Chennai: A guest worker from Bihar died of electrocution while trying to rescue a co-worker who slipped from a ladder at a construction site in Tiruvallur on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Shawkat, 28. His co-worker Kalam, 25, had sustained injuries in the accident.According to police, the workers were engaged in electrical work inside…
Chennai: Class X and XII students who score centum in this year’s state board exams will be subjected to an additional layer of scrutiny as the govt has instructed officials to re-examine the papers at the respective evaluation offices and sign the answer sheets. The decision follows a review meeting held earlier this year, following…
Chennai: A series of burglaries at Tiruttani created panic after unidentified miscreants broke into multiple locked houses and decamped with gold jewellery, cash and around 6kg of silver articles on Monday night.According to police, the incident took place at Thomur village in Tiruvallur district. Residents including Ramesh, Shanmugam, Ezhumalai and Viji had locked their houses…
Chennai: Poll-time PILs pile up at Madras high court the moment parliamentary, assembly and local body elections are announced, every single time. This election season is no different. A wave of PILs bearing repetitive and strikingly similar reliefs, filed by a familiar group of petitioners, has hit the court this time as well. Far from…
Vellore: Hours after warning the Union govt against the delimitation exercise, chief minister M K Stalin launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of painting Tamil Nadu in a bad light. He also hit out at Union minister Piyush Goyal for his remarks that those who object to the delimitation exercise…
Chennai: A small yet crucial clue from the past — a mobile tower dump — helped police crack the attempted jewellery heist near Gummidipoondi and arrest a five member gang from Rajasthan that was hiding in Urapakkam. A mobile phone number which was referred to in a two-year-old jewellery robbery case, had become active near…
Chennai: Residents of Anna Nagar didn’t hold back. “What is your stand on freebies?” “And if your party doesn’t form the govt, how will you still deliver?” These were among the questions fired at candidates during a tightly run online interaction organised by the federation of Anna Nagar residents associations (FOARA), turning what could have…
Chennai: A ration shop employee was arrested for sexually harassing a 27-year-old woman who visited a ration shop in Madhavaram to purchase provisions on Monday.According to the complaint, the accused, Nallathambi, 56 asked the woman to provide her fingerprint for verification. After stating that the biometric scan failed, he instructed her to move closer to…
Chennai: Two men were arrested for smuggling six litres of toddy in a car during a vehicle check conducted by an election flying squad near Madhavaram ahead of the assembly elections.The incident occurred near Madhavaram Chinna Roundabout, where a police team was conducting inspections to prevent movement of illegal cash and prohibited items during the…
