Chennai: A notice by the Indian embassy in Washington issued to a techie born in Sri Lanka, but illegally holding an Indian passport and residing in the US, was stayed by Madras high court on July 8.Justice Mohammed Shaffiq granted the interim relief to S Vivek Saravanamuthu from Chennai considering his submission that if the…
Villupuram: The Auroville police have busted a drug syndicate, seizing 35g of methamphetamine valued at about ₹1 lakh and arresting six people in connection with the racket, which stretches across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karnataka.A team from Auroville police station, acting on a tip-off regarding illicit drug consumption near Kuyilappalayam, raided a guesthouse, seized 10g…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday urged state govt to provide jobs to the family members of the 21 “social justice martyrs” who were shot dead during the 1987 vanniyar reservation agitation. The statement comes in the wake of chief minister C Joseph Vijay handing over govt appointment orders, including posts such as junior…
CHENNAI: Southern Railway has restored eight EMU services on the Chennai Beach–Tambaram–Chengalpet suburban corridor that were earlier scheduled to be cancelled on Sunday following a revision in the timing of engineering work.Railways said the line and power block in the Chennai Egmore–Villupuram section between Chennai Beach and Tambaram has been rescheduled from 11am to 3pm…
Chennai: TNCC president Manickam Tagore on Saturday backed VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan’s remarks on DMK and TVK coming together at the national level to jointly take on BJP.On his way to Coimbatore to console the families of students who died by suicide this year over NEET-related distress, Tagore told reporters at Chennai airport that Congress…
Thozhi, a hostel for working women set up by the previous Tamil Nadu govt Chennai: When I first arrived in Chennai from Jharkhand, I carried the usual anxieties of living away from home, whether I would fit in, whether the language barrier would make life difficult.There was also the immediate challenge of finding a place…
CHENNAI: At least 15 Indian tourists were killed after a speedboat carrying passengers capsized in Vietnam on Saturday.Sources said the tourist speedboat, carrying several Indian tourists and four crew members, capsized near Phu Quoc Island while it was returning to An Thoi Port.Nirmal Kumar from Palani, one of the survivors, said in an audio recording…
CHENNAI: Four workers were electrocuted and another was injured after they came in contact with a live wire while they were drilling a borewell near the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation petrol bunk on the East Coast Road in Mamallapuram on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Prabhu, 22, of Neikuppi village, Balaji, 33,…
CHENNAI: The National Medical Commission has approved a 50-seat increase in MBBS intake at two government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, raising capacity at each from 100 to 150 seats starting the 2026-27 academic year.The expansion at Government Medical College and Hospital in Namakkal and Government Medical College and Hospital in Tiruppur, will push the…
CHENNAI: The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has invited applications from eligible candidates for the appointment of non-hereditary trustees to 757 temples across Tamil Nadu under its administrative control.The recruitment drive covers 673 temples governed under Section 46(1) of the HR&CE Act and 84 temples under Section 46(2). The appointments are part of…
