CHENNAI: MDMK on Saturday announced its exit from the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), accusing DMK of attempting to facilitate an AIADMK-led govt after the 2026 assembly election. MDMK general secretary Vaiko said chief minister and TVK leader C Joseph Vijay had assured support for getting MDMK’s two MLAs re-elected if they resigned and sought a…
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital is one of the five AHA certified hospitals in India, and the first in Tamil Nadu. COIMBATORE: The American Heart Association (AHA) has certified Coimbatore’s Sri Ramakrishna Hospital as a Comprehensive Chest Pain Centre.Sri Ramakrishna Hospital is one of the five AHA certified hospitals in India, and the first in Tamil Nadu….
CHENNAI : A 27-year-old kabaddi coach from Kannagi Nagar was booked for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old player three times over the past few months. The accused is absconding and police have launched a search.According to police sources, the accused had been running a girls’ kabaddi club in the locality for several years. The young girl,…
Woman dies after panic over monkey attack at Kalugumalai Temple hilltop in Tamil Nadu. TUTICORIN: A 24-year-old woman, who got married a month ago, died after falling off the hilltop of the Kalugumalai Ucchi Pillayar temple on Friday evening in the Tuticorin district.The deceased was identified as Anitha, 24, wife of Suresh, an abroad worker…
Tamil Nadu govt to withdraw SC appeal against ED inspections at Tasmac HQ (File Photo). CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has decided to withdraw its appeal in the Supreme Court against inspections by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at Tasmac headquarters, multiple sources have told TOI.“Tamil Nadu govt has decided to withdraw the appeal as the ED…
Tamil cinema titan K Bhagyaraj passes away at 73 (File Photo). CHENNAI: Two weeks after the death of his mentor K Bharathiraja, Tamil cinema lost its one-man studio — a titan, K Bhagyaraj — on Saturday. The director, actor, screenwriter, composer and novelist, who was 73, was brought unconscious to Apollo Hospitals, where doctors declared…
Senior IPS officer Seema Aggarwal along with the Chennai Corporation School head master Madhavi. Chennai: Senior IPS officer Seema Aggarwal, a 1990-batch officer who introduced administrative reforms in police recruitment, public service delivery and fire services, will retire on June 30 after about 35 years in service. She has been given additional charge as chairperson…
Tamil Nadu Minister D. Sarathkumar has vehemently denied drug use allegations following the resurfacing of a two-year-old video CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu human resources management minister D Sarathkumar on Friday denied allegations of drug use after a two-year-old video resurfaced in social media, showing him arranging a powder-like substance on the surface of a mobile phone….
Four held for raping teen Chennai: A 17-year-old girl was gang raped by four men near Kundrathur on Thursday night.The victim had failed her Class XII examinations this year and had been attending coaching sessions at the school, ahead of supplementary exams, for the last month, police said. When she came home late and tired…
