Month: September 2026

Pre-booking of photo book on Indira Gandhi launched

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Pre-booking of photo book on Indira Gandhi launched

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president B. Manickam Tagore releasing Glimpses of World History book at Sathya Moorthy Bhavan in Chennai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore launched the pre-booking of the photo book on Indira Gandhi, A History Through Photographs, compiled by senior Congress leader and…

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ABVP unveils manifesto for DUSU polls; student housing, women’s safety top priorities

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ABVP unveils manifesto for DUSU polls; student housing, women’s safety top priorities

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday released its manifesto for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, with student housing among its key focus areas. The recent collapse of a building housing a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Satya Niketan had highlighted the shortage of safe and affordable living spaces for university students….

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730 held for liquor smuggling over 5 months as new excise policy takes shape

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730 held for liquor smuggling over 5 months as new excise policy takes shape

 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the Delhi government was following a zero-tolerance policy towards the illegal liquor trade. The Excise Department of the Delhi government on Sunday announced that it arrested 730 people and registered 725 FIRs over the last five months, seizing 2.20 lakh bottles of illegal liquor and 197 vehicles in a…

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Stalled ferry services to two key jetties hit tourists, commuters

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Stalled ferry services to two key jetties hit tourists, commuters

The Mattancherry jetty, where ferry services remain stalled pending dredging. | Photo Credit: File Photo Thousands of commuters and tourists have been hit hard as Kerala State Water Transport Department (SWTD) ferries are unable to call at the Mattancherry jetty—one of the oldest ferry terminals in the State and one with immense tourism potential—owing to the inordinate…

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Two held for alleged robbery bid in Kozhikode

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Two persons were taken into custody after a four-member gang allegedly barged into rooms occupied by migrant workers at Kuttikkattoor in Kozhikode and attempted to rob them at knifepoint late on Saturday night (September 13, 2026). The two were identified as Adarsh of Kuttikkattoor and Ajas of Poovattuparamba. The other two suspects fled the scene….

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’My earliest memories are of the church in front of my home in Chintadripet’

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’My earliest memories are of the church in front of my home in Chintadripet’

J. Amalorpavanathan, vascular surgeon; former member, State Planning Commission | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If you connect Chennai Central, Egmore, and The Hindu office on a city map, it would form a triangle, and it was in this triangle, in Chintadripet, that I was born and spent my formative years.  My earliest memories are of…

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Jaywalking a menace on OMR, motorists say

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Jaywalking a menace on OMR, motorists say

People crossing the road while talking over Cell Phone at Perungudi, OMR, in Chennai. (File photo) | Photo Credit: KARUNAKARAN M Motorists on Rajiv Gandhi Salai are complaining about jaywalking on various stretches, including Thoraipakkam, Sholinganallur, and Navalur especially at night, making driving in the dark more difficult. G. Gurumurthy of Thoraipakkam said, “At Kottivakkam,…

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Bridge to replace part of Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road on Pallikaranai marshland

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Bridge to replace part of Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road on Pallikaranai marshland

The cost of the elevated structure will be around ₹450 crore, and will take two years to construct since there is no land acquisition involved. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B In the near future, there will be a time when a 2-km stretch of Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road from Chennai One to Kamakshi Hospital junction will cease…

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Archery | Dhiraj wins historic men’s recurve gold at Saltillo World Cup Final

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Archery | Dhiraj wins historic men’s recurve gold at Saltillo World Cup Final

Asian champion B. Dhiraj gave his Asian Games preparations a big boost by securing his maiden World Cup Final (WCF) medal as he claimed the recurve men’s gold medal at Saltillo, Mexico, on Sunday. He is the first Indian male recurve archer to strike a gold in the WCF. A determined and focused Dhiraj consistently…

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There is no such thing as a ‘UN map with borders’: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

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There is no such thing as a ‘UN map with borders’: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres | Photo Credit: Reuters Days after India pointed out  “anomalies” in a world map that was used during the passing of the  “Correct the Map” resolution at the United Nations General Assembly, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the “UN has not published any map with borders”. In an…

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