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People marry into money. Adbul Rahman married into “Atho”. And the latter situation translates to money saved by the plates. “I have never had to pay for a plate of Atho after marriage,” Rahman chuckles. Rahman is the son-in-law of Abdul Ajeez, whose eponymous Ajeez Atho Shop at Arrababu Street off Rajaji Salai in George…
Autorickshaws at an IGL fuel station in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Transport unions in the national capital have demanded an immediate increase in autorickshaw and taxi fares after Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) raised the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) by ₹3.89 per kg from 6 a.m. on Saturday in Delhi-NCR….
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Delhi High Court. File picture | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi High Court has held that street vendors holding provisional Certificates of Vending (CoVs) cannot claim a right to fixed vending sites. A Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan said the demand for fixed vending sites under provisional CoVs could not…
Ekanapuram villagers in Kancheepuram district staging a protest near a lake against the proposed Parandur greenfield airport project on May 21, 2023 | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led Tamil Nadu government, fulfilling one of its poll promises, has officially announced that the proposed greenfield airport project planned as Chennai’s second…
Nearly three decades after the idea to build a second airport for Chennai was first mooted, the Tamil Nadu government finds itself at the drawing board again, hunting for a fresh site, after the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government cancelled the Parandur airport project. Cheyyur and Gummidipoondi were among the 11 locations originally considered when…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of healthcare and is here to stay, but the skills, judgement and critical thinking of medical practitioners will remain central to patient care, experts said at a webinar on “The Future Doctor: Balancing Clinical Experience with Technology” organised by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, in association…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat speaks at ‘One World, One Humanity’ faith leaders’ conference in New York, USA, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday (August 29, 2026) said that Hindutva does not envisage a Bharat (name he uses for India) without Muslims,…
Vikram Sood, former secretary, Research and Analysis Wing and C. Balasubramanian, senior advisor, Deccan Centre for International Affairs, seen in conversation at an event in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Former secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing Vikram Sood, on Saturday, said the External intelligence agency and the Intelligence Bureau have…
Graduating students taking a selfie ahead of the convocation ceremony at NIT-C on August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world, but technology can deliver its true potential only when guided by human intelligence, creativity, and judgment, Santhosh Kumar, president and managing director of Texas Instruments, has said….
Over a hundred sanctioned posts remain vacant at the Cochin Cancer Research Centre. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Months after its much-touted launch and amid delays in becoming fully operational, the Cochin Cancer Research Centre (CCRC) is expected to get a fresh impetus, with 36 doctors to be recruited on a priority basis, Fisheries Minister…
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