A representative image shows the Madras High Court building with a judge’s gavel in the foreground, symbolizing legal proceedings and judiciary decisions in Chennai, India. Chennai: Madras high court has upheld the three-year sentence imposed on four people, including the son of deceased former DMK minister P M Senguttuvan, in a disproportionate assets case.Senguttuvan served…
Chennai: A small number of long-toed stints, tiny waders known for one of the longest migratory journeys in the avian world, were spotted at the Pallikaranai Marshland by birdwatchers.The bird, which breeds in Siberia and travels thousands of kilometres to reach the wetland, had left Pallikaranai at the end of May before returning by mid-July,…
Anna University Anna University (College of of Engineering Guindy) . Photo B A Raju Chennai: As many as 43,132 (46%) of 93,116 students invited to take part in the second round of general counselling skipped the counselling this year. Experts attributed the high absence rate to students joining preferred courses under management quota and deemed…
The private school bus was carrying 15 students from Chennai airport when it collided with a container truck Chennai: Four students and the driver of a private school bus suffered minor injuries after the bus collided with a container truck near Sholavaram in Tiruvallur district on Monday morning.According to police, 15 students of a private…
Puhazh Gandhi PEvery monsoon in South India revives India’s oldest interstate river dispute — the Mullaperiyar. Kerala seeks decommissioning of the 130-year-old masonry dam, citing the safety of nearly a crore people living downstream; Tamil Nadu maintains it remains structurally sound after repeated court-directed strengthening, and that its water sustains agriculture and drinking water for…
Banana cultivation in Trichy has fallen from 6,000 hectares to 4,500 hectares Your ‘elai saapadu’ or traditional meal served on a fresh banana leaf may cost a little more now with traders saying lower supplies of rice from neighbouring states and a drought-driven drop in banana cultivation in Trichy have driven prices up.Banana cultivation in…
The National Commission on Population Report has estimated that TN population will grow to 7.7 crore by 2026 and 7.8 crore by 2036 from 7.2 crore in the 2011 Census. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will launch the Chief Minister’s Elderly Health Insurance Scheme, a programme that will provide free, cashless medical treatment to nearly 38 lakh…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government led by chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday highlighted its achievements during the first 100 days in office, describing the period as a transformative phase in the state’s political landscape.Releasing an official video and a comprehensive set of infographics, the Chief Minister’s…
Murdered Coimbatore college student Amudhan CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly witnessed heated debate on Monday after a special call-attention motion on the murder of Amudhan, a 19-year-old engineering student in Coimbatore, turned into a political showdown, with the opposition walking out of the House.Moving the motion, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin blamed the police for…
CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced a complete waiver of crop loans up to Rs 75,000.In a suo motu statement in the Assembly, the Chief Minister announced a tiered relief structure, with a flat Rs 75,000 waiver for loans between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1 lakh, and Rs 35,000 relief for loans…
