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The Hindu Centenarian on medical practice in Madras

S. Ramaswamy, who will turn a centenarian on July 20, recalls his clinical practice from a shed in his house at Kodambakkam and his travels on the tram for a monthly fare of ₹4.50

The Hindu The coming-together of Indira and Kamaraj in the Puducherry polls and an anti-climax

The DMK Ministry, headed by M.O.H. Farook Maricar, in Puducherry collapsed at the start of 1974 after two Ministers defected to the ADMK. The election to the 30-member House and the by-elections to some seats in Tamil Nadu created a hype around merger of Congress (Requisitionists) and Congress (Organisation). But that was not to be

The Hindu When a sensational murder shook Tamil Nadu on July 5, another Friday

That day in 1996, two men, wielding long knives, brutally hacked Vijaykumar, an accused in an attempt to murder case, in front of Egmore Xth Metropolitan Magistrate P. Devadoss, court workers, advocates, and litigants. It was similar to the daring killing of K. Armstrong, Tamil Nadu president of the Bahujan Samaj Party, in Chennai last week

The Hindu Protests in Kathua after terror attack; end violence, Omar Abdullah tells Pakistan

NC leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah condemned the attack but targeted the BJP-led government. The PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti said the attack “tells you all... about the current security situation in J&K”

The Hindu Apex body of Kuki tribes calls for 12-hour shutdown over arrest of village volunteers in Manipur

The Kuki Inpi Manipur said that these arrests and detentions come even as Central and State forces were allegedly ‘turning a blind eye’ to the movement and activities of the Meitei militants and Arambai Tenggol in the Imphal area

The Hindu Class of ‘99 in CEG celebrate silver jubilee

The batch pledges ₹50 lakh to alumni association

The Hindu Gig Workers’ Bill: Unions demand tweaks in representation on board, funding pattern

Joint Committee of Trade Unions and United Food Delivery Partners’ Union have submitted a memorandum

The Hindu BJP and JD(S) see ‘hatred for Rama’, ‘lure of real estate’ in proposal to change name of Ramanagara district

Accusing Shivakumar, who also holds Bengaluru City Development portfolio, of hoodwinking people of Bengaluru in the name of building Brand Bengaluru, Ashok said the Deputy Chief Minister was now trying a similar trick on the people of Ramanagara

The Hindu Uttarakhand mourns death of five soldiers in Kathua terror attack

All five soldiers killed by heavily-armed terrorists in Jammu’s Kathua district were with Uttarakhand’s Garhwal Rifles regiment