TAMIL NADU
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced a ₹3 per litre increase in the procurement price of milk supplied to state-owned Aavin, raising it from ₹38 to ₹41.
CHENNAI
Chennai, Aug 19: Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is planning to construct a multi-storey commercial complex near Arumbakkam Metro station as part of its efforts to maximise the use of Metro land and increase non-fare revenue. The proposed building…
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NATION
At least nine people, including a four-year-old child, died and six were injured in an early Wednesday fire at a dingy five-storey building on Mirza Galib Street in central Kolkata that housed several hotels, police said.
WORLD
SPORTS
India produced a dominant 6-1 win over South Africa in their 2026 FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup group match in Amsterdam, taking a major step towards the next round.
BUSINESS
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is analysing Lconcerns raised by traders and other market participants over the new Closing Auction Session (CAS) for futures and options (F&O) eligible stocks but the
Zomato said the National Pension System (NPS) corpus built by its delivery partners has crossed Rs 1 crore, with enrolments under its NPS Platform Workers Model surpassing 2 lakh Permanent Retirement Account Numbers
Wholesale price inflation softened month-on-month for the first time in nine months to 9.78 per cent in July on easing in fuel and food prices.
The government has for the first time fixed maximum cooking gas LPG production targets for individual public- and private-sector refineries and upstream companies, as it seeks to build a domestic supply buffer after the West
ENTERTAINMENT
Actress Anishma Anilkumar, who earned appreciation for her performances in Sirai and Youth, is set to portray a mature and emotionally layered character in the upcoming Tamil film Modha Rathiri.
COLUMNS
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 The batons have been withdrawn, the tear gas has dispersed, the tents have been folded.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.
TR Jawahar, in his Point-Blank column, says a controversial judicial remark branding unemployed youth as “cockroaches” has spiralled into a sharp digital uprising, with satire morphing into a serious critique of power and privilege.
