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Study indicates need for integrated centres for assessment of breast cancer

The analysis by the Chennai Breast Centre revealed that when tests are conducted across multiple centres in a fragmented manner, a significant proportion of breast cancer diagnoses is missed or misdiagnosed

25 Dec 2025 2:54 pm
Rediscovering Roots: How Margazhiyil Makkal Isai Inspires a Cultural Renaissance

Margazhiyil Makkal Isai, a cultural movement to platform art that is entirely rooted in Tamil culture and its people, while celebrating music like gaana, rap, and political indigenous music is set to return for its sixth edition between December 26 and 28

25 Dec 2025 2:26 pm
Foot over bridge at Chromepet and Taramani to get escalators

The Highways Department has placed orders for five pairs of escalators at a cost of around 7.5 crore

25 Dec 2025 7:42 am
Grand Christmas Ball today in Chennai

The soiree is organised by Anglo-Indians but by no means restricted to them. In these times of dwindling Anglo-Indian presence even in enclaves with a distinctive Anglo-Indian flavour, this event signifies an effort to preserve a cultural tradition that has enriched Chennai

25 Dec 2025 7:07 am
Life imprisonment for Assam man accused in Arambakkam child rape case

IGP Asra Garg says close coordination between the investigation and prosecution teams brought justice to the survivor and her family within five months of the crime

25 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Webinar on Engineering Careers for Viksit Bharat on December 28

Aimed at engineering students and aspiring professionals, the webinar will explore emerging career opportunities, evolving industry expectations, and essential skill development

24 Dec 2025 11:25 pm
Chennais sixth reservoir project near Thiruporur to take off soon

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is likely to lay foundation stone for the 350 crore project in the Kovalam basin, marking a key step in augmenting the burgeoning citys water storage capacity

24 Dec 2025 7:34 pm
Rag Rekha by Jayakrishnan Unni brings the expressions of Indias classical masters, from the concert hall to the gallery wall

From Bhimsen Joshi and Bismillah Khan to CV Chandrasekhar and MS Subbulakshmi, the graphite sketches capture these icons not in posed stillness, but in performance, immersed in their art form

24 Dec 2025 7:20 pm
The story of a struggle to have a memorial after Ambedkar in Chennai

During then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhis stint as CM of the State, he got an arts and science college in Vyasarpadi in north Chennai named after Ambedkar

24 Dec 2025 6:30 am
How T.N. Seshans airport arrival led to standoff with Jayalalithaa and attack on a star hotel

In the morning on November 27, 1994, the then Chief Election Commissioner of India T.N. Seshan landed at Madras Airport from New Delhi. What should have been a routine arrival quickly turned into a standoff with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

24 Dec 2025 6:00 am
Anniversaries, great and small, in the season of Margazhi

With the December Music Season under way, several Sabhas are marking important milestones

24 Dec 2025 6:00 am
Chennai Corporation eyes 75 crore a year by allowing ads at 1,400 locations from 2026

According to an official in the Revenue and Finance Department, advertising and bid notice has been sent to private agencies who would be interested

24 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Sexual assault case accused held at airport in Mumbai

A Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued with his details and circulated to airports, and a final report was filed before the court

24 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Stalin inaugurates restored Victoria Public Hall in Chennai

The restoration work began in 2023 under the Singara Chennai 2.0 initiative, with a budget of 32.62 crore; Mr. Stalin also launched the Victoria Public Halls official website at the event

24 Dec 2025 4:42 am
DMK has strength, ideology, and resolve to oppose authoritarian forces, says Stalin

At a Christmas event organised by theDMKinPerambur, the Chief Minister says the minority communities in the country are living in a sense of fear. He also lists the initiatives taken by his government for their welfare

23 Dec 2025 10:28 pm
Entries open for The HinduMargazhiMusic Contest

To enterthe contest,participantsshouldsubmita video oftheir performance athttps://newsth.live/margazhi2025or scan the QR code

23 Dec 2025 8:58 pm
Kauvery Hospital launches SOS feature on mobile app for faster emergency care

The feature enables users to receive immediate medical support with just a single tap, and without the need to remember emergency numbers or explain their location during critical moments

23 Dec 2025 3:49 pm
Piyush Goyal meets Palaniswami in Chennai as BJP begins seat-sharing talks with AIADMK for 2026 polls

This was Mr. Goyals first visit to Tamil Nadu after being appointed by the BJP high command as the partys election in-charge for the State to oversee organisational activities for the 2026 Assembly elections

23 Dec 2025 3:23 pm
Chennai records lower PM2.5 levels, but dust pollution remains a challenge, finds report

Several locations in Chennai recorded annual average PM2.5 level well below the national standard 40 micrograms per cubic metre; the new assessment links such lower levels to meteorological factors such as sea breeze

23 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Sons called insurance company within 15 minutes of fathers death, police reveal in Tiruttani insurance murder case

Tiruvallur Superintendent of Police Vivekanand Shukla said that technical and field-level investigations uncovered the true nature of the crime, which was initially projected as a case of accidental snake bite death

23 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Tamil Nadu government employees and teachers to go on strike from January 6

JACTTO-GEO office-bearers made the announcement after holding talks with MinistersE.V.Velu, ThangamThennarasu, andAnbilMaheshPoyyamozhi. They called the negotiations disappointing

22 Dec 2025 10:40 pm
Woman cheated of 75,000 after fraudsters claim daughter in London is under digital arrest

Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the fraudsters

22 Dec 2025 10:30 pm
As nurses continue protest, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian offers 723 new posts

Despite the offer from the government, nurses affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Nurses Empowerment Association have decided to continue their protest, demanding more negotiations

22 Dec 2025 10:20 pm
WRD to take up large scale recharge shafts project in January to boost groundwater table in T.N.

The project involves drilling 576 artificial recharge shafts across districts, including Tirupattur, Vellore, Karur, Ranipet, Thanjavur, Salem, Cuddalore, and Villupuram

22 Dec 2025 10:13 pm
A litter loop on a street in Chennai

People from near and far dump garbage at a patch on TVS Avenue Main Road in Anna Nagar West. Complaints to Greater Chennai Corporation usher in prompt clearance of garbage from this spot for a while. But regression to the old state is always round the corner. A permanent solution, not temporary fixes, is needed. And that would draw attention to a systemic issue, says resident Manoj Kumar Venkataramanan

22 Dec 2025 8:51 pm
TheDMKopposed SIR from the very beginning, saysUdhayanidhi Stalin

The Deputy Chief Minister says the time frame set for the exercise was insufficient, and more voters have been deleted from the rolls than expected in Tamil Nadu

22 Dec 2025 8:34 pm