Chennai: Madras HC has directed the Union home ministry to consider granting an emergency visa to a Sri Lankan national to enter India to take care of his 72-year-old mother, a Sri Lankan Tamil residing in India for several decades as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).Justice M Dhandapani issued the interim directions, on a…
Chennai: Schools in Chennai district, cutting across categories, have marginally improved their performance in the 2025-26 academic year. Data shared by the chief education office showed that schools run by the education department recorded a 89.94 pass percentage for 2025-26, with 7,771 of 8,649 students passing the exam — a jump from 87.43% recorded in…
CHENNAI: Former DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan has moved the Madras high court seeking to restrain TVK’s Srinivasa Sethupathi, who won from the Tiruppathur constituency by one vote, from taking oath as an MLA. A vacation bench headed by Justice L Victoria Gowri is scheduled to hear the plea in a special sitting on Sunday….
Chennai: While her father spent years stitching clothes at a small tailoring shop in Perambur, V Dharshini, a GCC school student was quietly building a pathway for a bigger dream of cracking the UPSC and becoming an IAS officer. Her hours of hard work helped her score 586 of 600 in the Class 12 board…
Chennai: With no money for private tuition, her father earning barely 500-600 a day as a daily wager, K Mythili from Aminjikarai turned to free coaching at her GCC school and alternatives to prepare for her Class XII board exams. On Friday, Mythili saw the fruit of her hard work as she became the topper…
TVK leader Vijay with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar CHENNAI: TVK chief Vijay, who will take oath as chief minister of Tamil Nadu at 10am on Sunday, will hold home (police) and public administration portfolios. Here is a tentative list of the names and portfolios of the ministers who will take oath with VijayKA Sengottaiyan: PWDN…
Chennai: She did not take a single day off — right from LKG to Class XII. Today, her efforts and discipline have yielded results. K C Kavin Kaavya scored 598/600 and became the topper in Chennai district.A student of Spartan Matric Higher Secondary School in Mogappair, she scored centums in five of the six subjects…
Vijay met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday evening. CHENNAI: TVK chief C Joseph Vijay will be sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here at 10 am. Vijay now has the support of 120 MLAs after VCK and IUML…
Chennai: A 66-year-old woman died, while her son remained in critical condition, after the two consumed poison at their home in Thazhambur.Police identified the deceased as Vijaya, 66, a resident of Greenwood City in Thazhambur. Her son, Raghuvaran, who worked on the Nemmeli desalination plant project, is undergoing treatment at Rajiv Gandhi Govt General Hospital…
VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan CHENNAI: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Saturday said his party is extending “unconditional support” to actor Vijay’s TVK to form the govt as it wants to prevent the imposition of President’s Rule in Tamil Nadu.He said, “We are going to extend support to TVK to uphold the people’s mandate. However, we…
