Wooden gavel on wooden table, on background Chennai: Madras high court has issued guidelines governing inquiry of the accused and witnesses by police to prevent harassment of people in the guise of interrogation.“Police shall summon a person named in the complaint or a witness to the incident through a written summons under Section 179 of…
Chennai: Madras high court has sought the state govt’s response to a petition challenging three-month ban on transport of rough stones and aggregates to other states, saying the state govt had no jurisdiction over transport of legally mined minerals.The geology and mining director, through an order dated July 27, imposed a ban on transportation of…
Stormwater drain work at Purasawalkam Chennai: At least 398 roads have been dug up as Greater Chennai Corporation races to finish stormwater drain (SWD) projects before the northeast monsoon.GCC has also identified 230 locations as severely vulnerable to flooding. Many lie in peripheral areas, including Perungudi and Sholinganallur, as well as neighbourhoods such as Tondiarpet,…
Chennai: The cut-offs for MBBS/BDS admissions to govt colleges in Tamil Nadu are likely to increase by up to 40 marks for the open category and between 21 and 41 marks for some reserved categories this year. This is because the number of top scorers in NEET 2026 is higher than that of the previous…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced enhanced state incentives for paddy and sugarcane, taking the procurement price to a record Rs 2,750 per quintal for fine variety paddy, Rs 2,600 for common variety and Rs 4,000 per tonne for sugarcane.Making the announcement under Rule 110 in the assembly, Vijay said the state…
Domestic tractor sales stood at 77,482 units in July 2026 Chennai: Domestic tractor sales grew 20.5% year-on-year in July but declined sharply by 38.5% sequentially from June volumes. The month-on-month decline is considered a seasonal trend, with tractor sales typically moderating in July after peaking in June.Industry representatives and analysts, however, believe the underlying demand…
A road filled with potholes at Nungambakkam Chennai: The recent rain spell exposed the city’s broken roads — loose gravel turning slick, patched stretches sinking, and potholes widening — but the city is yet to start relaying roads under the Greater Chennai Corporation’s 2026-27 programme.GCC proposed relaying 5,000 roads in 2025-26, but 199 could not…
Chennai: The Union govt on Monday told the Madras high court that its latest notification on singing Vande Mataram at govt functions does not mandate that the Tamil Thai Vaazhthu should be sung at the end of such events.Additional solicitor-general A R L Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, made the submission before the first bench…
Chennai: State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Monday accused Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar and finance minister N Marie Wilson of promoting the beliefs of a particular religion while holding constitutional positions.Nagenthran, in a social media post, alleged that Prabhakar had participated in an anti-abortion campaign organised by a Christian organisation in Chennai on…
Vikram’s reel showed a well-grown adult animal, which could not have been procured recently. CHENNAI: Actor Vikram found himself in the middle of an uproar, within moments after uploading a reel of him playing with a lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), which is a threatened species protected under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of…
