Chennai International airport’s Air Intelligence Unit seized a one-month-old leopard cub from a passenger’s baggage. According to the authorities the cub will go through rehabilitation in the Arinagar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai. While the passenger has been handed over to the state forest Department. IndiGo flight returns to Chennai[Read More…]
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Noted Indus scholar Iravatham Mahadevan passes away at 88
Iravatham Mahadevan, one of the world’s leading scholars on the Indus Valley Script, a noted epigraphist and former IAS officer passed away at the age of 88 on early Monday morning. He took his last breath at around 4 am at his residence in Chennai. He is survived by his[Read More…]
NEET 2018: SC scraps decision to award 196 grace marks to candidates who took the exam in Tamil
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of Madras High Court over awarding the 196 grace mark for students, writing exams in Tamil under National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). 24,000 students were earlier given the grace mark for writing the exam in their native language. A[Read More…]
India Vs Windies, 3rd T20I: India beat West Indies by 6 wickets, clinches series 3-0
Live Updates Between India vs West Indies 1st T20 ODI: 23 runs of the last over from Khaleel Ahmed and Windies post a total of 181/3 in 20 overs. Hetmyer c Krunal Pandya b Chahal 26(21) OUT! Hetmyer departs for 26. Chahal picks up his second wicket. WI 62/2 (9.0 ovs)[Read More…]
Teens riding bike without license ordered to regulate city traffic over weekends
A teenager from Pulianthope (Chennai), studying in Class 10 in a government school, was ordered by Juvenile Justice Board to regulate the city traffic for 16 hours over the weekend. This unique punishment was pronounced during a hearing on Friday where it was found that the boy had been riding[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu celebrates Diwali, police cracks down for violating cracker norms
Chennai: People in Tamil Nadu celebrated Diwali with traditional fervour, starting off with special sesame oil bath, wearing new clothes and bursting firecrackers, while police registered cases against several of those who violated the cracker bursting time slot ordered by the government. Unlike previous years though the sound of the[Read More…]
Actor turned politician Rajinikanth defends ‘Tradition’ over women’s entry in Sabarimala
Chennai: South Actor turned politician Rajinikanth on Saturday said that one should maintain ‘Caution’ over women’s entry in Sabarimala, years old tradition being followed, in a response to the Supreme Court verdict on entry of women of all age groups into the temple premise in Kerala, which followed a violent[Read More…]
Unable to bear pain while breastfeeding, mother kills month-old baby
Chennai: A day after a couple lodged complaint about their 35-day missing child, police revealed that the child was murdered by the parents themselves and recovered the child’s body from a lake. Police arrested the woman and concluded that she had murdered the month-old child as she was unable to[Read More…]
Chennai: Woman hangs herself after husband justifies extramarital affair referring SC verdict on adultery
On finding extramarital affair of husband, wife threatened to make a police complaint against him. The husband challenged the woman that recent verdict by Supreme Court has scrapped adultery as crime following which, the depressed jilted wife committed suicide. The incident took place at MGR Nagar in Chennai on Saturday[Read More…]
DMK chief MK Stalin undergoes minor surgery
Chennai, Sep 27 (IANS) DMK President M.K. Stalin has undergone a minor surgery for removal of cyst from his right thigh, said Apollo Hospitals. In a statement issued here on Thursday the hospital said Stalin was admitted to the hospital late on Wednesday. “He underwent a minor surgical procedure for[Read More…]
DMK chief Stalin condemns killing of 15-yr-old boy for alleged mobile theft
DMK President M.K. Stalin on Monday demanded action against those who beat to death 15-year-old P. Balasubramani for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. In a statement issued here, Stalin said the killing of the boy, who belonged to Tamil Nadu’s Karur district, is condemnable and not acceptable in a civilised[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu political leaders welcome SC order on Rajiv Gandhi killer
Political party leaders in Tamil Nadu on Thursday welcomed a Supreme Court order asking the Governor to decide on the mercy petition of A.G. Perarivalan, serving life term for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. DMK President M.K. Stalin, welcoming the apex court’s decision, said Chief Minister K. Palaniswami should[Read More…]
What is Gutkha Scam?
