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…
Chennai: Long desk hours, irregular sleep, lack of exercise and growing dependence on processed food are triggering a surge in fatty liver disease among Chennai’s young corporate employees. Many patients in their late 20s and early 30s showing significant liver fat accumulation despite having no symptoms, obesity or alcohol history.Doctors say the biggest concern is…
CHENNAI: “None can deny that there is corruption in the judiciary. There were and are corrupt judges,” said Madras high court, adding: “Judges need not be treated as holy cows.” Corruption within the judiciary could not be denied, said a vacation bench and referred to past public remarks by former Chief Justice of India S…
Dhoni-Kohli cults have battled on and off the field for years. It’s now Chennai’s turn to see red as Bengaluru dominate for a second seasontnn Sporting rivalries have become a strange beast for the fan in this era of all-pervasive social media. Largely gone are the days of fan warzones outside stadiums; they have been…
In Tenkasi, protestors take a stand… and a bath How do you protest a ban on bathing? How about with a bath?Traders and communist parties in Tenkasi on Wednesday staged a symbolic bath outside the collectorate – pouring water from bottles over themselves – to protest restrictions on night bathing at Old Courtallam Falls and…
CHENNAI: CPI has urged BJP govt at the Centre to immediately release archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna’s report on the Keeladi excavations, saying the findings scientifically established the antiquity of Tamil civilization. In a statement on Wednesday, CPI state secretary M Veerapandian said the 982-page report, prepared after extensive excavations and scientific studies at Keeladi, in Sivaganga…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to allow Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project without the consent of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, saying the move had triggered anxiety among farmers in the state.Vijay called on Modi for the first time after becoming CM at this…
CHENNAI: It was almost a confrontation of sorts between high court judge GR Swaminathan and A Arun IPS at the Court hall No 42 on Wednesday, as the former refused to entertain the case in which the latter had been summoned. Even as the former city police commissioner and presently the director of directorate of…
CHENNAI: Warring factions within the AIADMK on Wednesday moved towards reconciliation, with leaders from both camps signalling unity and a possible end to the internal rift. “It is over. We are all together like mother and child,” former minister K C Veeramani said after arriving at senior leader C Ve Shanmugam’s residence, where MLAs from…
