Chennai: A policeman, who forced a minor boy to drink liquor and then tried to sexually abuse him, has been arrested by the city police under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.The Ashok Nagar police identified the 35-year-old policeman as Velappan, 35, attached to the Vadapalani police station.Police said…
Chennai: Teachers are architects of the nation and play a pivotal role in shaping students’ futures, said Madras high court, criticising Tamil Nadu govt for continuing to rely on guest lecturers to teach arts, science and technology subjects in govt colleges instead of making regular appointments.Setting aside a 2024 order of a single judge that…
Karan Dayanidhi Maran, vice-chairman, Maran Group, & founder of KadhaiShorts Chennai: Former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran’s family has ventured into the entertainment industry with the launch of a micro-drama platform under what they call the “Maran Group”. Karan Dayanidhi Maran, his son and the group’s vice-chairman, will lead the new venture. On Thursday, Karan launched…
Chennai: A venomous spider known for its medically significant bite may be quietly establishing itself on the city’s northern edge in Ennore Creek, an ecologically sensitive area that has faced significant degradation in recent years. A group of researchers identified and recorded redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti Thorell), also called the Australian black widow, in an…
Chennai: Three men have been arrested for cheating a gold loan agent of ₹40 lakh by falsely claiming that they would redeem pledged jewellery from a private bank in T Nagar and re-pledge it at a private pawn brokerage firm.Police identified them as Radhakrishnan, 41, and Deepak, 35, both from Radhapuram in Tirunelveli district, and…
Residents of Thiruvenchery in Tambaram have raised serious concerns over burning of garbage by the local panchayat Chennai: Residents of Thiruvenchery in Tambaram accused the local panchayat of burning garbage in the area. They say the smoke and foul odour from the spot fill the locality and distress more than 140 families, especially the elderly…
Field officials have been instructed to verify the storage premises along with noon meal programme officers and ICDS project officers, and to submit a detailed report. NAMAKKAL: Officials of the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administrative Department (TSFSDAD) on Thursday began inspection of the cold storages of egg suppliers in Namakkal district on Thursday….
Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has switched allegiance, joining the Vijay-led TVK party on May 27. CHENNAI: Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has joined actor-politician Vijay’s TVK, party sources said on Thursday, marking yet another setback for the AIADMK amid a string of recent defections.Natarajan, who previously served as Tamil Nadu’s tourism minister,…
The rebel camp submitted a letter from Palaniswami requesting the speaker not to initiate action against the MLAs under the anti-defection law. CHENNAI: Chennai: The bitter fortnight-long power struggle within AIADMK ended in a fragile truce on Wednesday, with the rebel camp led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani negotiating a patch up…
CHENNAI: High drama unfolded in Madras high court on Wednesday, when a vacation bench, made senior IPS officer of ADGP rank A Arun, who now heads the state’s directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), wait in court through the day because a court bailiff had to wait to deliver summons at the DVAC office.A vacation…
