The arrested trio were remanded in judicial custody. TIRUVANNAMALAI: The Vandavasi all-women police have arrested three men, including a 19-year-old boy, on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a village near Vandavasi. Police booked them under the different sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.Police said the survivor had…
CHENNAI: R C Paul Kanagaraj, a senior member of the Bar and former president of Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA), made a comeback on Thursday, when he was elected again as president of the MHAA, one of the country’s largest associations for lawyers. A BJP functionary, who headed the party’s legal wing till a…
Commenting on national media surveys, Chidambaram said both electronic and print media have increasingly turned opinion polls into a “cottage industry”. Source link
LIFE AFTER DEATH: A cyclone in 1964 wiped Dhanushkodi off the map. The town is now trying to return to life As the sun rises and the horizon melts into the sea, Dhanushkodi stirs to life. Hawkers begin to line the narrow road flanked by the sea, fishermen return to the shores with their catch,…
Tamil Nadu opposition leaders have dismissed exit poll predictions favoring the DMK, labeling them as a “planned conspiracy” by the ruling party. AIADMK’s Edappadi K. Palaniswami confidently projected a win of 210 seats, citing past instances where exit polls proved inaccurate. The BJP and TVK also expressed similar skepticism, urging people to await the official…
Chennai: Radiologists at a city hospital demonstrated that artificial intelligence can slash radiation exposure in lung cancer screening by up to 80% while preserving diagnostic accuracy needed to catch tumours early.The study of 179 patients at MGM Malar Hospital in Adyar, presented at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, found that scans enhanced with…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu forest department to expedite steps to reunite an abandoned elephant calf in Sirumugai forest range of Coimbatore district with its herd to ensure the safety of the animal.“How long will it take to reunite it with its herd? You (forest department) have to expedite the…
Apart from candidates, Stalin met ministers who were in charge of various districts and inquired about the winning chances in their region. Sources in DMK said he inquired about the winning chances for DMK in Coimbatore. CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday discussed counting day arrangements with party seniors at DMK headquarters in…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking re-polling in six villages of Pudukkottai district. None of the villages participated in the election in view of a boycott announced by them demanding annexure of the villages with Tirumayam Assembly constituency. The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul…
Chennai: Two college students were charred to death in a transformer blast near Sriperumbudur on Thursday morning. Police said, N Delhi Ganesh and A Dakshinamurthy, both 17, had been trying to harvest ice apple (nungu) from a tree at around 10am, after playing cricket. When they climbed up a palmyra tree with a harvesting pole…
