Chennai: The state govt has exempted people living on poromboke land from getting a no-objection certificate (NOC) from govt departments to get an electricity connection. However, they must fulfil certain criteria, including the house size, payment of necessary charges as well as an undertaking that they are aware they could be evicted at any time.The…
COIMBATORE: Four murder cases involving minors, who were arrested in Coimbatore over the past three months, have been transferred to a special court following a preliminary assessment by the juvenile justice board (JJB).The cases were transferred after the board examined the juveniles’ mental maturity, ability to understand the consequences of the alleged offences and their…
CHENNAI: Following the intervention of the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (Peta India) and a complaint from a local caregiver, the MGR Nagar police in Chennai have booked a man on charges of poisoning community cats. The caregiver charged that community cats in the area had been poisoned repeatedly over a period of several months.Police…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay during a meeting with Ashok Leyland executive chairperson Dheeraj Hinduja, Finolex Industries chairperson Prakash P Chhabria and director Rita Hinduja Chhabria in London on Monday | File photo Chennai: The state govt said in a statement that chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s maiden foreign tour has succeeded in its objective…
T T V Dhinakaran and C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran on Thursday demanded that the Tamil Nadu govt release a white paper detailing the investments secured during chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s visit to London.In a statement, Dhinakaran said the govt’s release claimed that the six-day London visit resulted…
Kanimozhi Rajathi Karunanidhi CHENNAI: DMK deputy general secretary and Tuticorin MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has officially added her mother’s name as her middle name. She will now be known as Kanimozhi Rajathi Karunanidhi.The name change was published in the Tamil Nadu govt gazette in June and came to light recently after the Lok Sabha portal updated…
COIMBATORE: A 28-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of breaking into a house near Rathinapuri in the city to steal valuables.The arrested man has been identified as S Manikandan, 28, of Rathinapuri.According to police, S Deepa, 30, of Rathinapuri locked her house around 11am on Wednesday and went out. Meanwhile, Manikandan broke into…
CHENNAI: Bharathidasan Raman, a research scholar pursuing a PhD at the National University of Malaysia under the Annal Ambedkar Overseas Higher Education Scholarship, has accused Tamil Nadu social justice minister Vanni Arasu and department officials of harassing him and questioning his credibility over his demand for funds for his second year of research.In a video…
MADURAI: The Centre on Thursday informed Madras high court that the full-fledged outpatient department (OPD) services would commence at OPD block of AIIMS Madurai from January 1, 2027 onwards and necessary arrangements are being made for the same.The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice C V Karthikeyan took note of the…
EM Sudarsana Nachiappan, former Union minister, dies at 79 SIVAGANGA: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister EM Sudarsana Nachiappan passed away at his residence in Sivaganga district on Thursday following a brief illness. He was 79.A veteran Congressman, Nachiappan began his political journey in 1969 and rose through the ranks of the party over…
