Chennai: Residents in several neighbourhoods woke up to power supply interruptions on Saturday morning as strong winds and mild showers in parts of the city affected the distribution network. No large-scale outages were reported, but residents flagged power cuts in areas such as Perambur, Kilpauk and Nanganallur in the city, and in suburbs on the…
Cleared – maniChennai: A 28-year-old man was arrested by Peerkankaranai police for abducting his ex-girlfriend at knifepoint from Perungalathur in a taxi. The woman was rescued after the alert taxi driver raised an alarm when he notice police personnel on road near the Maduravoyal toll plaza.Police said the 22-year-old woman from New Perungalathur worked at…
Cleared – maniChennai: A 31-year-old IT employee from Tiruchi was arrested by Egmore police for making obscene gestures and repeated WhatsApp video calls to a married woman in Chennai.Police identified the accused as Manikandan, who was working at an IT company in Mandeveli. The 27-year-old complainant, a native of Thiruvarur district, is married and has…
CHENNAI: There is fresh turmoil in AIADMK with a major revolt brewing against party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami following the party’s string of electoral setbacks. Former minister C Ve Shanmugam is leading the rebellion backed by 36 newly elected MLAs, bringing the simmering rift within the party into the open. The dissident camp accused…
Chennai: Madras HC has directed the Union home ministry to consider granting an emergency visa to a Sri Lankan national to enter India to take care of his 72-year-old mother, a Sri Lankan Tamil residing in India for several decades as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).Justice M Dhandapani issued the interim directions, on a…
Chennai: Schools in Chennai district, cutting across categories, have marginally improved their performance in the 2025-26 academic year. Data shared by the chief education office showed that schools run by the education department recorded a 89.94 pass percentage for 2025-26, with 7,771 of 8,649 students passing the exam — a jump from 87.43% recorded in…
CHENNAI: Former DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan has moved the Madras high court seeking to restrain TVK’s Srinivasa Sethupathi, who won from the Tiruppathur constituency by one vote, from taking oath as an MLA. A vacation bench headed by Justice L Victoria Gowri is scheduled to hear the plea in a special sitting on Sunday….
Chennai: While her father spent years stitching clothes at a small tailoring shop in Perambur, V Dharshini, a GCC school student was quietly building a pathway for a bigger dream of cracking the UPSC and becoming an IAS officer. Her hours of hard work helped her score 586 of 600 in the Class 12 board…
Chennai: With no money for private tuition, her father earning barely 500-600 a day as a daily wager, K Mythili from Aminjikarai turned to free coaching at her GCC school and alternatives to prepare for her Class XII board exams. On Friday, Mythili saw the fruit of her hard work as she became the topper…
TVK leader Vijay with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar CHENNAI: TVK chief Vijay, who will take oath as chief minister of Tamil Nadu at 10am on Sunday, will hold home (police) and public administration portfolios. Here is a tentative list of the names and portfolios of the ministers who will take oath with VijayKA Sengottaiyan: PWDN…
