Chennai: As counting of votes for election to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is on, a controversy has erupted over the presence of 47 excess votes found inside a sealed ballot box from Tirupur district.A group of lawyers staged a protest near the Madras high court on Tuesday, demanding an inquiry into…
Chennai: The city will soon provide commuters with image-based guidance on directions to landmarks and cautionary warnings for accident-prone stretches, school zones, pedestrian crossings and speed breakers across 300 key roads.Greater Chennai Corporation officials say the 20-crore initiative will improve road safety and commuter convenience by offering clear directions, visually intuitive symbols, and timely warnings…
Chennai: A 24-year-old man, S Rexith Regim, died after stray cattle hit his two-wheeler on the Tharapakkam service road near the Maduravoyal bypass on Tuesday night.Police said the accident occurred around 11.30pm, when Rexith was riding to a relative’s house at Pallavaram. Stray cattle darted across the road and hit his bike. Rexith sustained severe…
Chennai: A partially paralysed elderly woman was tied up and threatened at knifepoint by unidentified men who decamped with gold jewellery from her house at Varadarajapuram near Mudichur in the wee hours of Wednesday.Police said the victim, Kausalya, 65, stayed with her son Padmanaban, his wife Indhumathi and their 11-year-old son at Rayappan Nagar. Indhumathi…
Chennai: Public libraries in the city will host month-long free summer camps for students, offering art workshops, interactive games, storytelling contests, puzzles and language lessons.The camps will be held as part of the annual ‘Kodai Kondattam’ festivities of the directorate of public libraries, in collaboration with readers’ circles. Staff at full-time libraries have been asked…
CHENNAI: As counting of votes for election to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is on, a controversy has erupted over the presence of 47 excess votes found inside a sealed ballot box from Tirupur district.A group of lawyers staged a protest near the Madras high court on Tuesday, demanding an inquiry into…
CHENNAI: Prisoners, other than those who are under preventive detention, cannot be permitted to vote in elections, Madras high court said on Wednesday, adding, “There is a bar in the Representation of People (RP) Act to permit prisoners to vote.”The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan made the…
Chennai: The year 2025–26 marked a turning point for the medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) market, with the truck segment not only staging a strong recovery after two sluggish years but also seeing volumes return to—and surpass—pre-Covid levels for the first time in the post-pandemic period.While the passenger carrier segment of the M&HCV category…
Amid the ongoing rift, tensions between PMK founder S Ramadoss and his son and party president R Anbumani may deepen following the April 23 assembly election outcome. In an interview with Jaya Menon, Ramadoss dubs Anbumani and his wife Sowmiya as betrayers and said their conflict would persist indefinitely. Asserting his authority over the faction…
DMK deputy general secretary, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi believes that the assembly election 2026 goes beyond routine politics – it’s about protecting Tamil Nadu’s identity and rights. “NCRB data clearly shows Tamil Nadu is safer than many BJP-ruled states,” she says in an interview. Excerpts:Why has DMK framed this election as a contest between the Delhi model…
