11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (173+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 12:27 am IST - CHENNAI Alamelu, 46, was arrested after she allegedly attempted to use a fake ₹500 note at an Aavin milk booth in Aminjikarai. The police said Siva, a resident of Arumbakkam, was running an Aavin milk booth at P.P....

11+ hour, 18+ min ago   (207+ words) Geetha Kannan is a national-level Paralympic swimming medallist I grew up in Chennai, but I also consciously made the choice to stay here as the city is becoming more inclusive for persons with locomotor disabilities, which I don’t often see…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (262+ words) This year, I did not buy a new umbrella. For as long as I can remember, buying an umbrella at the start of every rainy season has been a small ritual in Malabar. Yet this June, I decided to manage…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (316+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 07:00 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The worst-affected El Niño year in the recorded history of Keralam was 2023, when the State recorded a rainfall deficit of around 34%. Keralam received 1,326.1 mm of rainfall in 2023 against the average of 2,028.7 mm during the four-month…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (252+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 08:20 am IST The works might differ in appearance, but both reflect Sooriyamoorthy’s preference for materials that demand time, precision and physical effort. “People ask me why I am using metal wire when it is so time-consuming,” he says....

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (563+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 08:19 am IST Two recent anthologies titled 5 Stories, in Konkani and Kannada, are part of a series edited by that relentlessly formidable champion of Indian stories in English translation — Mini Krishnan. She draws up an ace with these two…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (405+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 07:00 am IST - PATHANAMTHITTA By the time Vatican City in Vakayar, a village near Konni, begins to stir each morning, D. Sudheesh Kumar has usually completed his first task of the day. Armed with a broom, the 61-year-old steps out…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago   (18+ words) Kanthapuram asserts that religious scholars have the right to speak on faith, emphasizing their role in community development....

5+ hour, 59+ min ago   (715+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 06:00 am IST - KANNUR The Madayi Thiruvarkattukavu Devaswom has begun constructing a stone boundary wall along the road from Eripuram towards the Naval Academy to prevent vehicles from entering the ecologically preserved Madayipara, even as environmental groups have intensified…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago   (167+ words) Visitors to Paris’s iconic Eiffel Tower last Monday (September 7, 2026) had to turn back in disappointment. The monument was closed following a protest against the management’s move to replace all women staff with their male colleagues for the visit of a 100-strong…...