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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….
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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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,…
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…
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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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…
Two 17-year-old boys from Nagaland were rescued by the Railway Protection Force (Katpadi) in Ammor village on Sunday. The police said the rescued boys were identified as T. Nagampha and A. Tsemtun Kanyak. The teens were stranded in a remote forest area near a railway track between Walajah Road and Mukundarayapuram railway stations past midnight….
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (September 13, 2026) likened critics of artificial intelligence to “very negative forces” bringing up scenarios that will not happen, and said he wanted to make sure that the U.S. remains the industry leader. “We’re leading China in AI. We’re the…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Months after postponing the India-Africa Forum Summit because of the Ebola crisis, New Delhi has started a broad-based dialogue with African countries, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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People wait for the end of the air raid alert and resumption of metro train service during a Russian drone attack, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at an overcrowded metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Russian drone struck a Kyiv-to-Warsaw passenger train near the Polish border on Sunday (September 13,…
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