpin remains at large

THE Tamil Nadu police's cyber crime wing recently busted a network based in Punjab allegedly operating the 'TRAI customer executive' impersonation scam.

Smoke & fire: Chennai airport sees surge in fake cigarette smuggling

Indian firms, burdened by sin tax, worried as counterfeit cigarettes sold for lower price

Spousal privacy a fundamental right: HC in divorce case

\"PRIVACY as a fundamental right includes spousal privacy and evidence obtained by invading this right is inadmissible,\" said the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently while ruling on the admissibility of phone call records as evidence in a divorce case.

Leaders of political parties extend Deepavali wishes

LEADERS of various political parties have extended their Deepavali wishes to the people of Tamil Nadu.

Court annuls 20-yr-old's marriage with teacher

THE Madras High Court has come to the rescue of a 20-year-old woman who was forced into marriage by her teacher.

New policy to provide affordable infra for independent food outlets

THE Delhi government has proposed a new policy to boost the growth of independent food outlets and enhance employment opportunities in the sector.

CANADA MINISTER MORRISON SAYS HE NAMED SHAH IN NIJJAR CASE

A Canadian minister admitted before a parliamentary panel that he outed Union home minister Amit Shah's name to a US newspaper as having allegedly ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada.

From jail, Lawrence to lead animal protection

GANGSTER Lawrence Bishnoi, who has been named in over three dozen cases across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Mumbai, and Canada, has been unanimously elected as the national president of the youth wing of the All India Animal Protection Bishnoi Samaj.

PM to hit campaign trail with rallies in Chaibasa and Garhwa on Nov 4

Shah to hold three rallies on Nov 3 Home Minister Amit Shah will review poll preparations in Jharkhand on November 2. He will hold rallies in Dhalbhumgarh, Simaria and Barkatha November 3.

Probe into Gambhir's role in real estate scam ordered

A Delhi court has ordered a fresh probe into a case involving alleged cheating of flat buyers, with former cricketer and current Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir now back under scrutiny.

Atishi steps in to ease property registrations

WITH Chief Minister Atishi approving the ‘Anywhere Registration’ policy on Wednesday, Delhi residents will now be able to register their properties at any sub-registrar office of their choice.

IIT-Delhi to partner in rly infra projects

THE Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on Wednesday announced a landmark partnership with the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

LIMIT ANDHRA SUPER 6 GUARANTEES BY TIME

ON the eve of Diwali, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu launched a free gas cylinder scheme, one of his 'Super Six' guarantees that catapulted his party to power.

Mediators propose Gaza truce amid deadly bombings

ISRAELI forces carried out new deadly bombings targeting Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday, as international mediators prepared to propose a short-term truce to free hostages and avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

Only 40% Open Merit candidates selected in JKAS

ABOUT 60 per cent of candidates selected for Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) Combined Competitive Exam (CCE), the result of which was declared on Wednesday, belong to reserved category.

Samsung leads phone market in value terms

SAMSUNG secured the top spot with a 23% market share in terms of value in India during the third quarter of 2024 (July-Sept), closely followed by Apple at 22%, according to Counterpoint Research.

Seoul court jails 2 men for deepfake porn

A South Korean court on Wednesday handed a 10-year jail term to a man who spread deepfake porn images of women who attended the nation's top university.

Don was expected to apologize for rally, but ends up defending it

URGED by some allies to apologize for racist comments made by speakers at his weekend rally, Donald Trump took the opposite approach on Tuesday, saying it was an \"honor to be involved\" in such an event and calling the scene a \"lovefest\"—the same term he has used to describe the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.

Sebi mulls 30-day limit for MFs to deploy NFO funds

CAPITAL market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is proposing to make it mandatory for mutual funds to deploy money collected from investors through new fund offers (NFOs) within 30 days from the date of allotment of units.

Swiggy IPO price band set at ₹371-390/share

FOODTECH company Swiggy, which will open its initial public offering on November 6, has set a price band of ₹371-390 a share.

Tried and failed, yet 'Donkey route' preferred to reach US, greener pastures

ON March 8, a flight departed from Almaty, Kazakhstan carrying a young man, a native of Punjab.

JSW-POSCO steel plant at Odisha CM's home district

The joint venture of JSW Group and South Korean giant POSCO will set up a mega steel plant in Keonjhar, the home district of CM Mohan Charan Majhi.

TV 5 owner B R Naidu is the new TTD chairman

THE Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday announced the new governing board of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), with TV5 owner Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu, popularly known as B R Naidu, as the chairman.

Disengagement complete, troops to swap sweets

India, China wrap up troop pullback from Demchok & Depsang; joint verification is on

HC relief for JNU students in sexual harassment case

THE Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to nine Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, who were suspended by the administration amid allegations of clashes and sexual harassment at an October 22 freshers' party.

Salary not paid as college gets funds on Diwali eve

A day after the teachers' body of DU hit out at the Delhi government over the irregular and delayed release of funds to 12 fully funded colleges in the capital, one of the colleges received the funds on Wednesday.

French envoy's phone stolen, four arrested

DELHI Police has arrested four people for allegedly stealing the mobile phone of French Ambassador Thierry Mathou, a police officer said on Tuesday.