TAMIL NADU
Bypolls in five TN seats on hold till election cases end: EC informs HC
CHENNAI
For a few hours, the years seemed to melt away at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, as more than 300 alumni of its Political Science Department walked back into a campus that had shaped their youth, careers and lives — not merely as former students, but as old friends returning home.
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Chandigarh Police have foiled an alleged terror plot with the arrest of three young men and the seizure of materials suspected to have been intended for an improvised explosive device (IED), along with a firearm and ammunition.
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SPORTS
France’s Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue created badminton history by becoming the country’s first-ever mixed doubles world champions at the BWF World Championships in New Delhi.
BUSINESS
Read MoreKhyber Aquaculture, in partnership with the Jammu & Kashmir Department of Fisheries, has launched a specialised training programme to modernise trout farming under the Trout Cluster Programme of the Holistic
Global drivetrain solutions provider Flender has inaugurated a new generator production facility in Chennai under its Winergy brand, strengthening its manufacturing footprint and localisation efforts in India’s growing
To cash in on the RBI’s concessional swap window, Indian Bank plans to raise $400 million through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) this week to support its business growth.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is analysing Lconcerns raised by traders and other market participants over the new Closing Auction Session (CAS) for futures and options (F&O) eligible stocks but the
ENTERTAINMENT
The Federation of Film Employees’ Federation of South India (FEFSI) has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay to immediately intervene and hold talks with stakeholders to avert the proposed shutdown of the Tamil film industry from September 1.
COLUMNS
The 2026 protests against systemic exam paper leaks at Jantar Mantar have ended. The batons have been withdrawn, the tear gas has dispersed, the tents have been folded. Yet for a number of young women who stood in those crowds, the real confrontation has only just begun, writes TR Jawahar
Dr AK’s greatness can be best be demonstrated only through ironies. A bachelor sans scandal. A teacher non- pareil who kept learning non-stop to his end of days, writes TR Jawahar
TR Jawahar writes in his Pointblank column: Three weeks after the NEET-UG 2026 fiasco, merit lies shattered as students confront a system where integrity has become a gamble.
TR Jawahar, in his Point-Blank column, says a controversial judicial remark branding unemployed youth as “cockroaches” has spiralled into a sharp digital uprising, with satire morphing into a serious critique of power and privilege.
