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…
Chennai: In a reprieve to AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP and former law minister C Ve Shanmugam, Madras high court quashed an order passed by the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women, which had directed the DGP to initiate criminal proceedings against him for his reported derogatory remarks against women. Justice A D Jagadish Chandira quashing…
CHENNAI: Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader R. Nallakannu passed away on Wednesday following multi-organ failure at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. The 101-year-old political leader was admitted to the ICU on February 1 following health issues and received intensive care from a multidisciplinary team of doctors. He was on life support and his…
IndiGo Chennai-Singapore flight delayed 5 hrs, 200 affected CHENNAI: Over 200 IndiGo passengers who were bound for Singapore from Chennai were made to wait on the flight for about 5 hours—more than their actual journey time—on Tuesday, and a video of passengers shouting at airline staff out of despair went viral.However, IndiGo’s official response was…
Chennai: The Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU) dismantled a drug distribution network in north Chennai on Tuesday, arresting six suspects and seizing 54g of methamphetamine. The operation, centred around Chinnandimadam junction in Kodungaiyur, busted a supply chain involving a jewellery showroom accountant, a fast-food eatery owner, and a history-sheeter.The crackdown commenced on Monday after ANIU sub-inspector…
