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Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday (October 17, 2026) expressed his “deep condolences” over the demise of Tamil film music composer Deva. The musician passed away in Chennai on Saturday at age 75. Mr. Arlekar said, “Through his sweet compositions and unforgettable songs, Deva had carved a unique place in the Tamil film…
Shreyas will have a big role to play for Karnataka both as an all-rounder and captain. | Photo Credit: File photo: K. MURALI KUMAR Karnataka will face its second stern test of this season when it takes on Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group-B match at the Alur Grounds near here from Sunday. Since Karnataka…
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The Podanur Train Users’ Association has urged the Salem Railway Division to operate a special train from Podanur/Coimbatore to Tiruvannamalai for Karthigai Deepam on November 24. A large number of devotees from Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem and adjoining areas travel to Tiruvannnamalai to participate in the festival. Due to the enormous rush during the festival…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday (October 17, 2026) that Tehran supports a “political process” to resolve the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Houthis have repeatedly attacked Saudi targets including energy facilities and Riyadh’s international airport, where 13 people were…
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Karnataka’s Karun Nair plays a shot during the third day of the Ranji Trophy match against Andhra at the ACA International Stadium in Mulapadu on October 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Six weeks ago, Karun Nair’s exclusion from the Duleep Trophy semifinal and final had set tongues wagging. If the 699 runs in…
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File photo of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi in a bus. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress has appointed 208 party leaders as observers to coordinate and monitor its nationwide Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao (Save Your Vote, Save The Country) campaign against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, signalling…
Hyderabad will be hoping for a good show from skipper Siraj. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Twelve years on from the split that created them, Andhra and Hyderabad still share a language, a cricketing culture and, more often than not, a way of playing the game. From Sunday, at the ACA Stadium, that familiarity will be…
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At the dawn of a new Ranji Trophy season, Delhi seemed stuck in its old ways as it endured a nine-wicket defeat against Bengal in Kalyani in the Elite Group-C encounter last week. Thoroughly outplayed as the seven-time Ranji champion was, Ayush Badoni & Co. have an opportunity to get over the disappointment when they…
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HDSC said that, excluding treasury performance, profit after tax showed a growth of 12.6% year-on-year. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters HDFC Bank on Saturday (October 17, 2026) reported a 5.55% rise in consolidated net profit to ₹20,700 crore in the September quarter from ₹19,611 crore in the year-ago period. On a standalone basis, net profit…
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“Every music composer has a style of his own and is associated with a genre of music. I hail from Chennai, and gaana is inseparable from Chennaiites… It may sound raw, but the musicality of this genre is very deep,” the composer, popularly known as Thenisai Thendral Deva, had told The Hindu in an interview….