Chennai: Granite baron, Veeramani, 84, was on Saturday arrested on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl at an acquaintance’s house in Teynampet. A couple, who were his business associates, were also arrested for facilitating the sexual abuse. The arrests were made by the anti-vice squad (AVS) of the central crime branch (CCB) police.The case…
Chennai: Three of the seven high-density routes that Indian Railways plans to expand to four lanes pass through Chennai. This places the city at the centre of a nearly 11,000km network that carries around 41% of the country’s railway traffic, although these routes account for only 16% of the networkThe seven high-density routes identified are…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami DHARMAPURI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday criticized the TVK govt in Tamil Nadu for the mounting fiscal deficit and recurring power outages, asserting that AIADMK remains the only party genuinely addressing people’s grievances.EPS was speaking at a mass induction event in Dharmapuri, where cadres from various…
Arrested businessman Veeramani CHENNAI: An 84-year-old granite businessman and a couple were arrested by the Anti-Vice Squad of the Chennai city police’s Central Crime Branch on Saturday on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl at a house in Teynampet. The case was registered in October 2025 after a child welfare volunteer handed over a…
The BJP leader alleged that the Speaker’s conduct marked a departure from the tradition of Assembly Speakers maintaining political, caste and religious neutrality. CHENNAI: State BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday attacked Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar, accusing him of “compromising the neutrality of his constitutional office” by bringing his religious identity into Assembly…
AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran criticized a TVK MLA’s comments on jallikattu (File photo) CHENNAI: AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Saturday condemned a remark by TVK’s Sholavandan MLA VM Karuppaiah that jallikattu competitions were ruining the youth, and questioned whether the TVK government was planning to impose a ban on the traditional sport in future.“Is…
Shanmugam said the Sampa crop required at least 120 days of assured water supply and that limiting the release to 45 days would adversely affect delta farmers. CHENNAI: State CPM secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday criticised WRD minister N Anand’s announcement that water from Mettur dam would be released for 45 days from Sept 1,…
Police arrested a key suspect in the dismembered body suitcase murder case CHENNAI: Guduvanchery police arrested the key suspect in the murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase on a Tamil Nadu Express train earlier this month.Manik Uddin Laskar, 22, was arrested at Kashimpur in Jiribam district of Manipur.He will…
arunraj tvk health minister Chennai: Rank lists for undergraduate Ayush courses admissions for the 2026-27 academic year were released by health minister K G Arunraj on Friday. The Ayush list covers siddha, ayurveda, unani and homeopathy courses under govt, govt-surrendered, all India quota and management quota categories. Of 8,447 applications received, 7,502 who had cleared…
The Vijay government is yet to publicly explain why references to Periyar, Ambedkar, Nehru and the Justice Party, which were included in the 2024 policy note, were omitted from the latest document. CHENNAI: The C Joseph Vijay-led Tamiliga Vettri Kazhagam govt’s policy note for the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department has…
