Neurological recovery is expected to take another year and a half Chennai: Doctors at MGM Healthcare have used spinal cord stimulation to help a 30-year-old auto driver from Vellore regain the ability to move his hands after a road accident left him with a severe spinal cord injury.The patient suffered paralysis of both legs and…
Kehlani, Lewis Hamilton, and more lend their support to Macklemore after Ed Sheeran’s concert controversy. (Instagram) For the past couple of days, Macklemore has been making headlines after reports revealed that he had been removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour as one of the supporting acts. Following the backlash, Ed Sheeran himself issued a statement about…
Road shrinks pond, workers ruin the rest Chennai: A freshwater pond two decades ago, Mangani Kuttai today has little resemblance to a waterbody. The 1.4-acre pond on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road, located barely 3km from Pallavaram Periya Eri, has been reduced by road expansion, dumping and encroachment, with its remaining portion now being used to…
Andal Jayanti 2026: Andal Jayanti is an auspicious festivals celebrated by Tamilians. Goddess Andal is believed to be an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi, who is honored on the auspicious day of Aadi Pooram, also known as Andal Jayanti. Andal Jayanti is celebrated under the Pooram Nakshatra, which is one of the 27 Nakshatras and the…
Chennai: After a brief lull, unscheduled and prolonged power cuts are back in the city. On Friday night, residents of R K Nagar staged a road blockade, bringing vehicle movement to a halt in protest against night-time outages that occur almost every other day.Residents of Mayor Basudev Street blocked Tiruvottiyur High Road, demanding immediate restoration…
Houthis say that the number of Saudi strikes on its positions had reached 300 over the last week. File | Photo Credit: AP Yemen’s Houthis said on Friday (September 18, 2026) that Saudi Arabia had launched 26 strikes against areas under their control in the past 24 hours, as the pro-Iran group and Yemen’s Riyadh-backed…
The plan marks President Lee Jae Myung’s boldest push yet to align South Korea’s AI and chip ambitions with his pledge to narrow regional disparities and revive economies beyond the Seoul metropolitan area. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea on Monday (June 29, 2026) laid out a sweeping industrial strategy centred on…
CHENNAI: A two-year-old boy drowned after he accidentally fell into a four-foot-deep pit near his house near Kavanipakkam, near Kancheepuram, on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Parvesh, son of Karthick, a daily wage worker.According to police, the pit was dug by residents to connect pipelines to their houses. Police said Parvesh was playing…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt on Monday appointed former Chennai police commissioner A Arun as the director of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC). According to an order issued by the state home department, additional director general of police (ADGP) T S Anbu has been posted as ADGP, law and order, replacing Maheshwar Dayal….
KOLKATA: The Jharkhand govt has removed hockey coach Sudhir Golla from the Eklavya Hockey Training Centre in Ranchi over absenteeism and harassment complaints, according to an order issued by the Director, Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, dated May 11, 2026.“He has remained continuously absent from training duties and behaved inappropriately with girl trainees. In…