NAMAKKAL: A truck loaded with hay caught fire after coming in contact with a high-voltage electric line at Idayarpalayam in Namakkal district on Wednesday.Alerted by locals, the driver stopped the vehicle and tried to extinguish the fire. “He sustained burn injuries while trying to extinguish the fire and was admitted to Tiruchengode Government Hospital for…
DHARMAPURI: PMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday called for a youth mobilisation, similar to the 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, to stop Karnataka’s move to build a dam across the Cauvery river in Mekedatu. Anbumani launched a public awareness march from Biligundlu — the entry point of the Cauvery river in Tamil…
A bar attached to a Tasmac shop in Chennai. Photo by C Suresh Kumar CHENNAI: Bars attached to Tasmac liquor shops across Tamil Nadu will be shut as their licences expired on June 30. The state has warned of strict action against anyone found consuming liquor in public.“We have decided to close the bars as…
Greater Chennai Corporation Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation has cancelled about 150 low-value tenders worth ₹17 crore floated weeks ahead of the assembly polls, citing multiple irregularities. GCC commissioner G S Sameeran said the irregularities came to light when they reviewed a batch of tenders floated before the Feb-March period when the model code of conduct…
Yuvraj, convicted in a caste murder case, being celebrated as a hero On June 1, about 100 people gathered in Kayathar, Tuticorin, demanding the release of S Krishnakumari, the suspended police officer and mother of the prime accused in the Kavin Selvaganesh murder case. Kavin, a scheduled caste software engineer, was killed in 2025 over…
Tamil Nadu posts 370 foreign medical graduates in non-teaching hospitals Chennai: Tamil Nadu has allotted Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship positions to foreign medical graduate (FMG) doctors across 13 non-teaching hospitals in the state, accommodating 370 interns who had been on the waiting list maintained by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) headquarters in Chennai. The…
Chennai: MDMK general secretary Vaiko lost his temper at a press meet in Chengalpet when reporters asked him about his recent association with DMK of which he had again turned critical.Vaiko told reporters corruption was prevalent during DMK’s five-year tenure. “There was collection, corruption and commission everywhere in the (previous) DMK govt. In land registration,…
Chennai police appoint expert panel to create awareness against drugs Chennai: In a first-of-its-kind drive, a panel of experts comprising a lawyer, a police officer, an educationist, a social worker and a doctor will visit more than 100 schools and colleges in the city to promote awareness against drug use through presentations, plays, motivational sessions…
Man gets life imprisonment for murder of his friend Chennai: A city court found a 39-year-old man guilty of murdering his friend over losses incurred through gambling, and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. Though there were many irregularities and lacunae in the prosecution, the court imposed the sentence considering the aggravating as well as…
Four from UP get 6-year jail for burglary Chennai: Chennai: A magistrate court in Alandur on Tuesday sentenced four men from Uttar Pradesh to six years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹80,000 each for breaking into a foreign currency exchange office in Manapakkam and stealing cash. The verdict was delivered within five…
