diff --git a/bridges/HinduTamilBridge.php b/bridges/HinduTamilBridge.php
index 1b556ed80b6..d12f5131195 100644
--- a/bridges/HinduTamilBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/HinduTamilBridge.php
@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ public function collectData()
     protected function parseItem($item)
     {
         $dom = getSimpleHTMLDOMCached($item['uri']);
+        $content = $dom->find('#pgContentPrint', 0);
 
-        $date = $dom->find('p span.date', 1);
-        if ($date) {
-            $item['timestamp'] = $this->convertToRFC3339($date->plaintext);
+        if ($content === null) {
+            return $item;
         }
 
-        $content = $dom->find('#pgContentPrint', 0);
-        if (!$content) {
-            return $item;
+        $date = $dom->find('p span.date', 1);
+        if ($date) {
+            $item['timestamp'] = $this->toRFC3339($date->plaintext);
         }
 
-        $image = $dom->find('#LoadArticle figure', 0);
+        $image = $dom->find('#LoadArticle figure', 0) ?? '';
         $item['content'] = $image . $this->cleanContent($content);
 
         return $item;
@@ -89,15 +89,14 @@ private function cleanContent($content)
         return $content;
     }
 
-    private function convertToRFC3339($DateString)
+    private function toRFC3339($dateString)
     {
-        $timestamp = strtotime(trim($DateString));
+        $timestamp = strtotime(trim($dateString));
 
-        if ($timestamp !== false) {
-            $rfc3339DateTime = date('Y-m-d\TH:i:s', $timestamp) . '+05:30';
-            return $rfc3339DateTime;
-        } else {
+        if ($timestamp === false) {
             return null;
         }
+
+        return date('Y-m-d\TH:i:s', $timestamp) . '+05:30';
     }
 }