Chennai: Three college students died and four others were injured after their car overturned near Maduranthakam on the Chennai-Tiruchy National Highway in the early hours of Saturday.The seven students from a private university in Pallavaram were returning to Chennai from Puducherry when their vehicle’s rear tyre got punctured. Harikrishnan, 19, who was driving, lost control…
Chennai: The state govt has decided to study the feasibility to connect the proposed satellite terminal at the wide-end of the intersecting runways at Chennai international airport with the Tambaram-Maduravoyal bypass without affecting the natural flow of Adyar river as well as the residential pockets in the locality.Senior officials at the secretary level held a…
At 100, one would expect Anandavally Rajam to spend most part of her days resting. But come bedtime, Anandavally reaches for her mobile phone, and starts doom scrolling endlessly, clicking on all kinds of links indiscriminately, mostly on Facebook, till 5am. At times she switches to shopping apps, and buys “unnecessary stuff”, according to her…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami DHARMAPURI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday criticized the TVK govt in Tamil Nadu for the mounting fiscal deficit and recurring power outages, asserting that AIADMK remains the only party genuinely addressing people’s grievances.EPS was speaking at a mass induction event in Dharmapuri, where cadres from various…
Stalin flays Vijayover Mekedatu issue Chennai: Madras high court has directed the former chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin and the DMK IT Wing to respond by Sept 15 to a defamation case filed by public works minister Aadhav Arjuna over a social media post linking his relative in a drug trafficking case.On…
Arrested businessman Veeramani CHENNAI: An 84-year-old granite businessman and a couple were arrested by the Anti-Vice Squad of the Chennai city police’s Central Crime Branch on Saturday on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl at a house in Teynampet. The case was registered in October 2025 after a child welfare volunteer handed over a…
Chennai: The central bureau of investigation (CBI) has completed the first round of inquiry in connection with the murder of BSP leader K Armstrong, after taking over the investigation as per the Madras high court’s order.Armstrong’s wife Porkodi, his brother Veeramani and K Immanuel alias Keynos Armstrong were among the persons who were inquired. While…
Shanmugam said the Sampa crop required at least 120 days of assured water supply and that limiting the release to 45 days would adversely affect delta farmers. CHENNAI: State CPM secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday criticised WRD minister N Anand’s announcement that water from Mettur dam would be released for 45 days from Sept 1,…
The BJP leader alleged that the Speaker’s conduct marked a departure from the tradition of Assembly Speakers maintaining political, caste and religious neutrality. CHENNAI: State BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday attacked Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar, accusing him of “compromising the neutrality of his constitutional office” by bringing his religious identity into Assembly…
AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran criticized a TVK MLA’s comments on jallikattu (File photo) CHENNAI: AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Saturday condemned a remark by TVK’s Sholavandan MLA VM Karuppaiah that jallikattu competitions were ruining the youth, and questioned whether the TVK government was planning to impose a ban on the traditional sport in future.“Is…
