Chennai: A mother-son duo has been arrested by the Vepery police on charges of extorting gold and diamond jewellery worth 4 crores from a businessman’s wife, by threatening to upload her personal videos on social media. Another son of the arrested woman is absconding.Police said Sangeetha, 53, moved into an apartment in Vepery with her…
CHENNAI: Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala on Thursday said the name of her proposed political party will be officially announced within a week, while asserting that the outfit would play a decisive role in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections. The announcement comes just two days after Sasikala, the former confidante of late CM…
Chennai: In a reprieve to AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP and former law minister C Ve Shanmugam, Madras high court quashed an order passed by the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women, which had directed the DGP to initiate criminal proceedings against him for his reported derogatory remarks against women. Justice A D Jagadish Chandira quashing…
CHENNAI: Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader R. Nallakannu passed away on Wednesday following multi-organ failure at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. The 101-year-old political leader was admitted to the ICU on February 1 following health issues and received intensive care from a multidisciplinary team of doctors. He was on life support and his…
IndiGo Chennai-Singapore flight delayed 5 hrs, 200 affected CHENNAI: Over 200 IndiGo passengers who were bound for Singapore from Chennai were made to wait on the flight for about 5 hours—more than their actual journey time—on Tuesday, and a video of passengers shouting at airline staff out of despair went viral.However, IndiGo’s official response was…
Chennai: The Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU) dismantled a drug distribution network in north Chennai on Tuesday, arresting six suspects and seizing 54g of methamphetamine. The operation, centred around Chinnandimadam junction in Kodungaiyur, busted a supply chain involving a jewellery showroom accountant, a fast-food eatery owner, and a history-sheeter.The crackdown commenced on Monday after ANIU sub-inspector…
Chennai: Wildlife officials in Chennai released 46 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings from nests nurtured at the forest department’s Besant Nagar hatchery during the ongoing nesting season.The hatchlings emerged from a clutch of 94 eggs, and officials said the remaining young turtles were expected to break free of their shells within a day, with more likely…
Chennai: Doctors can thrive without hospitals, whereas a hospital can never exist without doctors rendering their services. Therefore, by no means can a hospital treat a doctor like a workman in a factory, a technical person, or a regular employee, Madras high court said.Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observations on Monday, while dismissing an…
Girish Chodankar (File Photo) CHENNAI: Congress has demanded 35 seats in the upcoming election, while alliance leader DMK is willing to give only “two or three seats” more that its 2021 allocation of 25 seats, multiple sources told TOI.A day after AICC general secretary K C Venugopal met chief minister M K Stalin, AICC in-charge…
Picture of pilots, rescued after the accident (Image Credit: TOI) MUMBAI: Just over 12 hours after an air ambulance crash killed seven people in Jharkhand, another aviation accident was reported on Tuesday, this time involving a helicopter in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In a relief, all seven persons on board escaped without fatalities after…
