body {
           
            color: #080808;
            background-color: #ffffff;
            font-size: 14px;
            overflow-x: hidden;
            /*font-family: "Noto Sans Tamil", sans-serif;*/
            font-family: "Noto Sans Tamil", Latha, Vijaya, sans-serif;
            font-optical-sizing: auto;
            font-weight: 400;
            font-style: normal;
            font-variation-settings: "wdth" 100;
        }
        footer{
            background: #231e20;
    color: #fff;
        }
        .category-title{
            padding-bottom: 8px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ababab;
    margin: 0 0 16px;
    position: relative;
        }
        .category-title:before{
            content: "";
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #e7d502;
    width: 100px;
    height: 4px;
    bottom: -2px;
    left: 0;
        }
        .topnavbar{
            background: #e3e3e3;
    padding: .5rem;
    justify-content: space-between;
    display: flex;
        }
        .main-logo{max-height:65px;}
.breaking-news{
    background: #333131;
    height: 50px;
    display: flex;
    position: relative;
    align-items: center;
}
.breaking-news-title{
    position: absolute;
    left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5);
    top: 0px;
    background: #f1df0e;
    color: #333131;
    z-index: 1;
    height: 50px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 0 10px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
        .carousel-caption {
            background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
            padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
            border-radius: 0.25rem;
        }

        .front-logo {
            height: 45px;
            width: auto;
            max-width: 100%;
        }

      

        /* Post wrapper */
        .post {
            border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
            padding: 30px 0;
        }

        /* Post title */
        .post-title {
            font-size: 24px;
            font-weight: 600;
            color: #333;
            text-decoration: none;
            transition: color 0.3s ease;
        }

        .post-title:hover {
            color: #007bff;
            text-decoration: underline;
        }

        /* Meta info under title */
        .post-meta {
            font-weight: 300;
            font-size: 14px;
            color: #777;
            margin-bottom: 10px;
        }

        .post-meta i {
            margin-right: 5px;
        }

        /* Read More Button */
        .btn-read-more {
            border: 2px solid #333;
            background: transparent;
            padding: 8px 20px;
            font-size: 14px;
            font-weight: 500;
            /* border-radius: 50px; */
            color: #333;
            transition: all 0.3s ease;
            text-decoration: none;
        }

        .btn-read-more:hover {
            background-color: #333;
            color: #fff;
        }

        /* Post excerpt */
        .post-excerpt {
            font-size: 16px;
            line-height: 1.7;
            color: #555;
            margin-bottom: 20px;
        }

        a {
            color: #383131 !important;
            font-weight: 300 !important;
            /* black */
            text-decoration: none;
            /* optional: remove underline */
        }
        .gray-bg-box a{color:#ffffff!important;}

        /* Normal state */
        .btn-outline-primary {
            color: #000000 !important;
            border-color: #000000 !important;
            text-decoration: none;
          }

        /* Hover state */
        .btn-outline-primary:hover {
            color: #fff !important;
            border-color: #e81c4f !important;
            background-color: #e81c4f !important;
        }

        .widget {
    background-color: #ffffff;  /* Light gray background */
    padding: 20px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
    margin-bottom: 30px;
}

.widget-title {
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: 700;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #c0bcbd; /*Primary color underline*/
    padding-bottom: 8px;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    color: #333;
}

.widget-title span {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    padding: 0 5px;
}

.widget-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.widget-list li {
    margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.widget-list a {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    color: #444;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 16px;
    transition: all 0.3s ease;
}

.widget-list a:hover {
    color: #007bff;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.widget-list-inline{
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 999px; /* makes it pill/rounded */
    margin: 5px;
    font-size: 14px;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    color: #333;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
}
.widget-list-inline:hover {
    background-color: #007bff;
    color: #fff;
    border-color: #007bff;
}

.carousel-image,
.banner-video video {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: center center;
}
.banner-image{
  width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
object-fit: contain;
}

@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .carousel-image,
    .banner-video video {
        height: 400px;
    }
}

.carousel img {
  width: 70px;
  max-height: 70px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  margin-right: 1rem;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.carousel-inner {
  padding: 1em;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 576px) {
  .carousel-inner {
    display: flex;
    width: 90%;
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding: 1em 0;
    overflow: hidden;
  }
  .carousel-item {
    display: block;
    margin-right: 0;
    flex: 0 0 calc(100% / 2);
  }
}
@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
  .carousel-item {
    display: block;
    margin-right: 0;
    flex: 0 0 calc(100% / 3);
  }
}
.carousel .card {
  margin: 0 0.5em;
  border: 0;
}

.carousel-control-prev,
.carousel-control-next {
  width: 3rem;
  height: 3rem;
  background-color: grey;
  border-radius: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}
#postCardSlider::-webkit-scrollbar {
  display: none;
}
#postCardSlider {
  -ms-overflow-style: none;  /* IE/Edge */
  scrollbar-width: none;     /* Firefox */
}

.img-cover {
  object-fit: cover;
  width: 100%;
  height: 200px; /* adjust as needed */
}
   
.noto-sans-tamil {
  font-family: "Noto Sans Tamil", sans-serif;
  font-optical-sizing: auto;
  font-weight: 400; /* or 300, 500, 700 etc. */
  font-style: normal;
  font-variation-settings: "wdth" 100;
}
.share-buttons .btn-social {
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px;
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    border-radius: 4px;
    font-size: 18px;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
}

/* Platform colors */
.btn-facebook {
    background-color: #3b5998;
}

.btn-twitter {
    background-color: #1da1f2;
}

.btn-linkedin {
    background-color: #0077b5;
}

.btn-pinterest {
    background-color: #bd081c;
}

.btn-email {
    background-color: #7a7a7a;
}

.share-buttons .btn-social:hover {
    opacity: 0.8;
}
/* * General tab styles */ 
.nav-tabs .nav-link {
    background-color: #e9ecef; /* light gray for inactive */
    color: #000;               /* black text */
    border: 1px solid #dee2e6;
    margin-right: 2px;
}

/* Active tab styles */
.nav-tabs .nav-link.active {
    background-color: #fff !important; /* white background */
    color: #000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    border-color: #dee2e6 #dee2e6 #fff; /* remove bottom border */
}

/* Optional hover effect */
.nav-tabs .nav-link:hover {
    background-color: #d4d4d4;
    color: #000;
}

/* Remove default blue underline (if seen) */
.nav-tabs .nav-link:focus {
    box-shadow: none;
}
.text-loose {
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    word-spacing: 0.3rem;
    line-height: 4; /* same as Bootstrap's lh-lg */
}
.carousel-img {
    height: 200px; /* or any fixed height you want */
    object-fit: cover;
}
.sidebar-date{font-size:.85rem;}