Rain clouds hang over Chennai’s skyline. Chennai: Cloud cover kept daytime temperatures in check on Friday, a day after intense evening thunderstorms brought relief from the summer heat. Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam recorded 34.2°C and 35.3°C, around 1.4°C and 0.5°C below normal. While IMD forecast light rain and a slight rise in daytime temperatures on Saturday,…
Chennai: A man died while trying to rescue his brother’s family from electrocution at their residence in Gummidipoondi SIPCOT, near Chennai, on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as R Nagarajan (37), a native of Gorimedu. Police said Nagarajan and his elder brother, R Sekar (40), were construction workers and lived with their families in adjacent…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday refused to stay the release of the Atharvaa-starrer ‘Idhayam Murali’, directed and produced by Aakash Bhaskaran.Film director Sudha Kongara had approached the high court seeking to restrain the movie’s release on Friday, citing pending payment of ₹8.39 crore from Dawn Pictures for the movie ‘Parasakthi’ she had helmed for…
DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi CHENNAI: DMK leaders on Friday came down heavily on chief minister C Joseph Vijay for blaming the previous DMK regime and its leader M K Stalin for the Karur stampede incident.Rebutting Vijay’s remarks during his visit to Karur on Friday, DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi said people knew well who…
Chennai: A 25-year-old man was arrested on charges of assaulting and threatening to kill a woman whom he had earlier promised to marry. The police said the complainant, 25, said she became acquainted with Tamilarasan of Chitlapakkam in 2023 and later formed a relationship. The woman claimed that Tamilarasan initially promised to marry her, but…
CHENNAI: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Friday defended chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s silence on the Union govt’s various policies against the state autonomy and the Mekedatu issue, stating that the CM is following a “talk less and work more” formula. He added that the CM is not restricting him or the leaders of alliance…
These packages will offer pilgrims darshan at prominent and lesser-known Amman temples in Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and Thanjavur districts. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) has announced a special one-day ‘Aadi Amman Tourism’ packages for the upcoming Aadi month. These packages will offer pilgrims darshan at prominent and lesser-known Amman temples in Chennai,…
KARUR: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday addressed a public meeting at Atlas Ground in Karur, where he distributed compassionate appointment orders to 32 families affected by the stampede that occurred during a TVK rally last year.The event was held under tight security arrangements.Addressing the gathering, Vijay described the stampede as “the…
KARUR: Media personnel from various media houses were denied entry into the main area of the venue in Karur on Friday, where chief minister C Joseph Vijay is scheduled to address a public meeting.This came despite passes being issued to media personnel late on Thursday night.On arriving at the venue, TVK volunteers and SP DN…
Tamil Nadu health minister K G Arunraj CHENNAI: Health minister K G Arunraj has accused former law minister S Regupathy of engineering a method to evade regulatory checks and get deemed university status for some medical colleges including the one he founded — Karpaga Vinayaga Medical College. Regupathy denied the allegation.Arunraj’s statement comes against the…
