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The Hindu How South India’s earliest cement company was formed

UltraTech has acquired 32.72% stake for ₹3,945 crore in India Cements, which has over seven decades of history and strong brands. The company was formed in 1946, thanks to the efforts of S.N.N. Sankaralinga Iyer, a banker from Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli, and his young partner from Thanjavur T.S. Narayanaswami, the father of N. Srinivasan

The Hindu A town mourns the death of nine children

A wall collapse during a religious event early one morning killed pre-teen boys in Shahpur, Madhya Pradesh. Mehul Malpani gauges the anger of the parents, many of whom place high worth on the birth of a son. Behind the tragedy are creaking healthcare and police systems, and a lax administration

The Hindu Villagers block govt. bus near Tirupattur town, demand replacement of transformer

Owing to the increase in power connections in the village, the existing 110-KV transformer is unable to withstand the power supplied, say officials. Villagers want a 240-KV transformer to be installed

The Hindu Rahul claims passes for his visitors not being issued by Parliament staff

The Leader of the Opposition says he had to come to meet the delegations at Parliament reception

The Hindu In new attendance system, absence from work costs their weekly off also for sanitation workers in Hyderabad

GHMC has recently introduced attendance by facial recognition for the Sanitation and Entomology workers and field assistants, in place of the biometric attendance marked earlier