TAMIL NADU
The âSingappennâ Special Task Force, launched by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on June 9 at Egmoreâs Rajarathinam Stadium, has begun intensive patrols and awareness drives across Chennai to enhance safety for women and children.
CHENNAI
The Chennai Corporation Council meeting, which is usually held every month, will convene on June 24 after a gap of three months.
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NATION
A minor fire incident was reported at the Tamil Nadu House in Delhi, where Chief Minister Vijay had been staying during his visit to attend the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting.
WORLD
SPORTS
Pakistan on Wednesday named a largely inexperienced 15-member squad for the menâs T20 cricket competition at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with opener Sahibzada Farhan appointed captain.
BUSINESS
Read MoreAdani Group Chairman Gautam Adaniâs net worth rose to $89.2 billion, ranking him ahead of Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani ($88 billion) and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son ($87 billion), who held the title of Asiaâs richest before shares of the Japanese investment firm fell on Thursday, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list.
The GST department has issued a tax demand of Rs 124.65 crore to struggling airline SpiceJet for non-filing of GST returns for the past several months, an official said.
The government has halved windfall gains tax on export of petrol to Rs 1.5 litre, while reducing the levy on diesel to Rs 13.5/litre and aviation turbine fuel to Rs 9.5/litre effective June 1.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to hold repo rate hike in its June monetary policy meeting and must use short-term rates and nudging to manage the pressure on the domestic currency, an SBI Research report said on Sunday.
ENTERTAINMENT
From the streets of Tamil Nadu to global music platforms, hip-hop artist Adhi has emerged as a defining voice of contemporary Tamil music, blending local identity with international appeal.
COLUMNS
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.
TR Jawahar, in his Point-Blank column, says a controversial judicial remark branding unemployed youth as âcockroachesâ has spiralled into a sharp digital uprising, with satire morphing into a serious critique of power and privilege.
TR Jawahar writes in his Point-Blank column that the rupee is once again on a slippery slope, inching uncomfortably close to the âč100-per-dollar threshold.
T R JAWAHAR in his PointBlank column says, Tamil Naduâs Gen Z is quietly rejecting alcohol culture, choosing fitness, mental clarity and financial prudence over the once-glorified drinking habits shaped by politics and cinema.
