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The phase II network from Poonamallee to Vadapalani is set to improve mobility significantly. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B A journey between Poonamallee and Vadapalani, which used to take nearly an hour by road in peak-hour traffic, can now be covered in a little less than 40 minutes on the newly-inaugurated Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of…
The State government expects around 84 lakh women to benefit from the Vettri Payanam Thittam every day. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Tamil Nadu government’s expanded Vettri Payanam Thittam (VPT) — the no-fare bus travel for women — which alone is expected to cost an additional ₹1,600 crore a year and a total of…
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The Mumbai Police on Sunday (October 11, 2026) detained several people gathered near Shivaji Park in Dadar to participate in a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The agitators alleged they were prevented from reaching the protest site despite assembling peacefully. The protesters claimed police personnel had been deployed at…
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Members of The 9TEEN, dressed in pirate costumes, perform at the Vizag Comic Con in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: PAUL NICODEMUS The first edition of Comic Con in Visakhapatnam concluded at the Kalam Convention Centre on the AMTZ campus on Sunday, with the organisers reporting a footfall of over 12,000 across the two…
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Karan Lamba’s century gave Rajasthan the upper-hand. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot was a meditation on hope deferred, the opening day of the Elite Group-D Ranji Trophy match between Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Sunday was a story of opportunities seized when they…
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Ankita took off almost four seconds for a new meet record in the women’s 3000m steeplechase on the fourth and final day at the 65th National Open Athletics Championships, one of the two new meet records set at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday. The 24-year-old Ankita, representing Railways Sports Promotion Board, clocked 9:34.86 to better Lalita Babar’s 11-year-old record set…
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A man narrowly escaped a fatal accident at Mani Nagar in Thattarmadam in Thoothukudi district, after a speeding car rammed a parked motorcycle, sending it hurtling forward in the small hours of Sunday. A video circulating on social media showing a speeding car ramming a parked motorcycle in front of a shop, sending it hurtling…
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A Computer Aided Design (CAD) view of the TRISHNA satellite. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indo-French satellite TRISHNA (Thermal Infra-Red Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment) will be launched in the next 12-16 months, said Jasvinder Singh Khoral, Director (Projects), U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), on Sunday (October 11, 2026). He said this…
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Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. File | Photo Credit: Reuters New Delhi has acknowledged that Katchatheevu belongs to Sri Lanka, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Sunday (October 11, 2026), while referring to the island nation’s “good relations” with India. Mr. Dissanayake was addressing a public rally in the island’s North Western Province, as…
John Brittas was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where he was visited by CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby. Photo credit: X/cpimspeak Left parties condemned the continued police action against protesters in Delhi on Sunday (October 11, 2026), which saw Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) get…