The Latest Breaking News from Chennai

Aussie loses WTA final, wins hearts for sportsmanship

Australian Kim Birrell has lost in the Chennai Open final but has been honoured with a special sportsmanship award by the event organisers.

AAP · Nov 2, 2025

Chennai journalists protest ‘blackout’ of Puthiya Thalaimurai TV

Journalists in Chennai have staged protests against the alleged blackout of a prominent Tamil news channel, Puthiya Thalaimurai TV, from the state-run cable network TACTV since October 3. 

Newslaundry · Oct 9, 2025

Air India plane used for return flight despite bird strike damaging engine

Airline says aircraft cleared for return after initial inspection in Colombo

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Flight issues ‘mayday’ call after almost running out of fuel during diversion in India

Reports offer differing reasons for the IndiGo flight’s initial diversion, with the plane eventually landing safely 300km from its intended destination

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025

Family feud turns legal: Dayanidhi Maran accuses brother Kalanithi of Sun TV fraud

Chennai Central MP and former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran has sent a legal notice to his elder brother, Sun Group chairman Kalanithi Maran, accusing him of orchestrating large-scale fraud in the allotment and transfer of shares in Sun TV Network and its affiliated firms, Bar and Bench reported .

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2025

A 3-tonne, $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week

In a few days, a new satellite that can detect changes on Earth’s surface down to the centimetre, in almost real time and no matter the time of day or weather conditions, is set to launch from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre near Chennai.

The Conversation · Jun 15, 2025

Awful and Awesome Ep 388: Mountainhead, Stolen, Last Of Us S2

While discussing the headlines:Rajyasree: In bad news, Kamal Haasan’s comments led to his film Thug Life not releasing in Karnataka.Manisha: In worse news, Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 5 cruised ahead of the box office…I had no idea that five Housefulls have been made. Rajyasree: And also Fardeen Khan has made a comeback!Shardool:…

Newslaundry · Jun 13, 2025

NL Hafta Subscribers’ Take Ep 1: A special feedback episode

In this special episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Jayashree Arunachalam catch up on all the letters – over 45 of them – that we’ve received from subscribers.Hafta letters: India-Pakistan, podcast ideas, team feedback, thoughts on patriotismWe have a page for subscribers to…

Newslaundry · May 21, 2025

Elizabeth Herridge obituary

Other lives: Diplomat’s wife who initiated a project providing wheelchairs made by British inmates to physically disabled children in Chennai

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025

Hafta 536: War drums and fake news with India-Pakistan tensions

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by retired Brigadier Kuldip Singh. In this tense news week, we begin by dissecting India’s Operation Sindoor and strikes on terror camps in Pakistan on May 7. “Neither side, particularly India, wants…

Newslaundry · May 10, 2025