Bar council chair of TN and Pondy Chennai: Advocate and newly elected member of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, K Kathiravan, was declared elected as chairman of the Bar Council on Tuesday. Advocate E Balamurugan was elected vice-chairman, while advocate P S Amalraj has been elected as the member representing Tamil Nadu…
Chennai: Three months after school education minister Rajmohan said the process for granting permission to open schools and renewing approvals would be moved online, private-school associations say several applications remain pending.The Federation of Private Schools Association (FePSA) said renewal applications from about 5,000 schools across the state are awaiting approval. These schools had obtained building…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the election of revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan from Gobichettipalayam constituency in the 2026 assembly election.Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan passed the order while rejecting the election petition moved by AIADMK candidate for the constituency V B Prabhu on the ground that no sufficient materials were…
MADURAI: A highway robbery gang was busted after a suspect’s wife repeatedly called him to ask why he was late and when he would return home. Mobile tower records helped Tamil Nadu police trace the gang to Madhya Pradesh. Alleged mastermind Makasud Khan, 35, was arrested and remanded in judicial custody in Tuticorin on Monday….
Vaccine stocks expire in Jan 2028 Chennai: Tamil Nadu plans to more than double the pace of its free HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination drive to protect seven lakh girls before available vaccine stocks expire in Jan 2028. The state has administered 1.15 lakh doses since March 1— about 600 a day — but must raise…
Chennai: A clash over Vinayagar Chathurthi procession in Ramapuram resulted in the murder of a 45-year-old man in the early hours of Tuesday. Ramapuram police arrested five persons in connection with the case. Police said the deceased Srinivasan, 45, of Venkateshwara Nagar was an MTC driver attached to the Ayyappanthangal MTC bus depot.When the procession…
Chennai: DMK has sought permission from the assembly speaker to move privilege motions against chief minister C Joseph Vijay and law minister C T R Nirmal Kumar, alleging they made “false and factually incorrect” remarks on the floor of the assembly about former chief ministers M Karunanidhi and M K Stalin and on the Sarkaria…
Law minister R Nirmalkumar CHENNAI: DMK has sought action against law minister R Nirmalkumar for making “false and factually incorrect remarks” on the floor of the assembly about former chief ministers M Karunanidhi and M K Stalin and the Sarkaria Commission. DMK had already sought action against chief minister C Joseph Vijay for breach of…
JC Global is planning to expand its recycling capacity Chennai: Global investment firm Circulate Capital will invest $9.5 million in Jayachandran Global Refineries Pvt Ltd (JC Global), marking its eighth investment in India and the first deployment from its $300 million Asia Fund II into South Asia.Circulate Capital has signed definitive documents to acquire a…
CHENNAI: A transgender woman, found carrying 25,000 narcotic tablets, was arrested at Perambur railway station by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Chennai on Tuesday. The suspect was identified as S Gunashree, 25, of Mylapore.Police said they received a tip off about a gang transporting narcotic tablets from Mumbai to Chennai by train. A police…
