Writers Urmilla Deshpande & Thiago Pinto Barbosa on being shortlisted for the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman for Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve! Winners to be announced on Nov 28 in New Delhi. Stay tuned for more literary gems! #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #Books

.Greater Chennai Corporation invited tenders for bus shelters in 24 sites. S A PRAVEENA found there are shelters already in at least five sites. Plus they will use councillors’ ward devlpt funds for this, but few councillors had no clue. #chennai #TamilNadu newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai…

Another amazing detail: Greater Chennai Corporation has issued tender for bus shelter on a road in ward 142 but such a road does not exist 🫠 #chennai #TamilNadu S A PRAVEENA newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai…

Non-fiction shortlist #4 The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra Winners of the 3rd Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman will be announced in New Delhi on Nov 28. #RamnathGoenkaSahithyaSamman #IndianLiterature #Books #TheNewIndianExpress santwanabhattacharya Ravi Shankar

In Tamil Nadu, children who grow up behind bars with their imprisoned mothers are counted only until they turn six after that, the system simply stops caring. Once they cross the permitted age, they’re handed over to relatives, guardians, or state homes, but there’s no mechanism

#NortheastMonsoon | #Puducherry and #Karaikal have declared a holiday for schools and colleges on Oct 22. #TNRains | #ChennaiRains 🌧️🌧️

#BREAKING | #Chennai and #Cuddalore have declared a holiday for schools and colleges on Oct 22. #NortheastMonsoo | #TNRains | #ChennaiRains 🌧️🌧️

Thunderstorms around South AP / North TN border moving roughly West to East so expect parts of Ranipet to get rains soon, the storms will gradually push into Tiruvallur and then onto Chennai and suburbs. Expected timeline for Chennai is around 10 PM. Some areas could see heavier

#TVK has approached families of the deceased in the #KarurStampede to take them to Chennai to meet party chief #Vijay either by Monday or the next day. Not all are willing and many are hesitant. While some families have expressed willingness to go, several others have refused,

🔊Orange alert for #Chennai, #Kancheepuram & #Tiruvallur on Oct 27 🔊Wall collapse kills two near #Ariyalur's #Udayarpalayam 🔊Special intensive revision of electoral rolls next week in TN 🔊Rain submerges #Ranipet school, parents demand action 🔊#Kerala firm fined for

150+ kin of #KarurStampede victims head to meet #TVK chief Vijay in 5 Omni buses arranged by the party left Vennamalai, Karur Sunday an hour ago. TVK district secretaries Balaji (Erode), Sambath Kumar (Coimbatore), Vijay Anban (Madurai), Parvesh (Pudukkottai) and others

Breaking on TNIE Tamil Nadu ED flags a massive cash-for-jobs scam in TN's MAWS department appointment of 2538 staff, says Rs 25-35 lakh paid per post, exams rigged. Names multiple politicians, people close to them and officials in letter to TN police chief 🔗newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-n…

#ExpressExclusive | Citing evidence unearthed during a raid conducted earlier this year, the #EnforcementDirectorate has written a letter to the #TamilNadu police alleging a cash-for-jobs scam in the selection of officers and staff to 2,538 posts in the state Municipal

🔊#EPS seeks #DVAC probe into cash for job scam in TN dept 🔊129 students fall sick due to water contamination at #Namakkal college hostel 🔊#CMStalin inaugurates Rs 117 crore projects in #Tenkasi WATCH | A brief #news bulletin from the #TamilNadu bureau of

#AllSoulsDay But not for all souls. In Melapudhur, #Trichy, a wall still divides #DalitChristians graves from Caste Christian ones the Uthriyamadha Cemetery for Dalits and the RCMC Cemetery for non dalit- caste Christians. The wall, built 60+ years ago, still stands untouched by

India scripted history, clinching their maiden ICC Women’s ODI World Cup title with a 52-run win over South Africa in the final in Navi Mumbai, as Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma starred in a commanding all-round performance. Batting first after being asked to do so, India

Gowri did an amazing job. The moment you call out a disrespectful and an unnecessary question - a whole lot of shouting down happens. So proud that someone so young stood her ground and pushed back. No male actor gets asked what his weight is. No idea why they asked a female

🔊TN proposes hefty refundable deposits for large public meetings 🔊Youth dies after two-wheeler falls into unmarked roadwork pit in #Erode 🔊#NGT seeks urgent safety SOPs for firecracker units 🔊TN government signs MoUs to boost gaming industry 🔊Police files FIR against 83