565 Indira Mahila Shakti stalls set up for Medaram Maha Jatara, SHG women to gain
A woman member of a SHG that set up a kiranam shop at Medaram. Photo credit: Special arrangement The State government has sanctioned 565 Indira Mahila Shakti (IMS) stalls at…
At CHIME reunion, celebration of a life-saving mission amid stories of courage
Mallika Mohandas, chairman, MIOT International, during the gathering of children who were saved by the intervention of CHIME charitable trust. | Photo Credit: J. Johan Sathyadas Around 80 of the…
Battle lines on the sands of the Marina
Around 9.30 a.m. on January 23, a large number of vendors, mostly women, gathered near the Vinayakar Temple on the sands of Marina Beach as shops remained shut. A few vendors…
Book of cartoonist, journalist and playwright T.S. Sridhar released
Dignitaries at the launch of the book in Chennai on Saturday, January 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The book ‘No.1 Vellala Street’, a recollection of the early life…
Reason gives way: victims describe trauma of digital arrest
More than three weeks have passed since Indira, 77, and Om Taneja, 81, were placed under a ‘digital arrest’ and defrauded of ₹14.85 crore. However, the highly educated couple —…
Landlord movie review: Duniya Vijay and Raj B Shetty lift Jadeshaa K Hampis rustic drama
After 45, directorJadeshaa K. Hampi’s Landlord provides ample proof of the strong potential of multi-starrers in cinema. Give the big stars interesting characters, offer them room to perform, blend their…












