Heavy security, traffic curbs in place for Meenakshi temple consecration in TN
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·15 Sept 2026
MADURAI: With lakhs of devotees expected to attend the consecration of the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on September 17, the district administration has announced extensive traffic restrictions...
Five-year-old Assam jumbo arrives at Madurai temple on Vinayagar Chaturthi
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·15 Sept 2026
MADURAI: After a cross-country trip covering nearly 3,000 kilometres, a five-year-old female elephant from Assam arrived at the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai around 1.30 am on Monday...
Environmental activists, politicians oppose oil well plan off Tamil Nadu coast
New Indian Expressby Mohamed Salahudeen B·15 Sept 2026
MAYILADUTHURAI: A proposal by the private company Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc. to drill five new development and production wells in the existing PY-3 oil field, covering 81 sq km in...
Dy speaker’s post and five nominated seats vacant ahead of House session
New Indian Expressby Fayaz Wani·15 Sept 2026
SRINAGAR: L-G Manoj Sinha is yet to nominate five members to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly even as the House is set to complete two years next month and the 10-day autumn session will begin on...
AIADMK questions CM Vijay’s UK trip to sign Rs 11,000-crore Motherson investment MoU
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·15 Sept 2026
CHENNAI: The AIADMK on Monday questioned Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s decision to travel to the UK to sign an MoU with Samvardhana Motherson International Limited (SAMIL), an...
Chandigarh Diary | ED lets IAS officer exit through the backdoor
New Indian Expressby Harpreet Bajwa·15 Sept 2026
A 1993 batch IAS officer, former Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma, posted as Additional Chief Secretary—cum-Financial Commissioner (Revenue), left ED’s zonal office in Jalandhar through a...
Vintage Malabar wedding ritual makes a comeback
New Indian Expressby Lakshmi Athira·15 Sept 2026
MALAPPURAM: The wedding season in Malabar is getting a nostalgic makeover, as a traditional pre-wedding ritual of the Mappila Muslim community, arikuthu kalyanam, finds a new audience among young...
INTERVIEW | 'India crucial partner in Russian import': Vladimir Padalko
New Indian Expressby Pushpita Dey·15 Sept 2026
Vladimir Padalko, vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, is a veteran of international trade and economic diplomacy.
Odisha: NGT fines chief secretary, six officials Rs 10,000 each for delay in filing replies
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·15 Sept 2026
CUTTACK: The National Green Tribunal’s East Zone bench has imposed a total fine of Rs 70,000 on seven senior government officials, including state chief secretary, for failing to file their...
This father-daughter band hit all the right notes
New Indian Expressby Gopika Varrier·15 Sept 2026
KOCHI: In the era of K-pop and rap, a father-daughter combo from Kochi is proving that music knows no generation gap.
Utsav Lal’s ‘Ragas to Reels’ brings Hindustani and Irish music together
New Indian Expressby Adithi Reena Ajith·15 Sept 2026
Music has rules, but can one draw a line around artistic expression? For Delhi-born pianist and composer Utsav Lal, the answer lies in bending them.
Amid talk of elderly welfare, priest’s vision of Pakal Veedu lights the way
New Indian Expressby Anna Jose·15 Sept 2026
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the government prepares to establish a department for the welfare of the elderly against the backdrop of a rapidly ageing population, the contribution of Rev Samuel T...
Govt reaches out to Opposition for special session
New Indian Expressby Preetha Nair·15 Sept 2026
NEW DELHI: With Parliament yet to be prorogued, the Centre has reached out to the Opposition parties over a proposal to convene a special session of Parliament before the festive season begins, to...
Kidnapped bank manager rescued from Balasore, two held
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·15 Sept 2026
CUTTACK: Madhupatna police has rescued a relationship manager of a private bank who was allegedly kidnapped and arrested two persons in connection with the case on Sunday.
Kochi’s mobility plan remains stuck in a three-decade-old boundary
New Indian Expressby Varsha Somaraj·15 Sept 2026
KOCHI: Pointing out that the 732-square kilometre study area used in the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) is based on the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) boundary notified nearly three...
IIT-B gets ASI nod for excavation at 2,000-year-old burial sites in Kodaikanal
New Indian Expressby SV Krishna Chaitanya·15 Sept 2026
CHENNAI: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has granted approval to IIT Bombay for archaeological excavation at Kundadi (Maachur) inside Palani Hills forest in Kodaikanal of Dindigul...
Thangal’s presence at Kanthapuram function signals thaw in strained ties
New Indian Expressby MP Prashanth·15 Sept 2026
KOZHIKODE: The presence of IUML state president Panakkad Syed Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal and national general secretary P K Kunhalikutty at the reception accorded by Sunni leader Kanthapuram A P...
Hazard perception test to gauge awareness of Kerala’s aspiring drivers
New Indian Expressby Unnikrishnan S·15 Sept 2026
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major overhaul aimed at bringing down fatalities caused by poor driver judgment on roads, Keralam is set to become the first Indian state to introduce a computer-based...
High command puts Kerala Congress rejig on hold
New Indian Expressby K S Sreejith·15 Sept 2026
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress high command has decided to maintain status quo for the time being in the Kerala unit, putting on hold the appointment of a new KPCC president after the state...
TN gets Rs 12,300 cr investment boost
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·15 Sept 2026
CHENNAI: During Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s official visit to the United Kingdom, a Tamil Nadu state delegation signed multiple agreements in London on Monday, securing investment commitments...
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