A 12-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu allegedly killed herself on Monday after her teacher scolded her in class for staining her uniform with menstrual blood. The girl jumped off a 25-foot-high building in her hometown in Tirunelveli, over 600 km from Chennai. She was studying in class 7. She had[Read More…]
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UberPASS to benefit riders in four metro cities
Uber India has started its pilot service UberPASS in four major cities. The cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. UberPASS service is similar to Ola select. A rider holding the UberPASS will get several benefits including discounted fares, waiver on cancellation charges and much more. However, the offer has[Read More…]
Metro Blood Bank to be launched in Chennai, Delhi soon
In order to provide a central point for processing of blood and their supply, a Metro Blood Bank is going to be launched in Chennai very soon. A state-of-the-art facility will coordinate with other health centres and will provide blood to the needy. The announcement was made by the Health[Read More…]
You might see electric buses running in Chennai, soon
Transport Minister and Transport Secretary, M R Vijayabaskar and P W C Davidar, inspected a model electric bus on Monday, week after announcing the launch of electric buses in Chennai. The buses were manufactured by Ashok Leyland and the trial was taken at the Pallavan Salai MTC depot. However, Vijayabhaskar termed[Read More…]
CBSE declares class X results of 11 regions, rest to be announced soon
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced its result for class X today on its official website cbse.nic.in. Until now, the results of 11 regions, including, Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Trivandrum, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Madras, Guwahati and Patna have been announced. However, the board informed that the results of[Read More…]
Superwomen dabbawalas in Chennai continue the family legacy
Continuing the family tradition, a group of ten women dabbawalas have been delivering hot lunches to office-goers at their workplaces for the past 20 years. The group, led by G Malliga, is the third generation of a family that had been distributing lunch boxes from their homes to the office[Read More…]
Beef fest at IIT: Protests intensifies, 9 students booked for assaulting PhD scholar
On Wednesday, hundreds of student and political activists staged a protest in Chennai against a ban on cow slaughter and alleged attack of an IIT Madras scholar for engaging in a campus beef festival. A procession initiated by a section of IIT-M student was observed which demanded action against the[Read More…]
Police seizes Rs 45 crore demonetised currency in Chennai
The Chennai police on Thursday seized over ₹ 45 crores from a person who claimed to be an advocate and businessman. The money was in demonetised currency and was kept in cartons, found in a shop-cum-residence in Zakaria Colony, Second street, Kodambakkam. A police team headed by an Assistant Commissioner[Read More…]
Cops arrest Justice Karnan in Chennai
A day after the Supreme Court sentenced him to six months’ jail, Kolkata police have arrived in Chennai today to arrest Calcutta High Court Judge Justice C. S. Karnan. Justice Karnan is currently in Srikalahasthi, Andhra Pradesh. He was staying at the state guest house after he arrived in Chennai[Read More…]
Chennai: Four die in apartment fire
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In the male-dominated world of higher judiciary, here comes a change!
In a significant move, four prominent women in India will now head the historical HCs – among the first few to be shaped in colonial India. The development took place following the appointment of Indira Banerjee as chief justice of the Madras HC on March 31. Apparently, the sex-ratio in[Read More…]
Don’t use Jallikattu to gamble: Madras HC
The Madras High Court bench on Wednesday asked jallikattu organisers to view the bull-taming sport as a traditional and cultural sport and “avoid using it for gambling purpose.” “The organisers and the people should see Jallikattu as a traditional and cultural sport and should not use it to gamble,” a[Read More…]
Raghava Lawarace held world’s largest protest cake celebration in Chennai
Chennai celebrated the success of Jallikattu protests by cutting the world’s biggest cake on Friday. The cake, which was 50 feet long and 5 feet wide, was prepared by a team of 40 members, headed by chef Vinoth. The celebration was head by famous actor Raghava Lawarace. The weight of the[Read More…]
Police brutality in Chennai: Slums burnt, dwellers missing
As the peaceful pro-jallikattu protest took a violent turn on Monday, Tamil Nadu Police allegedly unleashed violence on slum-dwellers living opposite to the Marina beach and other part of the capital city. The slum dwellers allegedly offered protection to the youth and student when they were dragged and beaten up[Read More…]
Jallikattu: A Sport, A Ban and An Angry Tamil!
An old quote by Thomas Wolfe reads, “Culture is the Arts elevated to a set of Beliefs.” The recent ban on “Jallikattu” a sport that has often been equated to the exuberance of the ancient Tamil culture and a symbol of Tamil pride has evoked a wide range of comments[Read More…]
Jallikattu: Over 3000 protest at Chennai’s marina beach
A huge protest continues across Tamil Nadu on Wednesday with thousands of people joining in Madurai, Chennai, Salem and Coimbatore against the Jallikattu ban. The protests started in Madurai after Pongal festival spread to other parts of the state and police detained more than 200 protesters on Tuesday morning. More[Read More…]
Sasikala Natarajan, new unsolicited AIADMK chief unwelcome by the party
AIADMK’s new party chief Sasikala Natarajan discouraged to contest from the seat which Amma represented. Workers of the party including women protested against P Vetrivel appeal to Ms Natarajan to fight from the seat Jayalalithaa represented. However, lawmaker Mr Vetrivel called the protests and blamed it on the opposition DMK.[Read More…]
Soundarya Rajnikanth files for divorce under mutual consent
Superstar Rajinikanth’s younger daughter Soundarya has filed for divorce from husband Ashwin Ramkumar in Chennai on Friday. The couple have filed for divorce by mutual consent on grounds of difference of opinion. Soundarya married businessman Ashwin in 2010 and the two have been living separately for more than a year[Read More…]
Vardah disrupts Chennai: Kills 6, causes huge destruction
At least six people had been killed as Cyclone Vardah howled through Chennai between 1pm and 2.30pm on Monday. Most of the deaths, including that of a 3-year-old boy took place due to incidents of wall collapse. Chennai was on its knees, fighting road blocks triggered by thousands of uprooted[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa laid to rest; Thousands throng to mourn Amma
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after suffering from a cardiac arrest. Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was laid to rest at Chennai’s Marina beach, next to her mentor MGR. Thousands of people gathered outside her final resting place to pay tributes. Political leaders paid their last respects[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa’s funeral at Marina Beach at 4.30 pm; PM to visit Chennai to pay homage
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa passed away at 11:30 pm on Monday after she suffered a cardiac arrest the day before, said Apollo Hospital. The funeral of Amma will be done at Marina Beach at 4.30 pm near her mentor MGR and Annadurai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa passes away
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa (68) passed away at 11:30 pm on Monday after she suffered a cardiac arrest the day before, Apollo Hospital said. The former actress – turned politician, popularly known as Amma, was being treated at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital, where she has spent over two months being[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa able to sit up, she is ‘largely conscious’, say sources
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is “largely conscious” and is able to sit up in her hospital bed, sources said on Friday, though she continues to be on respiratory support. Ms Jayalalithaa has been in hospital for more than three weeks and is being treated for a lung infection,[Read More…]
Relocated tiger leaves Udaipur zoo officials in tizzy as he understands only Tamil
It is not only humans who are migrating from one corner of the country to the other and trying to cope with new atmosphere, struggling to understand the different language. Rama, a 5-year-old male ‘Tamil tiger’ is facing same sort of problem in Udaipur, Rajasthan after he was brought here under[Read More…]