Aadhav Arjuna and MK Stalin, CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna has issued a legal notice to former chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin seeking to tender an unconditional apology and pay Rs 1 crore as damages for portraying ‘drug trafficking mastermind’ John Britto as his close relative. In the 10-page notice…
A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on September 12, 2026. File. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Sunday (September 20, 2026), South Korea’s military said, days after…
Manu Iyer and Sridhar Parthasarathy Chennai: Bluehill.VC, a venture capital firm, has closed its Rs 400 crore maiden fund, with institutional participation from SIDBI, govts of Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, alongside family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNIs) from India and the Middle East.It is the maiden fund of the deep-tech focused firm founded by Manu…
Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, on Sunday (July 19, 2026) announced the birth of their fourth child, the first born to a sitting Vice President in more than 150 years. Born on Sunday (July 19, 2026), Alec Neel Vance joins older siblings Ewan, 9; Vivek, 6; and Mirabel, 4….
The bus crashed Thursday (July 16, 2026) night in the Kapchorwa District in eastern Uganda while returning from an educational tour to the region’s Sipi Falls waterfalls. (X/@PoliceUg) At least 20 children and one adult were killed when an elementary school bus crashed in the East African country of Uganda, police said Friday (July 17,…
Aries This week encourages you to confront your true emotions. Whatever feelings you have been suppressing, or whatever truths your partner may have been hiding, are likely to surface now. What follows is a powerful emotional release. Instead of seeing this as uncertainty, view it as clarity. This realization lightens your emotional burden and helps…
Karan Johar says his late father, producer Yash Johar, once told him to learn horse riding and become a hero, a suggestion that was immediately shot down by the filmmaker’s mother, Hiroo Johar.On his father birth anniversary on Sunday, the “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” director shared a moving tribute and recalled how his…
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a media briefing in Beijing that China opposes any action that lacks UN Security Council authorisation. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters China on Thursday (September 17, 2026) rejected the U.S. “long-arm jurisdiction” to impose tariffs on purchases of Russian oil and gas, saying its normal trade and economic…
Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna for Bharatanatyam CHENNAI: Indian classical and Bharatanatyam dancer Sudharani Raghupathy has been conferred the Akademi Ratna Sadasyata.President Droupadi Murumu conferred the honour upon her at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Aug 13.Akademi Ratna Sadasyata (The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship) is India’s highest honor in the…
Murdered over relationship Chennai: Four persons have been arrested so far in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old person over a relationship issue at Thaiyur near Kelambakkam.The deceased, Praveen Kumar of Chinnamma Nagar, Thaiyur, had been in a relationship with a woman from the same locality for three years. Her family opposed the relationship….