Chennai: The number of seats available for online general counselling has increased by 26,580 (15%) compared to last year. As many as 1,98,825 seats are available in 418 engineering colleges for the general counselling this year.About 2.3 lakh students will compete for these seats in three rounds, which will begin on Monday. Experts predict the…
CHENNAI: Veteran filmmaker and actor Bharathiraja, one of the most influential figures in Tamil cinema, passed away in Chennai on Wednesday, June 10. He was 84.The celebrated director had been battling health issues for several months. According to sources close to the family, Bharathiraja had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments and respiratory complications, including…
KRISHNAGIRI: A herd of more than 10 wild elephants, including calves, caused a traffic disruption on the Hogenakkal- Anchetty Road near Denkanikottai in Krishnagiri district on Thursday. Drivers halted their vehicles at a safe distance, bringing traffic to a standstill for over an hour. Traffic was restored after the herd left the road and retreated…
School education minister Rajamohan CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday unanimously urged the BJP government at the Centre to permanently exempt teachers appointed before August 23, 2010, from the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), citing their long years of service and job security.Moving a government resolution, School Education Minister Rajmohan said teachers appointed under the…
Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for a severe financial crisis that followed barely two years later, died on Monday (June 22, 2026) aged 100, NBC News reported. Greenspan, who exerted a powerful influence on the U.S. economy during his tenure at the helm of…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: AP The possibility of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to India next month for the BRICS Summit “remains slim” unless an appropriate environment based on “mutual trust” is created, along with a “dignified invitation” from New Delhi, his Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has said….
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) rolled out pink buses offering free services to women Chennai: State transport minister A Vijay Tamilan Parthiban travelled with passengers in a govt bus on Friday and interacted with commuters, drivers and conductors to understand issues faced in public transport services.The minister boarded a Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus at Saidapet,…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham attends a meeting with Jewish community leaders at Downing Street in London, Britain, on September 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters For one of its first foreign policy moves, the administration of U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is banning goods from illegal settlements in the West Bank. The U.K. government…
When Juhi Chawla dropped RARE throwback picture with ‘Batwara 1947’ actor Sunny Deol on his 65th birthday in 2021 Juhi Chawla and Sunny Deol have worked together in several movies, and the actress once shared a birthday post for her co-star on her social media. The post featured young Juhi with her hands resting on…
Image for representation. An Indian man who admitted smuggling migrants from the U.K. to France in the back of trucks has been jailed for more than five years by a court in south-east England. Jaskirat Singh, 25, was prosecuted by the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over his role in facilitating the illegal movement of…