CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has barred former MLA Aasan Maulana from contesting parliamentary and state assembly elections for three years. The decision came after he failed to submit an accurate account of his election expenditure for the 2021 Assembly elections.According to an ECI notification dated August 28, Maulana had initially declared election…
CHENNAI: Former chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday slammed the TVK government for unleashing the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to raid the residence and properties of DMK Principal Secretary K N Nehru. Terming the search operations “politically motivated”, Stalin alleged that they were staged to deflect attention from the alleged horse-trading of…
In photo: The accussed and the panchayat president TIRUNELVELI: Tirunelveli district police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a 68-year-old panchayat president following a dispute over drinking water supply at Kannanallur near Valliyur on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Maharajan, president of Kannanallur panchayat and a resident of Thamaraikulam South…
Kavya and Dushyanth adopted Indie dogs Ghost and Pogo last year At the IAdopt pet adoption event held recently in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, nearly 25 Indie dogs and cats were adopted by Chennai residents. More importantly, say organizers, for the first time, they didn’t face superficial inquiries as much as before such as, “Do you have…
St Mary’s chapel sits tucked away inside the St George’s Anglo-Indian school, Chennai One wouldn’t expect a quaint little red brick chapel, the likes of which could be seen in an English countryside in the 1800s, in the middle of Chennai city. But that’s St Mary’s chapel for you, built in the late 1800s. Set…
Chennai: For scores of bonded labourers who have struggled to establish their identity after being freed, a document certifying their release is set to act as an identity document and become a gateway to welfare schemes.Commissioner of revenue administration and disaster management N Muruganandam has issued an order recognising ‘rescue-release certificates’ issued to bonded labourers…
Heavy traffic congestion on Sardar Patel Road between IIT-Madras and Madhya Kailash in Chennai. Chennai: Despite having a wide carriageway and a flyover, the Madhya Kailash-IIT-Madras stretch of Sardar Patel Road remains choked throughout the day as changing traffic arrangements, conflicting vehicle movements, and last-minute lane switching create bottlenecks on a corridor that handles at…
Chennai: Riding against the flow of traffic to save a few minutes has become routine among commuters. Two-wheelers and autorickshaws frequently enter one-way stretches from the wrong end or travel against traffic even on busy arterial roads. With traffic police enforcement lackadaisical, wrong-side driving and riding has become a scourge on several stretches, putting other…
Wilson was accused of forcibly entering his brother Claude’s residence by breaking open the door and allegedly assaulting Claude and his wife, Caroline Puducherry: Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson appeared in person before the Puducherry second judicial magistrate on Friday in connection with an ongoing assault case involving his brother Marie Claude. The…
First TVK allies meeting on June 1 Chennai: TVK has planned to conduct its second meeting with leaders of coalition partners and allies on Sept 9. The meeting is expected to take forward the discussion on floating a political front formally and give it a name.TVK ministers N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, R Nirmalkumar and A…
