Chennai: Thoraipakkam police arrested a 31-year-old bike mechanic on Tuesday for sexually harassing a 22-year-old woman near a private college bus stop on Rajiv Gandhi Salai. The accused was produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody. Police identified the accused as Manikandan, a resident of Thoraipakkam. The complainant, a 22-year-old woman from Madurai…
Bad science leads to poor conservation outcomes and is a colossal waste of public funds, says Ullas Karanth Wildlife biologist Ullas Karanth pioneered the use of radiotelemetry to track tigers for population density studies in the country. The former US-based Wildlife Conservation Society’s India programme director believes India took the “wrong approach when conducting censuses…
Tamil Nadu’s assembly passed a resolution opposing delimitation and urging a freeze on Lok Sabha seats. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution against delimitation, urging the Union govt to permanently freeze Lok Sabha strength at 543 and implement 33% reservation for women within the existing strength from the next Lok Sabha election….
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition challenging the TN assembly speaker’s decision to drop disqualification proceedings against 22 AIADMK MLAs who defied the party whip and voted in favour of the TVK govt during a confidence motion.The first bench of Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul…
IndiGo flight operating from Kolkata to Chennai with 224 people on board, declared a full emergency at 11.29pm. CHENNAI: A full emergency was declared at Chennai airport late Tuesday night after an IndiGo flight from Kolkata developed a left-engine failure shortly before landing.IndiGo flight 6E-723, operating from Kolkata to Chennai with 224 people on board,…
Police said the couple had frequent disputes over Devaki’s interactions with male friends on Instagram. CHENNAI: A 24-year-old woman was murdered by her husband, who slit her throat on a road in Ambattur on Tuesday night after persuading her to return home following a marital dispute.Police arrested the accused, Chinna, 34, an autorickshaw driver from…
The searches were carried out in the early hours at eight locations in Tamil Nadu and five locations in Mizoram (Representative Image) CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at 13 locations in Tamil Nadu and Mizoram in connection with the seizure of 6,016.87 kg of methamphetamine from a Myanmar-flagged vessel in…
Chennai faces significant political and public focus on three key issues CHENNAI: The political and public agenda in Chennai today is dominated by three big issues – the ongoing anti-NEET stir, the fresh Cauvery water dispute and the political debate on delimitation.The Tamil Nadu Assembly has already passed a resolution seeking abolition of NEET for…
Chennai: Ban-NEET protesters, who are currently on a hunger strike in the city, said they would not call off the agitation even after the Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday seeking the abolition of NEET for UG medical admissions.Earlier, a section of the protesters had said the hunger strike would be withdrawn if the…
Chennai: “Do not give bribes to police personnel,” city commissioner of police A Amalraj told FL-2 and FL-3 bar owners in the city, warning that both the giver and the receiver of bribes would face legal action under anti-corruption laws.At an exclusive meeting with the bar owners on Tuesday, Amalraj said bar owners should not…
