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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Two men were arrested for snatching a mobile phone from a food delivery worker in Arumbakkam on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) and attacking people who tried to catch them by hurling stones. The police identified the accused as Karthikeyan, 19, of Keezh Nedu Vangarai and Deepak,…
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Call it the continuum or an early image-building exercise, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, who also holds the Municipal Administration portfolio, has already deployed Ministers and senior officials to take up flood-mitigation works well ahead of the onset of the Northeast monsoon. He has instructed that all de-silting and stormwater drain (SWD) works be completed…
The Tamil Nadu government has proposed to establish an integrated memorial complex for five icons — Queen Velu Nachiyar, Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, B.R. Ambedkar, K. Kamaraj, and Anjalai Ammal — along with a library on a portion of the University Union Grounds in Chetpet belonging to the University of Madras (UoM). The five personalities are…
India can win 32 medals after observing Indian athletics for more than a year, says Troy Douglas, athletics head coach at Inspire Institute of Sport. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Troy Hamilton Douglas talks to coaches from Tamil Nadu as if he has known them for years. At a coaching clinic in Chennai, the 63-year-old…
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Nearly a month after a woman was murdered in Chennai and her dismembered body parts were found inside an abandoned trolley bag on board the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra Cantonment, the Guduvanchery police have arrested a couple from Manipur in the case. The arrested — Manik Uddin Laskar and Bhagabati Majhi — are being…
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Filmmakers have always used the beach to represent love and life.. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Filmmakers have always used certain symbols, motifs, and signifiers to represent ideas, concepts, and places. Over the many years, popular city landmarks, including the hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai and the Cubbon Park in Bengaluru, have been…
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On the morning of August 15, 2001, as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa hoisted the national flag at Fort St. George, about 3.5 km away, scores of journalists sat on a fast outside the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium, near the State Guest House in Chennai. About 48 hours earlier, several journalists, particularly photographers and…
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Nodirbek Abdusattorov playing against Hans Niemann at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Master Chess Tournament on Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Nodirbek Abdusattorov has good memories of Chennai. He was at the forefront of Uzbekistan’s spectacular run in the chess Olympiad in nearby Mamallapuram in 2022, with his defeat of D….
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The GCC has so far collected around ₹500 crore against its half-year property tax demand of about ₹980 crore. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ With outstanding payments of around ₹2,000 crore for completed works yet to be cleared, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has tightened its belt in an attempt to cut down expenditure…
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Rupesh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Chennai police apprehended a murder suspect after opening fire at him, and arrested seven others who allegedly trespassed into a house and attacked its occupants, resulting in the death of a 24-year-old youth. Two others, including the deceased youth’s father and brother, were stabbed. The police said a…