Woman murdered by husband while driving autorickshaw Chennai: A man murdered his 24-year-old wife by slitting her throat while she was driving their autorickshaw near Ambattur on Tuesday night.Police identified the deceased as Devaki, wife of Chinna, 34, of Indira Nagar Menambedu. The couple had fallen in love before marrying, and have two daughters and…
Chennai: The Doctors’ Association for Social Equality has criticized the TN assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar and called his views against abortion as an infringement upon women’s rights.Association general secretary Dr G R Ravindranath said women have the legal right to undergo abortion under the law enacted in India in 1971, and that the…
Stalin had picked senior members, including former chief minister O Panneerselvam and former ministers Thangam Thennarasu and M R K Panneerselvam, to participate in the budget debate. CHENNAI: DMK president and former chief minister M K Stalin has pulled up a few party MLAs, including Rishivandiyam MLA K Karthikeyan, over their performance during the budget…
Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested Ponneri sub-registrar Sankar and two private document writers after they were caught accepting a ₹15,000 bribe from a man for releasing registered property documents on Wednesday.The complainant, Natarajan, had registered two properties at the Ponneri sub-registrar’s office. Sankar, along with private document writers Ramesh and Nithya,…
In this screengrab from a video posted on Aug. 12, 2026, Tamil Nadu Assembly LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin speaks during the state Assembly session, in Chennai. (@tamilnaduassembly/Yt via PTI Photo)(PTI08_12_2026_000112B) Chennai: Leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and AIADMK chief whip Agri S S Krishnamurthy moved special call-attention motions over the murder of a college student…
Chennai: State finance minister Marie Wilson said on Wednesday that the previous DMK govt made an unrealistic projection of state’s own tax revenue (SOTR) in the interim budget presented by then finance minister Thangam Thennarasu in Feb this year. Thangam Thennarasu responded that they were ‘ambitious estimates’, not unrealistic projections.In his reply to the debate…
Health dept intensifies surveillance across TN Chennai: With fever cases surging across Tamil Nadu following the seasonal rains, the health department has stepped up surveillance and ordered the setting up of dedicated fever wards in govt hospitals to manage the influx of patients and prevent severe cases.Health officials said cases of dengue, chikungunya, typhoid, leptospirosis…
Based on tip-off about illegal gratification for securing layout approval Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) seized ₹14.5 lakh in unaccounted cash during a surprise raid at the Gerugambakkam Panchayat office near Porur on Tuesday following information that a bribe was to be paid for layout approval.Panchayat president Jagadeeswari Sundaresan was questioned in…
An IndiGo flight operating from Kolkata to Chennai declared a full emergency shortly before landing at Chennai airport late Tuesday after the aircraft’s left engine failed. The aircraft was carrying 224 people. Despite the engine failure, the aircraft landed safely at Chennai airport, and all 224 people on board were safe Chennai: Tension prevailed at…
Chennai: Chennai: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise on Wednesday reported a 34% rise in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 581 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, from Rs 433 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Consolidated revenue grew 21% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 7,043 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 5,842 crore…
