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Justice Kurian Joseph Committee Report: How did a free-to-access govt report become a pay-to-read paperback?

The English Version Of Justice Kurian Joseph Committees Findings, Tabled In Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Is Available Through A Private Publishing House For Rs 699. It Raises Questions Over Commercial Exploitation Of State Property

28 Jul 2026 10:25 pm
Tourism Drives Bonnet Macaques to Beg for or Snatch Food at Suruli Falls

Tourism is changing the bonnet macaques behaviour, replacing natural foraging with a growing dependence on snacks

28 Jul 2026 10:12 pm
Chola raises 7,917 cr through NCDs, subordinated debt in Q1 FY27

Records a 46% rise in profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 1,654 crore

28 Jul 2026 9:39 pm
WHERE DOES A RAJA RAVI VARMA GO TO HEAL?

To Indias Oldest Conservation Lab, Established In 1930 Inside The Egmore Museum Complex, Chennai, Which Helps Preserve More Than 50 Lakh Artefacts

28 Jul 2026 6:15 pm
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay urges Centre to withdraw Rajya Sabha reply on Mekedatu, says it ignores settled law and rights of lower riparian states

Vijay has written to Prime Minister Narenda Modi contending that the response ignored settled legal principles governing inter-state rivers and the rights of lower riparian states.

28 Jul 2026 4:22 pm
Traffic police inspector arrested for 'molesting' woman in Chennai

A traffic police inspector was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman in Chennai. The accused, Manimaran, was under the influence of alcohol while travelling on a motorcycle. He inappropriately touched a woman walking along a road in Velachery. Passers-by and motorists came to the woman's aid after she raised an alarm. Police registered a case and arrested Manimaran after examining CCTV footage.

28 Jul 2026 12:07 pm
2 dead, several injured in multi-vehicle crash near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu

A multi-vehicle collision on the Aiyayur Agaram flyover resulted in two fatalities. A two-wheeler lost control and struck an oncoming luxury bus. A speeding car then collided with the rear of the bus. Bhupathi, a Villupuram resident, died instantly at the scene. John Anbazhagan, traveling in the car, also succumbed to his injuries.

28 Jul 2026 11:18 am
Karur stampede: Madras high court quashes govt jobs for victims' kin, says employment must be earned

The Madras High Court has overturned the provision of government jobs to 31 family members of the victims of the Karur stampede, underlining that public employment is not a privilege to be granted indiscriminately. The court highlighted that jobs should be acquired through merit. Furthermore, it proposed skill training and entrepreneurship as preferable avenues for assistance to the affected families, cautioned against creating a surge of similar requests.

28 Jul 2026 9:29 am
Chennai Researchers Launch Citys First Comprehensive Frog Survey

Preliminary surveys have documented eight species

27 Jul 2026 11:04 pm
Madurai Residents Throw Birthday Bash for 107-Year-Old Banyan Tree

Students, activists rally around the giant to celebrate and protect eco-heritage

27 Jul 2026 10:58 pm
Tamil Nadu excavators unearth ancient shell industry off Gulf of Mannar

Archaeologists said conch shells are aplenty in the shallow waters of Gulf of Mannar.

27 Jul 2026 10:52 pm
Cauvery water issue: Tamil Nadu CM Vijay to meet Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on August 3

TVK govt is keen to exhaust all available options, including bilateral talks, before approaching the Supreme Court for relief.

27 Jul 2026 9:14 pm