Tamil Nadu
The Greater Chennai Corporation has extended road-cut permission to October 15 to finish stormwater and pipeline work, a month past the usual deadline. Residents warn unfinished trenches could become flood and accident hazards when the monsoon arrives.
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Opinion
Amma Unavagam workers who have cooked for 12 years still wait for the Rs 578 wage their own district fixed. A welfare state that feeds everyone except the women who do the feeding has confused charity with justice.
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India
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 5 ordered the CBI to register an FIR and probe alleged cash-for-transfers corruption linked to the Chief Minister's OSD, after Punjab Police failed to act on three ED letters. Report in two months.
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Tamil Nadu
Amma Unavagam workers in Virudhunagar, many with 12-13 years of service, say they still get Rs 250-340 a day against a collector-fixed Rs 578. Affiliated to the CITU, they protested on Monday demanding regularisation and the revised wage.
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Tamil Nadu
A constituency-by-constituency comparison of the SIR voter-roll purge with the 2026 results shows the TVK's victory rising in near-perfect step with the deletions: the deeper the cuts, the bigger its wins, including all ten seats where over 80,000 names vanished.
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Australia's High Court has backed Hunter Valley residents who challenged a plan to double coal output at Mount Pleasant until 2048, ruling that planners ignored 98 per cent of the mine's emissions because the coal would burn overseas.
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Rajasthan has deployed 744 fertiliser inspectors for the rabi sowing season to curb hoarding and black marketing, an emergency army that admits how routinely subsidised urea and DAP leak away from farmers.
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Residents from 425 associations across Chennai have told the Greater Chennai Corporation to fix water, sewer lines, roads and drains before raising property tax by 6 per cent, reviving a fight they first took to court in 2022.
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Udhayanidhi Stalin urged the TVK government to appoint a full-time agriculture secretary immediately, saying a month-long vacancy, an unkept crop-loan waiver promise and irrigation failures have left farmers without anyone answerable in Chennai.
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The Election Commission said a meeting with protesting opposition MPs outside its premises could not be accepted, offering instead to receive their memorandum through its senior-most officer on duty after an eight-hour dharna in New Delhi.
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Amma Unavagam workers in Virudhunagar, many with 12-13 years of service, say they still get Rs 250-340 a day against a collector-fixed Rs 578. Affiliated to the CITU, they protested on Monday demanding regularisation and the revised wage.
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has extended road-cut permission to October 15 to finish stormwater and pipeline work, a month past the usual deadline. Residents warn unfinished trenches could become flood and accident hazards when the monsoon arrives.
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A constituency-by-constituency comparison of the SIR voter-roll purge with the 2026 results shows the TVK's victory rising in near-perfect step with the deletions: the deeper the cuts, the bigger its wins, including all ten seats where over 80,000 names vanished.
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Conservancy workers in Madurai began an indefinite strike on Monday demanding an end to outsourced garbage work, leaving waste uncleared across the city's 100 wards as the union rejected another round of assurances.
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 5 ordered the CBI to register an FIR and probe alleged cash-for-transfers corruption linked to the Chief Minister's OSD, after Punjab Police failed to act on three ED letters. Report in two months.
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Prakash Raj warned at Vijayapura that the SIR revision is dividing citizens into those with voting rights and those without, alleging weaker sections were hit hardest and demanding the exercise be scrapped.
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Demonstrations in Delhi and Mumbai, an NSUI symbolic protest, and a planned Rajouri march have turned a paperwork exercise into a fight over who gets to vote.
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A Zomato warehouse supervisor in Bengaluru told Kannada-speaking workers to learn Hindi or leave in a viral video. After protests and a police petition, he apologised in Kannada, but activists demand removal.
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Saint-Denis mayor Bally Bagayoko was tear-gassed on Tuesday after standing between riot police and student protesters, telling the youth their demands were just while condemning disproportionate force.
