TAMIL NADU
A bitter political confrontation has intensified in Tamil Nadu following the deaths of Kasimedu fishermen whose boat capsized off the Andhra Pradesh coast during severe cyclonic storm Murasu, with opposition parties
CHENNAI
Over two lakh commuters departed Chennai aboard government and contract express buses on Thursday as the festive rush reached its peak ahead of Deepavali celebrations on November 8.
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NATION
India has officially unveiled its ‘Swachh Space’ vision under the Debris Free Space Mission (DFSM), aiming to eliminate the creation of new orbital debris across all government and private space missions by the year 2030.
WORLD
SPORTS
DAKAR, November 6: India’s Tanvi Patri came agonisingly close to a historic gold medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, but had to settle for silver after losing a thrilling girls’ singles badminton final against China’s Zhang Yi Xin…
BUSINESS
Read MoreChennai, Nov 6: Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre (DMDSC) and the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), in partnership with…
Chennai, Nov 6: To accommodate the surge in passenger traffic ahead of Deepavali, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has…
Chennai, Nov 6: NIIT University (NU) has entered into a strategic collaboration with enterprise AI firm Fractal to establish…
Ahmedabad, Nov 6: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s largest private port operator, on Thursday signed a…
ENTERTAINMENT
Chennai, Nov 5: Action King Arjun and actress Radhika Kumaraswamy have teamed up for the upcoming action caper ‘Bank’, directed by S.S. Sameer. Presented by TSR Mobin Production and produced by M.D. Salar Baig, the film features JD Chakravarthy as the primary antagonist. The cast also includes Archana, Gowtham, Soni Sristan, Ram Jagan, K. Viswanath Sameer, Ashok Kumar, and Abhid Bhushan. The technical crew features cinematography by Amir Lal and…
COLUMNS
Pillayar represents the quintessence of Hinduism and Bharat. His form, is, well, uniform, but lends itself to the greatest variety of depictions, writes TR Jawahar
The 2026 protests against systemic exam paper leaks at Jantar Mantar have ended. The batons have been withdrawn, the tear gas has dispersed, the tents have been folded. Yet for a number of young women who stood in those crowds, the real confrontation has only just begun, writes TR Jawahar
Dr AK’s greatness can be best be demonstrated only through ironies. A bachelor sans scandal. A teacher non- pareil who kept learning non-stop to his end of days, writes TR Jawahar
TR Jawahar writes in his Pointblank column: Three weeks after the NEET-UG 2026 fiasco, merit lies shattered as students confront a system where integrity has become a gamble.
