Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed an election petition challenging the victory of former minister and senior DMK leader Duraimurugan from the Katpadi Assembly constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan dismissed the petition by the then AIADMK candidate V Ramu, who lost the election to Duraimurugan by a margin…
Chennai: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Tuesday stated that participating in the cabinet does not mean VCK has officially joined the Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam alliance.Speaking to reporters after paying tributes to social reformer Rettaimalai Srinivasan in Chennai, Thirumavalavan said though there was a meeting of parties that have supported TVK, an alliance has not taken…
Chennai: After a year-long stint at the principal bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in Delhi, Justice N Seshasayee is all set to take charge as a judicial member of NCLAT’s Chennai bench.The transfer of the former judge of the Madras high court has come in the wake of Justice Ashok Bhushan…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu govt on Tuesday announced a nearly 25% salary hike for Tasmac employees, saying the move is aimed at addressing one of the reasons cited by staff for collecting ₹10 over and above the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) at liquor outlets. It also warned that employees found overcharging customers would face strict…
Chennai: More than one lakh patta holders across South Chennai have been pushed into an ownership and house development crisis, while construction activity worth about Rs 1 lakh crore are lying stuck depriving govt of revenue of over Rs 19,000 crore, after the CMDA froze planning approvals around the Pallikaranai Ramsar site in Oct last…
A suspended woman police inspector and two others were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Tamil Nadu Police in connection with an alleged investment fraud involving more than ₹8.17 crore collected from 56 depositors through promises of high returns, low-cost gold coins and discounted plots. Chennai: A woman inspector of police, Sheela…
Chennai: Former AIADMK minister K C Veeramani and Arcot MLA S M Sukumar skipped the party’s review meeting chaired by general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday. The event was part of series of district wise functionaries’ meetings convened to analyse the party’s poor electoral show.Veeramani’s associates said that the former minister left for USA…
2 women held in Chennai for ganja smuggling at court Chennai: Two 25-year-old women were arrested for attempting to hand over a packet of ganja to a Goondas Act detainee on the Chennai Collectorate premises on Rajaji Road. Police said the women tried to smuggle ganja to a prisoner, Manikandan, 35, who has been lodged…
Chennai: Ahead of the local body elections, the state govt has asked state election commissioner Jothi Nirmalasamy to resign, sources told TOI.The move comes days after the govt asked chairpersons and members of several other state bodies to step down, fuelling criticism that C Joseph Vijay’s govt is seeking to purge institution heads appointed by…
Auto driver arrested for abusing minor Chennai: A 37-year-old autorickshaw driver was arrested for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl with an intellectual disability in Kolathur. On July 3, the seven-year-old girl was playing near her house when the man sexually abused her. The girl’s grandmother filed a complaint at Kolathur All-Women Police Station. Police conducted…
