The Tirukoilur police have registered a case and are investigating the circumstances of the accidental fall. KALLAKURICHI: A 65-year-old man and his son died after they slipped into a 90-foot farm well while fixing an electric motor pump to drain water at a village near Tirukoilur in Kallakurichi district. The deceased were identified as Ayyannar,…
While some posed for photos with him, a tourist insisted that he repeat the ‘over’ gesture he made after seat-sharing talks with Congress at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam on March 4. Stalin responded positively. CHENNAI: After days of hectic election work, chief minister M K Stalin took a break, arriving in Kodaikanal on Saturday with…
Chennai: Madras high court has refused to direct National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai, to expeditiously dispose of an application moved by Sivaganga MP Karti P Chidambaram to free his personal salary account that was frozen by the serious fraud investigation office (SFIO).A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice K Surender passed…
Chennai: A 27-year-old man was arrested for strangling his father to death following a quarrel at their house in Vandalur on Wednesday night. The deceased, Perumal, 51, was a roadside vendor from Otteri in Vandalur. Police said that his son Ajith Kumar had returned home inebriated at around 11pm. When an argument broke out between…
Chennai: Madras high court has dismissed a plea moved by the father of Ramkumar, sole accused in the 2016 Swathi murder case, to quash the closure order of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the alleged custodial death of his son in Puzhal Central Prison. Ramkumar allegedly died by suicide by biting a live…
Chennai: For three years, the enclosure at Arignar Anna Zoological Park housed a solitary presence — a male Indian wild ass that had outlived its companions. Visitors passed by, often unaware that the animal’s quiet pacing marked a longer story of loss and waiting. That stretch of isolation has now ended. Earlier this month, zoo…
Chennai: As Election Commission of India eased the model code of conduct (MCC) in TN, bringing an end to vehicle checks by flying squads, the security personnel tightened sharply elsewhere — inside strong rooms where electronic voting machines were sealed and guarded for the counting day.ECI moved 1,60,418 ballot units, 75,064 control units and an…
Chennai: Officials last month excused themselves from attending to dug-up roads, stalled flyover works and missing links in drains, on account of “poll work”. One day after voting, civic agencies are yet to recover from the hangover of the election.None of the civic contractors were seen at work at key junctions such as Anna Nagar…
Chennai: After many struggled to leave the city to cast votes, the transport department on Friday announced 14,508 buses, including special services, to help passengers return to Chennai and travel to other towns over the weekend. This was 4,339 services in addition to the 10,169 buses operated for the outbound rush between April 21 and…
Chennai: Income tax (I-T) department has informed Madras high court that a suo motu verification of all election affidavits filed by candidates will commence once election results are announced as per the SOP.“The investigation directorate is accorded 150 days from the date of initiation to complete the entire verification,” said senior standing counsel for the…
