A Myanmar couple was apprehended at Chennai airport for smuggling the gold. CHENNAI: Smuggling of gold seems to be making a return to Chennai airport after a hiatus, as customs officials have made the second seizure within a week. In the latest, a middle-aged Myanmar couple was arrested for smuggling nearly 2kg gold worth Rs…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay delivered his first Independence Day speech emphasizing corruption eradication. Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay made his first Independence Day speech a clarion call against corruption. “Saving Tamil Nadu from corruption and bribery is akin to achieving freedom,” he said, adding that his govt was on “mission mode” to eradicate…
Chennai: Every govt event chaired by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will be preceded by a folk performance for at least 30 minutes, School Education and Tamil Development Minister Rajmohan said on Saturday. The decision, which will be implemented through a govt order, will promote folk artists of the state and boost their employment.At a…
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that a mere pendency of a criminal case does not automatically require departmental disciplinary proceedings against a govt employee to be kept in abeyance till the disposal of the criminal case.“The purpose of departmental inquiry and of prosecution is two different and distinct aspects. The criminal prosecution is launched…
Chennai: A 29-year-old man was arrested by the Chitlapakkam All Women Police for repeatedly sexually abusing a Class 6 girl in Selaiyur.Police said the man lived with the girl’s mother, who had separated from her husband. The man repeatedly sexually abused the girl over a period of time.The girl informed her mother about the abuse,…
Indigenous musical and percussion instruments and ancient martial arts equipment such as ‘palagai parai’, ‘vaal silambam’ and ‘Gadhayudham’ presented by more than 300 students from 38 Govt Model Schools across the state took the centre stage at a student-artist confluence at Victoria hall in Chennai on Saturday. The event was organized by the Tamil Nadu…
Chennai: A 28-year-old construction worker from West Bengal died after an iron rod fell on his head while demolishing the Metrowater’s water tank in Kodungaiyur.The deceased was identified as Jameer Hussain, a native of West Bengal, who was employed in the demolition of an unused one-lakh-litre water tank on Second Main Road in R V…
Chennai: Promotion in job is not a vested right of a govt employee, said Madras high court. Though consideration for promotion is a fundamental right of an employee, mere availability of vacancy in a particular post would not confer any right to claim promotion, the court said.“The high court is not expected to interfere with…
Chennai: Two guest workers were arrested after they harassed a woman and attempted to assault a man who questioned them, in Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram district on Friday evening.According to police, Premkumar, 38 a daily wage labourer from Bazaar Road in Uthiramerur, witnessed two drunk men harassing a woman passing through the stretch. When Premkumar questioned…
Chennai: A day after an 18-year-old man was found with multiple injuries near Gummidipoondi, police arrested a 22-year-old man for the murder. The suspect was the victim’s friend.The youngster’s body was found near a burial site in Chanaputhur village in Tiruvallur district, Police said the murder followed a drunken quarrel between the two.The deceased, Ranjan,…
