TAMIL NADU
The Tamil Nadu government has floated four separate tenders totaling Rs 52.05 crore for the procurement of free shoes, socks, raincoats, and woollen sweaters for government school students for the 2027–28 academic year.
CHENNAI
Over 137 DMK cadres, including former MLA Stalin Kumar and party district secretary Kaduvetti N. Thiyagarajan, were arrested by Thuraiyur police on Wednesday for staging a demonstration against Assembly
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit back at the BJP’s criticism of her mother Sonia Gandhi’s newly released memoir, asserting that the ruling party and the RSS had spread falsehoods about the former
WORLD
SPORTS
Philadelphia, Nov 12: NBA superstar LeBron James is projected to earn $88.9 million during the 2026–27 season—the fourth-highest total income in the league—despite taking a massive pay cut to sign a veteran-minimum contract worth approximately $3.9 million with the Philadelphia…
BUSINESS
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ENTERTAINMENT
Actor Suriya has achieved a major career milestone in 2026 by delivering a hat-trick of Rs 100-crore blockbusters within a single calendar year. All three of his theatrical releases this year—’Karuppu’, ‘Viswanath and Sons’, 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 The batons have been withdrawn, the tear gas has dispersed, the tents have been folded.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.