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided nearly 40 locations in Chennai, including the premises of several top ministers, police officers and revenue officials, in connection with the 2017 gutkha scam. The homes of Tamil Nadu DGP TK Rajendran, ex-DGP S George, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar were also searched.[Read More…]
Petrol, diesel prices in India touch all-time high
Fuel prices continued to rise for the sixth consecutive day on Friday, with petrol and diesel prices touching new highs in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. As per the prices announced under the daily dynamic pricing regime by the state-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), fuel prices continued to rise across the country on[Read More…]
Hyderabad: IKEA store attracts 40,000 customers on first day
About 40,000 people visited IKEA’s first India store on its opening day here, a company spokesperson told IANS. The world’s leading Swedish home furnishings retailer received a huge response from customers on Thursday. “With a huge crowd from across the city thronging the store in the evening, the IKEA staff found it a bit challenging to[Read More…]
Karunanidhi death: 2 killed in Chennai stampede outside Rajaji Hall
Chennai: Two persons were killed and at least 30 injured on Wednesday in a stampede outside the Rajaji Hall here as hundreds of thousands thronged for a final glimpse of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, witnesses said. There has been heavy jostling and pushing and pulling in the crowd since morning,[Read More…]
Obituary: Karunanidhi’s demise brings end to an era for Tamil Nadu politics
The name Muthuvel Karunanidhi invokes extreme reactions from both diehard loyalists to fierce opponents. Be it in power or out of power, active or not, the 94-year-old grand old DMK president has had a great/remarkable influence on the political narrative of Tamil Nadu. He represents a heterogeneous and multilayered imagination of[Read More…]
RIP Kalaignar: DMK leader Karunanidhi dead confirms Kauvery Hospital
Putting an end to all the speculations, Kauvery Hospital today announced the demise of DMK leader and five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi at 6:10 pm on Tuesday. The 94-year-old veteran had been dealing with extremely critical and unstable health for the last few weeks. A flood of DMK cadres[Read More…]
Facebook partners Asian College of Journalism for high-integrity news in India
New Delhi: In its bid to curb the spread of fake news and ensure high-quality journalism in India, Facebook on Thursday announced its first partnership in the country with Chennai-based Asian School of Journalism (ACJ). Part of the Facebook Journalism Project — announced last year to develop high-quality journalism around[Read More…]
Horrific! 18 held for raping 12 year minor over 7 months in Chennai
A horrifying rape case was reported in Chennai on Monday, July 17, in which 18 men have been accused of sexually harassing a hearing-impaired 12 year old girl for over a period of seven months. While the victim’s parents have took the girl to the nearby hospital, police is deeply[Read More…]
Petrol almost Rs 85 a litre in Mumbai, crosses Rs 80 in Chennai
New Delhi: The petrol price in India’s financial capital Mumbai touched Rs 84.99 a litre on Wednesday. Petrol prices in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai have already reached unprecedented levels, and are now setting a new benchmark every other day. In Chennai, price of the fuel breached the Rs 80 a[Read More…]
Cauvery protests: IPL matches shifted from Chennai to Pune
Jaipur: All the remaining Indian Premier League (IPL) matches of Chennai Super Kings will be shifted out of Chennai to Pune in the wake of Tuesday’s violence over the Cauvery waters dispute. “CSK will be asked to move their home matches to Pune as the Chennai police has expressed their inability[Read More…]
IPL: Chennai beat Mumbai by one wicket in thriller
Mumbai: A heroic effort from Kedar Jadhav at the end helped Chennai Super Kings edged past three-time champions Mumbai Indians by one wicket in the opening match of the 11th Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament here on Saturday. Needing seven runs in three balls, Jadhav (24 not out) who[Read More…]
Safe city plans for women in eight metropolitan cities initiated
The Central government on Wednesday began a process of formulating a comprehensive safe city plans for women in eight metropolitan cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Hyderabad. The process was started in the Steering Committee meeting constituted by the Home Ministry under the chairmanship of Union[Read More…]
Unemployed youth in Chennai sets girl ablaze
An unemployed youth has been arrested for setting ablaze a young girl after she spurned his love, police said here on Tuesday. According to police, 23-year-old Akash was arrested for the crime committed on Monday night. Akash had been stalking S. Induja for some time. On Monday night he went[Read More…]