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Attacks on Jazan and Najran airports injured three people as Saudi-backed forces claim gains near Mocha and Houthis dispute the battlefield account.
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Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injection doses on September 30, is conscious and speaking in hospital, her lawyers said. Tennessee has halted executions and ordered an independent review.
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Police used tear gas as students, teachers and parents staged France's largest school protest day yet, demanding teachers, smaller classes and repairs amid a budget squeeze.
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Adani-run Mumbai airport plans to withdraw 265 of 770 weekly international departure slots from October 25, citing Terminal 1 redevelopment. Airlines have rejected the cut, pointing to sold-out winter schedules — and the aviation ministry has been forced to intervene.
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The rupee closed at 96.43 per dollar on Tuesday as the RBI likely sold dollars to slow the slide, traders said. With $77 billion in September hedges and $29 billion in FII outflows this year, the RBI's policy committee — meeting now — is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday.
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Tamil Nadu recorded its warmest Southwest monsoon season in nine years, with a June to September mean of 29.45 degrees Celsius, about 1.21 degrees above the 2018-25 average, the Regional Meteorological Centre said.
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Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி)
@KanimozhiDMK
Freedom of expression cannot become collateral damage in political competition. We are receiving disturbing reports of multiple voices critical of the TVK Government facing repeated restrictions and reduced visibility on Instagram. If reporting mechanisms are being…
Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி)
@KanimozhiDMK
The Supreme Court has now made one thing clear: it did not approve the modification to Form 6. Then who authorised this change? When two Election Commissioners had reportedly raised objections, and the Supreme Court itself is seeking to know who made the modification, this is no…
Sundeep Kishan
@sundeepkishan
I see a lot of targeted anti Tweets coming at me & my film over the last few days lol I know exactly the people behind this & paying for this as well… Just reminding you that you have more to lose than me.. Direct ayipithe andaru dorikipitharu mari.. choosukondi :)
M.K.Stalin
@mkstalin
#Dharapuram #VoteForDMK pic.twitter.com/ZcUHFJT77q
Dinda Academy
@academy_dinda
Siraj serving drinks while Prasidh Lee and Gurnoor Starc are conceding runs at 9 per over💔
Udhay
@Udhaystalin
Happy to see the investment and support for sports by our #DravidianModel Government bearing fruit at the 20th Asian Games being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. A big round of applause to Tamil Nadu’s super-talented athlete, Vidya Ramaraj, who has set a new record by clocking 54.75… pic.twitter.com/mw8QA51oUB
PMO India
@PMOIndia
A Gold for India! Congratulations to Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi on winning the Gold Medal in the Women’s Compound Team event at the Asian Games 2026. This is even more special because their performance also equalled the World Record. This is…
Trendswood
@Trendswoodcom
#Baththa - 4.25/5. PURE GOLD ❤️ A Truly Satisfying & Beautiful Film. National Award Loading For KID CHARACTER Sabari👏 Yes, Our Vintage Performer Vijay Sethupathi Is BACK... What An Excellent Performance. 🔥Sai’s Unique & BEST WORK... Because Of Sai’s Brilliant Work, The…
M.K.Stalin
@mkstalin
#VoteForDMK #Dharapuram pic.twitter.com/YBKS3giBC8
Udhay
@Udhaystalin
My hearty congratulations to Velavan, Abhay Singh, Joshna Chinappa and Shameena Riyaz on winning bronze medals for India in the Men’s and Women’s Squash Team events respectively at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Their achievement is a proud moment for Tamil Nadu.…
Laxmi Kanth
@iammoviebuff007
#Baththa Interval - Semma Interesting So far..😲👌🔥 Performer #VijaySethupathi in Peak Form..💥🤝 That little boy steals the show..⭐ Terrific Score from #SaiAbhyankkar..🔥 Semma Unique and Refreshing conflict with Fun filled and Emotional Scenes..👌
Dinda Academy
@academy_dinda
Jadeja has taken just one wickets in his last eight ODI matches. What is he doing in the team?
