Chennai: A small yet crucial clue from the past — a mobile tower dump — helped police crack the attempted jewellery heist near Gummidipoondi and arrest a five member gang from Rajasthan that was hiding in Urapakkam. A mobile phone number which was referred to in a two-year-old jewellery robbery case, had become active near…
Chennai: Residents of Anna Nagar didn’t hold back. “What is your stand on freebies?” “And if your party doesn’t form the govt, how will you still deliver?” These were among the questions fired at candidates during a tightly run online interaction organised by the federation of Anna Nagar residents associations (FOARA), turning what could have…
Chennai: A ration shop employee was arrested for sexually harassing a 27-year-old woman who visited a ration shop in Madhavaram to purchase provisions on Monday.According to the complaint, the accused, Nallathambi, 56 asked the woman to provide her fingerprint for verification. After stating that the biometric scan failed, he instructed her to move closer to…
Chennai: In one of the largest deals in the city’s office space segment, Mindspace Business Parks REIT on Tuesday announced the acquisition of a 51% stake in the 2.6 million sq ft International Tech Park Chennai, Radial Road (ITPC – Radial Road), valued at Rs 3,000 crore. The acquisition is from AIGP2 Chennai 1, a…
TIRUPATTUR: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin questioned the dignity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, accusing him of targeting the state with “unverified data.”Speaking at a public meeting seeking votes for the INDIA bloc candidates in Tirupattur, Stalin said the public views the 2026 assembly elections as a “Thanksgiving festival” for the successes…
Tamil Nadu polls: Christian minority representatives extend support to DMK and its alliance Chennai: Tamil Nadu Bishops Council and the Christhuva Vazhvurimai Iyakkam on Monday extended their support to DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance ahead of the April 23 Assembly polls.The directive comes in the wake of speculations that there was a drift of a section…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday refused to ban screening of the film ‘Dhurandhar 2′ in Tamil Nadu till the Assembly elections are held.The petitioner, advocate Sheela, submitted that the movie had political content that favoured BJP and that this violated the model code of conduct (MCC), which prohibits anything that affects a level playing…
CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday replaced Tamil Nadu chief secretary N Muruganandam with senior bureaucrat M Sai Kumar. In a simultaneous move, the commission also ordered the transfer of DGP (armed police, vigilance and anti-corruption) S Davidson Devasirvatham. Sandeep Mittal, a 1995-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the DGP of…
The prospect of a consolidation of thevar votes in the southern districts has unravelled. At Pasumpon during Thevar Jayanthi on Oct 30 last year, AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran sharing the stage with expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam and senior gounder-belt leader K A Sengottaiyan had sparked speculation of a broad social and political alignment. Then…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Wednesday intensified his attack on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Union home minister Amit Shah during his campaign in Trichy, while ignoring TVK president Vijay.Though Vijay was contesting from Trichy East, Stalin refrained from responding during the campaign. He maintained the same approach in Karur as…
