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Chennai Struggles With Floods

IMAGE: An auto driver wades through a flooded street following heavy rainfall in Chennai on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. All photographs: ANI Photo Heavy rain continued to lash Chennai and other......

Social media lends helping hand in reaching aid to Chennai flood-hit

Submerged in water, with no access to power and transport, it was various social media platforms that came to people's aid in the rain-hit city since Monday. IMAGE: People use a boat to shift to a......

Shortages hit Chennai still under water, volunteers step up

Volunteers waded through knee-deep water in Mudichur and distributed food packets and water bottles, even as several parts of Chennai continued to struggle with scanty supplies of milk and curd for......

Cyclone Michaung leaves trail of death and destruction

At least 12 people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around Chennai even as personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people in the city......

Dogs from flood-hit Chennai get a lift to Bengaluru

As the century's heaviest rains pounded Chennai leaving lakhs of people stranded, a few lucky canines from the flood-ravaged city have found a safe home in Bengaluru, thanks to the efforts of a......

Bengaluru, Chennai join '100 Resilient Cities' network

Image: Check-in counters at Bengaluru International Airport; Photograph: Kind courtesy, Wikimedia Commons Bengaluru and Chennai have joined the 100 Resilient Cities network, dedicated to helping......

Truck sales crash 60% in August

The overall volume at India’s top four M&HCV makers - Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Volvo Eicher, and Mahindra & Mahindra - fell 59.5 per cent to 31,067 units during the month. Sales of......

The BIG problem Indian IT firms are facing

They need to upgrade their skills and become smaller, smarter organisations, says Devangshu Datta. Traditionally, the third quarter is weak for information technology (IT) services companies due......

Given low Q3 expectations, Budget holds the key for the markets

Earnings growth is unlikely to see much recovery and sales revenues are also likely to remain muted The market is gearing up for third quarter earnings results, which should start flowing next......

Indian aviation: A few hits, many misses

Image: A Vistara aircraft. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Facebook The issue of high airfares and alleged predatory pricing ways came into the limelight, mainly with some Parliamentarians seeking......

Will this be India's SCARIEST horror film?

'Once The House Next Door becomes a hit, this will become the reference point instead of Baahubali.' Yes, Siddharth is very, VERY confident about his latest film. IMAGE: Siddharth in The......

Jaya bats for Tamil film industry

When there is no burning issue, many political parties and politicians in Tamil Nadu take to professing their love for Tamil. What follows generally is putting the Tamil film industry in their......

Simran to quit films?

Simran's fans were in for a shock on April 24 as Tamil newspapers frontpaged a news report claimingthat she wasquitting films to getmarried to a pilot from Mumbai.The rumours began when she......

KKR need sound opening balance vs heavyweights CSK

IMAGE: The biggest positive for Kolkata Knight Riders against Delhi Capitals was the return to form of Andre Russell, who hit four monstrous sixes while scoring 38 off 31 balls to lift them to 127......

Harsha Bhogle: My Hero, Sunil Gavaskar

We have all had heroes. We have all wanted to be someone else.But there was nobody I wanted to be more than I wanted to be Sunil Gavaskar, notes Harsha Bhogle.Continuing our series celebrating 50......

Asian Games: Hima, Anas, Dutee shine; heartbreak for Lakshmanan

Long distance runner Govindan Lakshmanan finished third in men's 10,000m race but was later disqualified for lane infringement. IMAGE: Hima Das celebrates after winning the silver medal in the......

Of one man armies

Point To Ponder: India boasts of having the best batsman in the world in its team, Sachin but yet India has never been able to win a single test series abroad since last 15 years.Now consider this......

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