TAMIL NADU
Dengue and swine flu cases have increased in Tamil Nadu compared with last year, with the rise particularly sharp during July and August, prompting doctors to urge people to take precautions as the monsoon season approaches.
CHENNAI
Chennai, Sept 5: Tamil Nadu’s BE and BTech supplementary counselling has begun, offering students another opportunity to secure engineering seats after 56,530 vacancies remained following three rounds of regular counselling. Eligible students can submit their preferred colleges and courses…
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NATION
New Delhi, Sept 5: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the “purification” carried out at the site of his rally in Haldwani last month was an act of “untouchability”, as he urged Rajya Sabha Leader of House J P…
WORLD
SPORTS
India’s Kidambi Srikanth produced an impressive straight-games victory over world No. 9 Canadian Victor Lai to storm into the men’s singles quarter-finals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament.
BUSINESS
Read MoreIndianOil, in partnership with Venture Center and CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, co-hosted the Pune outreach of MC²+ IGNITE, an energy innovation accelerator, at CSIR-NCL.
Ola Electric has opened its first batch of dealer-operated stores across Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, expanding its retail presence beyond its company-owned
India’s 7.8 per cent economic growth in the first quarter of 2026-27 is “remarkable” given the global disruptions and uncertainties, Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while highlighting the
PhonePe has launched PhonePe UPI 123Pay, enabling feature phone users across India to make UPI payments without an internet connection.
ENTERTAINMENT
Director Karthik Subbaraj has revealed that legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja’s first reaction after watching the first cut of Dorothy was simply that it was a “beautiful film”, an appreciation that left the filmmaker thrilled.
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 The batons have been withdrawn, the tear gas has dispersed, the tents have been folded.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.
