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Centre orders probe against Indians linked to tax havens

Special Correspondent

Actors, real estate promoters figure in leaked documents.

Jayalalithaa closes alliance options, declares candidates

B. Aravind Kumar,Deepa H. Ramakrishnan

Ms. Jayalalithaa also allocated seven seats to minor allies, who will contest on the party’s ‘Two Leaves’ symbol.

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Editorials & Opinion

With nearly 30 million criminal cases pending in the system, and another 10 million or more cases being added every year, whatever is left of the system is bound to collapse completely unless some radical alternatives are adopted urgently. Photo used for representative purposes only.

India needs to experiment with more democratic models aimed at reconciliation and restoration of relationships.

Jacobin

Before Sanders brought income inequality to the mainstream, Jacobin magazine had been presenting those ideas in an easy-to-read style.

Trapped:

The best place for a man-eater is a zoo. The sooner we accept this, the better it will be for big cats and people.

Assembly elections 2016

Waste woes: Uncleared garbage at Ravindra Kalakshetra, near the BBMP head office, in Bengaluru on Monday. — Photo K. Murali Kumar

It’s back to dumping garbage in landfills

K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj & Chitra V. Ramani

Civic body accuses citizens of forcing its hand due to non-compliance regarding segregation at source

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Waste woes: Uncleared garbage at Ravindra Kalakshetra, near the BBMP head office, in Bengaluru on Monday. — Photo K. Murali Kumar
Bengaluru
The Sir Theagaraya College in Washermanpet. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Chennai
Works going on to widen the Madukkarai - Walayar stretch in Coimbatore.– Photos: S. Siva Saravanan
Coimbatore
The Delhi-Agra semi high-speed train arrives at the New Delhi railway station during a trial run. File Photo: R.V. Moorthy
Delhi
Glowing tribute:INTACH volunteers at Charminar marking the 450 th birth anniversary of Hyderabad’s founder Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, on Monday.
Hyderabad
MAKING PROGRESS:Road widening work in progress on the Vyttila-Kunnara Park. – Pettah corridor.- Photo: H. Vibhu
Kochi
Trinamool Congress workers at a booth camp in the Dharma area of Medinipur
Kolkata
Collector N. Prasanth holding a meeting to solve the acute drinking water crisis in the district at the Kozhikode collectorate on Monday.
Kozhikode
In a hurry:Road laying work in progress in Madurai.— File photo
Madurai
Sharanappa S.D., Superintendent of Police, and P. Jayaram Bhat, Karnataka Bank CMD, at the inauguration of the new landscape at the SP office in Mangaluru. — Photo: Special Arrangement
Mangaluru
(From left) Shashank Vyas, Vikas Gupta, Falguni Brahmabhat (advocate), and Kamya Panjabi, addressing a press conference at Andheri West on Sunday. —Photo: Vijay Bate
Mumbai
Momentous:Devotees offer flowers to celebrate Sri Aurobindo’s arrival anniversary in Puducherry on Monday.— Photo: T. Singaravelou
Puducherry
To make their voice heard:SEWA Union members at a discussion on ‘Assembly elections: a perspective’ in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.— Photo: S. Gopakumar.
Thiruvananthapuram
A view of surveillance camera installed at Bharathidasasn Road in Tiruchi. Photo: B. Velankanni Raj
Tiruchirapalli
MLC Buddha Venkanna discussing a point with TDP corporators in the Municipal Council meeting in Vijayawada on Monday. -PHOTO: V. RAJU
Vijayawada
Up in arms:Visakhapatnam Dock Labour Board and Dock Workers’ Union president V.S. Padmanabha Raju speaking at a dharna in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Visakhapatnam
Poster boys: S.Rehman at his studio in Mumbai

An empty palette

Shailaja Tripathi

In Search of Fading Canvas, an evocative short on the dying tradition of hand-painted cinema hoardings won a special jury award at National Film Awar

At the heart of Cholamandal Artists’ Village

Naveena Vijayan

As Cholamandal Artists’ Village turns 50, some of its founding members trace the journey of the thriving self-sustained venture.

The delicious Dhakni biriyani

If you love a biriyani…

K. Jeshi

"It’s a misconception that Mughlai dishes are high on spices," Tasneem Ayub Khan will tell you how to make it right way.

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Dr. Kannan Soundararajan, Stanford University. Photo: Special Arrangement

Mathematics

A new pattern in primes

Shubashree Desikan

Prime numbers having identical last digits seem to avoid falling next to each other, as this study of consecutive primes shows.

The beautiful chambered Nautilus.

Pearly nautilus may get extra protection

K. S. Sudhi

The CITES authorities have sought the views of their Indian counterparts for determining the qualification of the species.

Mathematics

Ramanujan encyclopedia launched

Special Correspondent

The Ramanujan Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference book that will contain information.

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