Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday granted bail to YouTuber Savukku Shankar in an attempt-to-murder case booked against him while he was imprisoned in Puzhal.Vacation judge Justice L Victoria Gowri passed the order while allowing a plea moved by Shankar. According to the plea, an FIR was registered against Shankar and four others on April…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday urged the Union govt to scrap NEET-based admissions and allow states to fill MBBS, BDS and AYUSH seats under the state quota based on Class 12 marks after the Centre cancelled NEET-UG 2026 following allegations of question paper leak.Vijay said the cancellation of the May…
Chennai: Chennai is set for another cycle of annual power tariff revisions from 2027, as Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has prepared draft regulations for a multi-year tariff framework for five years. This could lead to yearly increases in consumption and fixed charges across all consumer categories till 2031.The multi-year tariff formula was introduced…
CHENNAI: Transitioning from a party leader scrambling for the support of 10 MLAs to a chief minister winning a confidence motion by a 144-22 majority on Wednesday, C Joseph Vijay has passed the first litmus test in assembly.The result was brought about by the 59 DMK MLAs walking out of the House and 25 of…
Chennai: Asra Garg, inspector general of police, North Zone, has been posted as the inspector-general of police, Intelligence.He replaced Avinash Kumar, who was posted to the intelligence wing by the Election Commission of India (ECI) ahead of the assembly polls. The ECI had removed the then IG (Intelligence) K A Senthil Velan to make the…
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and rebel leader C Ve Shanmugam traded charges of ‘anti-party activities’.While EPS accused Shanmugam and S P Velumani of supporting TVK’s confidence motion in exchange for ministerial berths, the rebel leaders shot back saying EPS had attempted to become CM with the support of DMK. Hours after a…
Chennai: Amid the split in the party, AIADMK rebel leaders S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam have called for reinduction of V K Sasikala and T T V Dhinakaran into the party. Within hours, Sasikala responded, saying unity was the need of the hour to secure victory in future.Former minister S P Velumani said…
Chennai: On the day chief minister C Joseph Vijay proved his majority in the assembly, former deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin questioned the longevity of the TVK govt, saying the manner in which it was formed through post-poll political realignments and support arrangements already triggered doubts among the public about its stability.Udhayanidhi said TVK failed to…
Chennai: Hours after the assembly session was adjourned sine die, chief minister C Joseph Vijay and former deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin were involved in a war of words on social media.While Vijay mocked DMK for not getting the majority in 2006, Udhayanidhi responded, saying that DMK was not involved in a post-poll alliance or horse…
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Wednesday accused the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam of indulging in “dirty politics” by allegedly engineering support from split AIADMK legislators to survive the trust vote.“Those who came to power promising ‘clean politics’ have now resorted to ‘dirty politics’,” Stalin said, after the confidence motion was won by chief…
