The deceased, M Vijay, a mason from Thamaraikeni village near Sunambedu, was in a relationship with a married woman from the same village. CHENNAI: An extramarital affair ended in the murder of a 31-year-old man, whose leg was hacked off before he was gagged and force-fed pesticide by the woman’s relatives in a village in…
R.Saivenkatesh@timesofindia.comChennai: CBSE extended the deadline for Class XII students to apply for scanned copies of their answer sheets from May 23 to May 24, but several students who applied on May 20 said they are still waiting to receive the scanned copies.With applications for revaluation scheduled to begin on May 26, parents said students would…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday dismissed the bail petitions filed by nine persons arrested on charges of leaking Vijay’s last film Jana Nayagan online ahead of its theatrical release.Their counsel argued that the arrested persons were in custody for 42 days and said some of them had already been detained under the Goondas Act….
Chennai: After years of crippling abdominal pain, repeated hospital admissions, and multiple failed endoscopic procedures, a 12-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu has found relief through a rare and highly complex robotic pancreatic reconstruction surgery performed at Kauvery Hospital.Doctors said the procedure – a robotic Frey’s surgery carried out to treat chronic pancreatitis caused by a…
Chennai: A 70-year-old woman took the grinding stone her son-in-law was using to attack her daughter and fatally struck him on the head with it, at Gandhi Nagar First Street near Manimangalam in Kancheepuram district on Thursday night.Police said the deceased, Dinakaran, 45, a daily wage labourer, came home drunk frequently and picked fights with…
Chennai: Domestic electricity consumers across the state, whose bi-monthly consumption does not exceed 500 units, will receive free power up to 200 units from the next billing cycle as the TNPDCL has updated its billing software.A recent communication from the accounts branch of the discom to all field chief engineers confirmed that the billing software…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay and Ku Pa Krishnan CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday appointed Ku Pa Krishnan as chairman of the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB).The chairman post had remained vacant, and the chief minister issued orders appointing Krishnan to head the board for implementing its various welfare schemes…
CHENNAI: Former Greater Chennai Corporation commissioner J Kumaragurubaran has been posted as secretary to govt, commercial taxes, registration and religious endowments department, as the Tamil Nadu govt on Friday reshuffled several IAS officers.Kumaragurubaran replaces Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, who has now been posted as commissioner of labour. Dr S Swarna has been redesignated as principal secretary,…
CHENNAI: Chennai North Beach police registered a case against former minister and DMK MLA PK Sekarbabu and his supporters in connection with an altercation involving TVK functionaries during polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in the Harbour constituency on April 23. Police booked them under six Sections 109(1) (attempted murder), 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 296(b)…
Chennai division of Southern Railway CHENNAI: Southern Railway’s Chennai division will upgrade four major goods sheds at Singaperumal Koil, Tada, Katpadi and Korukkupet as part of its 2025-26 infrastructure modernisation plan aimed at strengthening freight movement and improving cargo handling efficiency across the region.Railway officials said the projects are intended to support industrial growth, improve…
