6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (487+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 06:30 am IST - MYSURU The surge in sugar prices ahead of the festive season — starting with Gowri-Ganesha and continuing through Dasara and Deepavali — amid reports of sugarcane being diverted for ethanol production has renewed farmers’ demand for permission to…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (293+ words) The Hindu A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to restrain Election Commission of India (ECI) from conducting byelections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu until the disposal of the case…...

12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (112+ words) The Hindu Published - September 13, 2026 12:55 am IST - Chennai The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Saturday held a rally marching towards the Secretariat to press the Tamil Nadu government to conduct a caste-based census within three months and to increase…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (373+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 05:30 am IST - CHENNAI A youth-led study on heat vulnerability in Vyasarpadi and Ramapuram has called for Chennai to move towards localised, community-driven heat action plans, after finding stark differences in heat exposure, infrastructure, and health impacts even between…...

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2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (226+ words) Then come two guarantees that students will recognise as fair. The marking stays confidential, but the system must be “sufficiently transparent”. A student “shall be given access to his/her answer script”. The heart of it: institutions “shall accord priority…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (358+ words) She is a student with deafblindness, a distinct condition involving the combined loss of both hearing and vision. Her experience on India’s university campuses is far more common than the conversations around student mental health suggest. This is a significant…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (736+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 11:00 am IST - New Delhi Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in August, including gasoline refined from Russian crude at a refinery in India that is partly owned by Russia's Rosneft, as Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted Moscow's…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (288+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 08:53 am IST Sydenhams Road in Periamet is the “wardrobe” for blue-collar workers. On this oft-crowded thoroughfare, from the point where the Greater Chennai Corporation’s headquarters (Ripon Building) begins to the point where the Nehru stadium almost ends, around…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (280+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 11:45 am IST - Kozhikode The Kozhikode rural police have arrested four persons in connection with an alleged drug-induced gang-rape reported in the Perambra area, following a night-long search across different parts of Kozhikode district. The accused have been identified…...