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Vice-president CP Radhakrishnan Chennai: Vice-president C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday urged the graduates to uphold constitutional values, respect diversity and strengthen national unity.Speaking at the 22nd convocation of SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) here, he asked students to place the larger national interest above narrow self-interest.“Research achieves its highest purpose when it serves…

Import duty hike leads to rise in smuggling Chennai: Smuggling of gold seems to be making a return to Chennai airport after a hiatus, as customs officials have made the second seizure within a week. In the latest case, a middle-aged Myanmar couple was arrested for smuggling nearly 2kg gold worth ₹2.65 crore from Bangkok…

T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, handing over a medal and certificate to a medallist during the 14th Annual Convocation of VIT Chennai on Sunday. 140 PhD, and 4,440 undergraduates and postgraduates received their degrees on the occasion. G Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor, VIT; Mohit Jain, Chief Operating Officer…

Fee fixation files of pvt schools pile up as committee remains headless Chennai: At least 700 applications for fee revision from private matriculation schools are yet to be processed, as the committee to fix the rate has remained headless for more than 40 days.While the tenure of the previous Tamil Nadu Fee Determination Committee chairperson…

Police escort four juvenile escapees back to the government correctional facility for boys and girls in Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu Chennai: Four more juveniles who escaped from the Government Correctional Facility for Boys and Girls, Chengalpet, on Friday night were traced on Sunday, taking the number of those secured to five. Three of the four were…

Southern Railway will operate 112 services this Onam Chennai: Southern Railway will provide laminated covers along with paper season tickets to prevent printed details from fading, following complaints from suburban commuters who said their tickets became illegible within days.Southern Railway ADRM (Additional Divisional Railway Manager) I Senthil Kumar said the move was aimed at addressing…

Residents seek a rethink of Nageswara Rao Park redevelopment Chennai: Memories of a greener, tree-filled Nageswara Rao Park came alive at a silent gathering in Mylapore on Sunday, with more than 50 residents, volunteers from Nizhal and civic activists coming together to protest what they described as the park’s growing concretisation.Since 2024, when Greater Chennai…

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…

Udhayanidhi Stalin, CM Vijay CHENNAI: LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday called Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay a “dummy CM” and accused the TVK government of merely renaming and putting stickers on schemes introduced by the previous DMK government.“They came to power promising change and a clean, corruption-free govt. But what have they done?…

Two youths died after being struck by a speeding car on a national highway (Representative image) CHENNAI: Two youngsters who were shooting reels in the middle of a national highway were fatally knocked down by a speeding car on Friday evening.Police said a Class XII student and a 20-year-old man were filming videos to post…