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'Curiosity drives my work'
Deepa Mehta talks about being one of India's earliest diaspora filmmakers, telling stories of immigrants, Zohran Mamdani, Al and the future of cinema
4 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Fairfax leads race for IDBI stake with all-cash deal, Kotak also in fray
THE government’s three-year wait to exit IDBI Bank may bear fruit soon with Toronto-based NRI businessman Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial leading the race offering an all-cash deal.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
51 cartons of Nehru papers sent to Sonia missing, says govt
DAYS after informing the Lok Sabha that no documents related to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru were missing from the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library (PMML), the culture ministry on Wednesday clarified that 51 cartons of Nehru papers had been sent to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in 2008, and were therefore not untraceable.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
K’taka BJP asks revenue min to quit over land deal
POLITICAL temperatures at the ongoing winter session of the legislature soared after Leader of Opposition in the Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy demanded the resignation of Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda, alleging that he has illegally acquired ownership rights of a lake and a cemetery in Kolar district, both have reportedly been transferred into the minister's name.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Proposed policy will examine factors affecting milk production
\"AT present, there is no effective monitoring mechanism to check pathogens, adulteration and other quality issues in milk sold through middlemen.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
'Excessive fog' leads to T20I abandonment
BY the time the fourth T20I between India and South Africa in Lucknow was officially called off on Wednesday, two and a half hours had passed.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
All set for TVK's Erode meet, says Sengottaiyan
CHIEF coordinator of TVK KA Sengottaiyan said all arrangements have been made for the public meeting of party president Vijay in Erode on Thursday, and the event will spring a surprise to everyone.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Trump broadens travel ban to 20 more nations, adds Palestinian Authority
THE Trump administration has expanded its travel ban and restrictions to 20 additional nations as well as the Palestinian Authority as part of its efforts to “protect US national security and public safety interests”.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
MANUFACTURING SECTOR PLAYED KEY ROLE IN TN'S 16% GSDP GROWTH: FM
TAKING pride in the GSDP growth of Tamil Nadu which reached ₹31.19 lakh crore during 2024-25 from ₹26.88 lakh crore in the previous year, thus registering a growth of 16%, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Wednesday said the manufacturing sector made a significant contribution to this growth.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
India, Ethiopia 'natural partners' in peace, security and connectivity, says PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described India and Ethiopia as \"natural partners\" in regional peace, security and connectivity, asserting that the two countries share a vision for a world that is \"more just, more equal and more peaceful.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Britain to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student programme
BRITAIN will rejoin the European Union’s flagship Erasmus student-exchange programme, it was announced on Wednesday, in a major step for efforts to reset the UK’s post-Brexit relations with the 27-nation bloc.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
BJP & Cong spar over court order in National Herald case
Political vendetta: Kharge
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Steven Spielberg's next titled Disclosure Day
VETERAN filmmaker Steven Spielberg is back with another alien sci-fi adventure.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
80-yr-old woman murdered for gain in Kanchi
AN 80-year-old woman living alone was bludgeoned to death at her residence in Nathanallur village near Walajabad in Kancheepuram on Wednesday, with police suspecting murder for gain after gold jewellery worn by the victim was found missing.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
No truck with Ajit’s NCP in BMC polls over Malik: BJP
THE BJP said on Wednesday that it will not have a tie-up with its MahaYuti ally NCP for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections as Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s party has named Nawab Malik, an accused in a money laundering case linked to gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s aides, as the poll in-charge.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
4 dead in attacks by elephants in a day in J'khand
A herd of wild elephants went on a rampage in the Ghatto OP area of Jharkhand’s Ramgarh, about 40 km from the state capital Ranchi, killing at least four people — including two women — within a few hours on Tuesday.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Indian-origin woman from Punjab detained in US over residency plea
‘THE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Babblejit Kaur, a 60-year-old Punjabi woman, recently at a USCIS office in Long Island in the US, where she was attending a biometric scan linked to her green card application.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
WHEN ALL ABOARD ARE FLYING BLIND
THE IndiGo turbulence has again brought the issues of corporate governance and marquee boards into public discourse.
4 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
With no road or water for ₹2.5-cr TTDC hotel, Vathalmalai tourism dream in limbo
A hotel built by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) in Vathalmalai is yet to be opened even after its construction concluded 18 months ago.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Markets end in the red for third straight session
DESPITE a sharp gain made by Rupee on Wednesday, India’s equity market benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty - fell significantly from day’s high and ended in red for the third straight day.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Art of the crest
THE Messi mess definitely did not take us by total surprise.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Foreign medical grads thank MPs over internship quota
THE members of Tamil Nadu Medical Students Association - Foreign Medical Graduates Wing expressed their gratitude to MP of South Chennai Thamizhachi Thangapandian and other MPs for meeting Union Health Minister JP Nadda and making a request emphasising the shortage of Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) seats for foreign medical graduates on Tuesday.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Late goals help Barcelona win
BARCELONA needed late goals by Andreas Christensen and Marcus Rashford to defeat third-division club Guadalajara 2-0 on Tuesday in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey in a game delayed because of problems with the stadium’s temporary grandstand.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Panic grips Gujarat as 19 schools get bomb threats, students and teachers safe
A wave of bomb threats sent by email jolted Gujarat on Wednesday, putting at least 19 prominent schools in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kalol on high alert.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Homebound shortlisted for Oscars
NEERAJ Ghaywan's Homebound has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards in the category for Best International Feature Film.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
CM slams AIADMK over 'silence' on centre amending MGNREGA
DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the opposition AIADMK, questioning its silence over the VB-G RAM G Bill which will replace MGNREGA.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
CARE AND COMMERCE
WALKING into the interview room, the PR for Jio Hotstar’s upcoming Malayalam series, Pharma, asked a quintessential PR question, “Doesn't Arun give you a doubt if he is a director or an actor?”
2 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Festival hopping in Jaipur: Winter edition
For those of you who have done their fair share of exploring the Pink City, can enjoy the destination through these cultural events...
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
WADA’S LATEST TESTING FIGURES SHAME INDIA... AGAIN
India has retained its number one spot in the global doping charts for 2024 per the World Anti-Doping Agency with as many as 260 adverse analytical findings
3 min |
December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
TELANGANA’S VISION 2047 MUST ENRICH ALL CITIZENS
HE Vision 2047 document unveiled on the final day of the Telangana Rising summit lays out a transformative blueprint for the state's future.
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