Chennai: A 45-year-old man was arrested for sexually abusing a Class XII student near Thiruporur.Police said the accused, Vinoth Kumar of Mambakkam, who runs an electrical shop, misbehaved with the victim when her parents were at work. Chennai: MRTS Power Check Done, AIADMK Clears Stand On Sasikala, DMK Gives DMDK One Seat And More The…
Chennai: Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are calling for applications for the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) 2026, which is a mandatory test for admission to undergraduate programmes offered across all IISER campuses for 2026–27. The test is scheduled for June 7, and candidates can apply from March 5.Candidates seeking admission to the…
CHENNAI: Congress and DMK started their seat-sharing talks at DMK headquarters on Saturday, with Congress asking for 41 assembly seats and two Rajya Sabha seats. DMK offered 25 assembly seats, the same as in 2021, and one Rajya Sabha seat. Power sharing, DMK told Congress, is off the table.DMK initially considered giving two additional assembly…
CHENNAI: The death toll in the LPG cylinder explosion at a goldsmith workshop in Elephant Gate rose to five after three more injured guest workers died between Tuesday and Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at the city hospital.The explosion occurred on February 25 on the fourth floor of a commercial building on Singannan Street and…
Ravindran and M Thambidurai (File Photo) CHENNAI: DMK is preparing to nominate senior functionary Constandine Ravindran and re-nominate Tiruchi N Siva to Rajya Sabha, while AIADMK is likely to re-nominate former Union minister M Thambidurai and PMK its president Anbumani Ramadoss to the upper House, multiple sources told TOI. Election to six Rajya Sabha seats…
The mechanical elephant would be used to conduct ceremonies at the temple safely PUDUCHERRY: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, his son Ayaan Sood, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) India and People for Cattle in India (PFCI) have donated a life-size mechanical elephant – Airavatham — to Sri Sakthi Vinayagar Temple at Avadi in…
Chennai: Stating that distribution of money to voters was a “menace” in Tamil Nadu, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday said that the forthcoming assembly polls in the state would be “a different one.“The entire election machinery would take stringent measures to curb the distribution of cash and other inducements to voters, Gyanesh Kumar…
Finance Minister O Panneerselvam greets Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the release of “Vision Tamil Nadu 2023” document in Chennai on March 22, 2012. (Times Content Photo/ TOI Archive Image) CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Friday joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), marking a dramatic shift in the…
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…
