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Won’t tolerate harassment of dog feeders: AWBI
March 17, 2025, 7:30 AM IST
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), the central government’s nodal body for animal welfare, has warned of stringent action against RWAs and individuals obstructing feeding of stray dogs inside gated communities. Feeders play a pivotal…
March 17, 2025, 7:30 AM IST
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Putin, Rasputin & Pravda (truth)
February 26, 2022, 11:39 AM IST
How does one explain the medieval throwback, the horror unfolding in Ukraine? Is Putin’s paranoia the sole reason? Is there something ineluctably ‘Russian’ in such brazen aggression? Can a culture that gave the world Chekhov,…
February 26, 2022, 11:39 AM IST
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17 years on, Erwadi survivor meets kin
August 7, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
On the 17th anniversary of the tragic fire that killed 28 inmates of an asylum meant for people with learning difficulties in Erwadi, V Chinnaraman, a survivor, was reunited with his family on Monday. For…
August 7, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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Of fasting & feasting
June 26, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
On The Eve Of Eid-ul-Fitr, It’s A Celebration Of Brotherhood At City Mosques Ramadan, the month of fasting, is also a month of feasting for Sultana and her two children. Every evening during these 30…
June 26, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Journalism and objectivity
February 13, 2017, 7:13 PM IST
Written by Surakshit Goswami & Narayani Ganesh A neutral media takes no sides, it remains balanced The trapeze act is a popular feature of any circus. When the artist flies through the air, grabbing the trapeze…
February 13, 2017, 7:13 PM IST
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Burden of the body
November 26, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
One-act plays by women dare the audience to shift their gaze from performer to performance The actor is alone on stage, and the onus is on her to keep the silhouettes in the dimly-lit hall…
November 26, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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‘I play by rules, Officials rivals don’t’
November 24, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
Mining baron denies allegations of plundering minerals, terms It conspiracy Acting on a PIL, the Madras High Court on Monday asked mining baron S Vaikundarajan to provide information on monazite mining in his quarries. Unfazed…
November 24, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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Stunt accident left him hairless and with plenty of roles
November 11, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
Actor A Rajendran’s completely bald head, lack of eyebrows and shaven look is unmistakable, almost impossible to forget. But that trademark look, says the 59-year-old, is the result of a stunt gone wrong 12 years…
November 11, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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‘I wanted to see if I could make myself flinch’
October 29, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
On Wednesday, Paul Beatty became the first American to win the Man Booker Prize. His The Sellout is humorous, scabrous and subversive in equal measure. Unlike, say, Marlon James’s Kingston patois or James McBride’s Kansas…
October 29, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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To avoid accidents in cracker units let’s light up the sky, not blast it
October 28, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
Expert advocates change in chemicals used in firecrackers, training of workers in factories Every year as we celebrate Diwali, many employed in firecracker units across the country including Sivakasi lose their lives in fire accidents…
October 28, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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It’s official: Elena ia Anita
October 8, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
Last Sunday, a WikiLeaks-style expose unmasked the real identity of Elena Ferrante, the celebrated author of the Neapolitan Novels. But much before ‘Ferrante fever’ gripped the literary world, Rebecca Falkoff wrote of how anonymity alone…
October 8, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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For him, the man’s world is a mirage
August 26, 2016, 3:38 PM IST
If transitioning from a man to a woman is tough, it is even more difficult for a woman who wants to transform physically into a man. There are multiple surgeries involved and hardly a handful…
August 26, 2016, 3:38 PM IST
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Naked truth
August 20, 2016, 3:46 PM IST
By Aswin J Kumar and T C Sreemol It is not just paucity of those willing to pose in the nude; the very study of the human form is no longer central to the fine arts…
August 20, 2016, 3:46 PM IST
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Tamil Nadu on August 15, 1947: Euphoria and boycott
August 15, 2016, 3:59 PM IST
By Yogesh Kabirdoss and Samhati Mohapatra While flags unfurled, patriotic songs sung, and oaths taken to mark the historic day, followers of Periyar mourned the day by hoisting black flags. For the people of Tamil…
August 15, 2016, 3:59 PM IST
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Durai Murugan in assembly: Droll, but sharp-shooter
August 8, 2016, 4:21 PM IST
By Meera Vankipuram & B Sivakumar During a recent debate in the assembly, veteran DMK leader Durai Murugan had a beatific smile on his face, gesturing like a conductor of an orchestra. With Zubin Mehta-like…
August 8, 2016, 4:21 PM IST
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When will AIADMK govt lower milk prices, questions Karunanidhi
August 2, 2016, 5:36 PM IST
DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday asked the state government when prices of Aavin milk would be brought down to Rs 25 per litre, as promised by the ruling AIADMK in its election manifesto. “The…
August 2, 2016, 5:36 PM IST
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Major ports need to be more competitive
August 2, 2016, 5:32 PM IST
The irony about the proposed Enayam major port is that it is being planned when non-major ports are cannibalising major ports in the country. Thanks to the earlier NDA government’s Sagarmala initiative, from a handful…
August 2, 2016, 5:32 PM IST
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Transcendence
July 2, 2016, 3:54 PM IST
By Viju B Every night, Miga usually positions herself outside an upmarket ice cream parlour near South overbridge in Kochi, soliciting people for sex. Her silhouetted figure, in the backdrop of the long French windows,…
July 2, 2016, 3:54 PM IST
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‘There is an undeclared Emergency’, says Teesta Setalvad
June 25, 2016, 5:39 PM IST
Ever since she embarked on a mission to expose those behind the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, Teesta Setalvad has faced state persecution at its harshest. She remains unfazed. Excerpts from an email interview: HUNTED Revenge is…
June 25, 2016, 5:39 PM IST
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Hi-tech boats, need of the hour
June 14, 2016, 6:00 PM IST
With the threats of cross-border terrorism, human trafficking and smuggling of arms and drugs along the coast looming large, it is necessary that the marine police force are provided hi-tech equipment and patrol vehicles as…
June 14, 2016, 6:00 PM IST
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