CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthilbalaji appeared before the Triplicane police in Chennai on Saturday in compliance with bail conditions in the TVK MLA horse-trading case. He and his brother, Ashok Kumar, signed the station register and were questioned for about two hours before leaving. After the inquiry, Senthilbalaji criticised the state govt, accusing…
COIMBATORE: Renovation work on the Salaiyur check dam across the Kousika river in Coimbatore district began on Saturday morning. The project is being undertaken by Kousika Neerkarangal, an NGO, with financial support of the Rotary Club of Coimbatore United.The Salaiyur check dam, located in Annur taluk and spread across nearly 10 acres of land under…
CHENNAI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to address the concerns of students and added that students deserved his apology, not forgiveness.“India’s students do not need his forgiveness. They are owed his apology,” Rahul said, reacting to the Prime Minister’s reported remarks on “forgiving” students for their alleged…
3 antique idols worth ₹7 crore seized in Cuddalore, 5 arrested by idol wing Cuddalore: The Idol Wing CID of the Tamil Nadu police foiled an illegal idol smuggling attempt near Sethiathope in Cuddalore district, arresting five individuals and recovering three antique metal idols valued at approximately ₹7 crore.Acting on specific confidential information received by…
Chennai: Aptus Value Housing Finance on Friday reported a 19% growth in net profit at Rs 261 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, against Rs 219 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Its net income margin grew by 19% to Rs 441 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 370 crore during the…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has appointed eight additional advocates-general and 83 other law officers to represent the state in the principal and Madurai benches of Madras high court.Senior advocates P V Balasubramaniam, T Gowtham, advocates B Saravanan, A Abdul Hameed, J Barathan, S Arjun Suresh, S Kumaresan, and Kavitha Nithyanandhan have been appointed as additional…
Chennai: A woman who was seven months pregnant succumbed to injuries after a two-wheeler accident near Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district.Amudha, 24, a resident of Kaveripakkam in Ranipet district, who was pregnant with her third child, was travelling on a two-wheeler with her husband, Sathish, 33 and two daughters, to her parents’ house in Narasamangalam village…
Chennai: The Centre has said that the Terms of Reference (ToR) for Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu reservoir project would be issued only after receiving clearance from the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and final approval from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).Union of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh told the Rajya…
Chennai: An elderly woman, 68, and her unmarried 42-year-old son, were murdered at their Anna Nagar East home on Friday, by the woman’s two other sons and family membersHours after the double murder over a property dispute, a total of five people — the murdered woman’s eldest son, Abrar Ahmed, 50, his wife Fousiya Asma,…
Sub-inspector Prakash walked through a maze of lanes and bylanes in Otteri last week searching for Munniyan, a ganja peddler. He had passed the suspect, but returned empty-handed. Reason: Munniyan tonsured his head and changed his appearance to escape the officer’s eye.A week later, police returned to the locality carrying a smartphone with IDENTIX app….
