High office does not confer immunity from judicial process, but legitimate practical difficulties may justify judicial accommodation Srimathi VenkatachariOn Aug 28, a Madras high court judge asked counsel for Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson a question: “Are you the King of England?” The minister was facing criminal proceedings before a Judicial Magistrate in…
Chennai: Police have arrested a 25-year-old software engineer for breaking open the lock of a jewellery pawn shop at Indira Nagar to commit theft. The accused, Sriram Srinu Babu, was caught by the public and the pawn shop owner after he attempted to steal from the shop and was handed over to police.Early on Friday…
The institute will first be launched as an autonomous institute under Anna University Chennai: Tamil Nadu higher education department plans to set up a new university for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, climate technology and space technology.Named Periyar Institute of Emerging Technology, it will first be launched as an autonomous institute…
Ahead of Ganesh Chathurthi, street corners and market stretches across Chennai have turned colourful with rows of idols of varying sizes Chennai: Markets across the city saw brisk sales on Sunday as residents stepped up preparations for Ganesh Chathurthi. Retail prices of flowers and fruits rose by about 30% in several markets. The price of…
Chennai’s walls go blue green: The initiative, ‘Wall.E – BlueGreen Chennai’ launched by the Environmentalist Foundation of India in collaboration with the GCC aims to transform defaced public walls into vibrant murals Chennai: From pictures of Indian blackbucks to herons, moorhens and coastal life, the city’s walls are getting a colourful makeover. The Greater Chennai…
Chennai: Rainwater harvesting systems that exist only on paper must be brought back into use, while lakes, ponds and feeder channels need urgent restoration, said Tamil Nadu Alliance of Resident Welfare Associations (AORWA). In a letter to chief minister C Joseph Vijay, they said authorities need to strictly enforce rainwater harvesting in all buildings and…
Chennai: With National Green Tribunal’s southern bench instructing authorities to stay idol immersion at Foreshore Estate (Pattinapakam) and Neelankarai this Ganesh Chathurthi, authorities are exploring other locations, including artificial ponds, in the city’s southern suburbs.Officials from Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), collectorate and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) met on Saturday after NGT’s directions for…
Young boys practice at the corporation football playground at Mullai Nagar, Vyasarpadi in Chennai | C Suresh Kumar Chennai: Sports infrastructure in chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency is set for a boost, with tenders floated for two facilities at a combined cost of about ₹62.82 lakh under constituency development funds.At Mayor Krishnamurthy Nagar,…
A government bus lost control, plunging into a river in Tenkasi. CHENNAI: More than 20 passengers were feared trapped after a Tamil Nadu government bus overturned and fell into the Azhutha Kanni river near Vettaikarankulam in Tenkasi district on Sunday, police said.The bus was operating on the Tenkasi-Tirunelveli route when it overturned and plunged into…
In 1639, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak, an influential Nayak under the Vijayanagara rulers, granted the English a piece of land between the Cooum river and the Egmore river for trading purposes. The English established Fort St George on this land. Construction of the fort was completed in 1644. What began as a trading settlement gradually became…
