CHENNAI: A pair of goons chased, kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl after they spotted her riding pillion with 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl at an isolated spot near Madurantakam late on Monday evening. The girl then walked through the night to reach the Chengalpet Govt Hospital, 12km to 16km away, by dawn and…
Chennai: 5gX Global Proptech, an AI-based network platform, will invest Rs 100 crore for pan-India expansion over the next three years. The investments will be through its brand CROTIS, an ownership services marketplace platform, handling valuation services for residential and commercial properties, legal due diligence and documentation. Sudhakar Vijayasarathy, managing director, 5gX Global Proptech said,…
Chennai: Former Union minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss alleged that his father and founder of PMK, Dr S Ramadoss, who is 87 years old, was not in a position to make administrative decisions due to his age and allied medical conditions.“Since he resolved not to hold any position or post in the party during its formation,…
Chennai: Madras high court has granted time until March 13 for 12 accused, including prime accused Aswathaman, to surrender in connection with the murder of former state Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader K Armstrong. The court, on Feb 27, had cancelled their bail and directed them to surrender on or before March 6.Subsequent to the…
CHENNAI: AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal announced AICC Secretary Christopher Tilak as the Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. He is expected to file his nomination shortly as Wednesday is the last day for submission.Tilak is also the AICC in-charge for Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. He has served in the TNCC…
CHENNAI: PMK founder S Ramadoss nominated his private secretary, P Swaminaathun, for the Rajya Sabha election from Tamil Nadu. The nomination was filed hours after PMK president and Ramadoss’s son, R Anbumani, filed his own nomination in the presence of former AIADMK ministers Natham R Viswanathan, K P Munusamy and P Thangamani at the secretariat.“I…
TVK chief coordinator K A Sengottaiyan ERODE: The DMK govt’s financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to women is a “scheme to deceive people and to loot Rs 5 lakh crore,” Tamilaga Vettrik Kazhagam (TVK) chief coordinator K A Sengottaiyan said on Thursday.“People are preparing to overthrow DMK and its regime,” Sengottaiyan said while interacting with…
The DMK and Congress have finalized their alliance for the upcoming elections, agreeing on a seat-sharing deal. Congress will contest 28 assembly seats and secure a Rajya Sabha berth. This agreement, reached after intense negotiations and crucial interventions, ensures the continuation of their partnership, vital for both parties’ electoral prospects. CHENNAI: The DMK-Congress alliance ended…
Chennai: For more than a decade, residents of CIT Colony in Mylapore have been grappling with broken and uneven pavements. Pedestrians said repeated complaints about poor maintenance to Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) have not yielded any action.Locals say the footpaths were last relaid during the AIADMK regime in 2011. “They were laid with concrete and…
Chennai: Communist Party of India (CPI), Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) and Aam Admi Party (AAP) held seat-sharing talks with DMK on Wednesday. However, all three parties refused to divulge details of the number of seats they sought from the DMK for the upcoming assembly election.While MNM and AAP held talks in the morning, CPI held…
