CHENNAI: Madras high court has imposed a blanket ban on slaughter of cow or calf during Bakrid ‘or on any other day’ in the state.A vacation bench of Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued the ban order after saying: “The question that calls for consideration in this PIL is whether cows and…
Chennai: A woman devotee lost a gold wristwatch studded with diamonds worth ₹7 lakh while waiting in the darshan queue at Tiruttani Murugan temple on Tuesday.According to police, Rajendra Prasad from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh had come to the temple along with his family for darshan. While waiting in the queue at the hill temple,…
Chennai: Will the state govt give sovereign guarantee to temple funds invested by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) dept in the Tamil Nadu Power Finance Corporation (TNPFC), Madras high court asked on Wednesday.A vacation bench comprising Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan raised the query when a public interest writ petition…
Chennai: Safety of women and children remains the top priority for the state govt, and a comprehensive action plan is being implemented to ensure speedy justice in crimes against them, Tamil Nadu govt told Madras high court on Wednesday.The submissions were made by advocate-general Vijay Narayan before a vacation bench comprising Justice G R Swaminathan…
Chennai: Days after facing technical hassle in applying for scanned copies of their class 12 answer sheets, CBSE students have started to face snags in applying for revaluation too.While several students said the website was not loading, some of them were unable to access the revaluation section. A few students who successfully applied said they…
Chennai: Lack of adequate step marks coupled with a stringent evaluation have caused several CBSE class 12 students to rethink opting for revaluation — applications for which commenced on Tuesday.This year, 4.04 lakh students had applied for about 11.31 lakh scanned copies of their answer sheets. Students and teachers, who analysed scanned copies, say that…
Chennai: Thousands of India’s most critically needed super-specialists are waiting for a Supreme Court hearing on May 29 that could break a months-long deadlock over NEET SS 2025 — while the hospitals that urgently need them grow increasingly short-staffed.The crisis has been building since April, when the Centre’s Medical Counselling Committee froze round 2 admissions…
Chennai: After years of poor campus placements for core engineering branches, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) witnessed a revival in demand in the 2025-26 academic year. Top colleges, including College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG), Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC) and RMK Engineering College, have placed nearly all their…
Chennai: Tambaram Cyber Crime Police arrested a call centre employee from Bengaluru for posing as a middleman on OLX and attempting to dupe two IT professionals — one trying to sell a car, and the other who wanted to buy it.The accused, identified as Rajesh, was nabbed after Sathish, 32, filed a complaint in Dec…
Chennai: An elderly couple suffered severe burn injuries after a domestic LPG gas cylinder caught fire inside their house in Pulianthope on Tuesday night.The victims — Devaraj, 74, a retired Chennai Corporation sanitary worker, and his wife Muniyammal, 70, a domestic helper — were admitted to KMC Hospital for treatment.Police said the couple lived alone…
