MADURAI: A POCSO court in Thoothukudi on Monday awarded double death sentence to a 38-year-old man convicted in the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl from Vilathikulam.Police identified the accused as Dharmamuneeswaran alias Maveeran. The girl had gone missing in March 2026, following which Kulathur police registered a case that was later altered to…
Possible heatwave-like conditions in Tamil Nadu CHENNAI: The school education department has sought inputs from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on possible heatwave-like conditions in the first week of June. Upon receiving them, a discussion will be held with chief minister C Joseph Vijay to postpone the reopening date of schools, school education minister Rajmohan…
Chennai: Hundreds of commuters in Avadi are being forced to wait in the open without shelter at a busy bus stop near the railway station.The stop in Kamaraj Nagar on New Military Road, about 200m from the Avadi railway station exit, serves passengers travelling to Poonamallee, Maduravoyal and Anna Nagar. The shelter there was demolished…
DMK, political parties condemn Karnataka govt for Mekedatu dam remarksTimes News NetworkChennai: DMK, Congress, NTK, DMDK and Dravidar Kazhagam on Sunday condemned the Karnataka govt for its remarks on Mekedatu dam.Former minister K N Nehru, in a statement, criticised Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar for stating that the state would submit a fresh…
Chennai: Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies saw a sharp increase in costs during Q4FY26, as raw material cost inflation, extended working capital cycles, wage hikes and rupee depreciation squeezed margins. Prices of memory modules surged on the back of global AI-driven demand, while the West Asia conflict pushed up cost of key inputs such as…
TN REVIEWS DRUG SMUGGLING THROUGH FRUITS IN PRISONS, LEGAL AID AND HOSPITAL CARETimes News NetworkChennai: Following allegations that narcotic drugs were being smuggled into prisons through fruits and other items brought by visitors, law minister C T R Nirmal Kumar on Sunday said the state was planning to modernise screening systems and examine whether frequently…
TVK GOVT WILL LAST 50 YEARS, NOT FIVE, RAJMOHAN REPLIES TO STALINTimes News NetworkChennai: TVK minister Rajmohan on Sunday contested DMK president M K Stalin’s remarks that the C Joseph Vijay-led govt may not last five years, and said it would continue with public support for “50 years and beyond”.“Earlier, he [Stalin] had said we…
Times News NetworkChennai/Salem: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Sunday called up the parents of the 10-year-old girl, who was murdered in Coimbatore and assured them the culprits would be punished..“Don’t worry, I am here for you,” Vijay assured the parents, according to sources at the secretariat. The child’s grandmother told Vijay no other child…
Chennai:A nine-day-old baby girl was abducted by a woman from outside the RSRM Government Maternity Hospital in Royapuram on Sunday evening after the suspect offered to help the infant’s mother arrange an autorickshaw to return home.Police later traced the baby to a house in Pulianthope and arrested a woman — in connection with the case.Geetha,…
Chennai: A teacher died, while his woman colleague and four students suffered injuries as their car veered off a flyover near Kundrathur and fell into a 30ft deep ditch on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Prabhakar, 44, a teacher at the Pazhaverkadu Govt Higher Secondary School and resident of NGO Colony, Ponneri, Tiruvallur district….
