MLA blamed for bar attack
The owner of a bar that was ransacked by a gang that later murdered an innocent bystander on the way out, in Velachery Tuesday evening, has blamed the local AIADMK MLA, M.K. Ashok, for the attack.
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Visually challenged protesters detained
Police on Thursday detained more than 200 visually-challenged people, including 100 women, who were staging a demonstration near Valluvar kottam in Nungambakkam to press for an appointment with the
Save wilting Samba crop: CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa in the meeting with her Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar on Thursday highlighted the plight of farmers. She said, “The present storage of Mettur reservoir is
CMs who shaped TN
Policies, their formulation and implementation are the critical aperture through which modern states have evolved and reified. Though the policies are politically defined and ideologically loaded, the
Power cuts will end by June, says min
Electricity minister Natham R. Viswanathan on Wednesday said power cuts in TN would come to an end by June next year after the commissioning of the ongoing power projects.
“We will get additional
Plastics abound despite
Though plastic bags of less than 40-micron thickness are banned and awareness programmes are on across the city, the sale of plastic carry bags is visible in almost all commercial hubs of Chennai.
Steps to save elephants from mahout cruelty
Concerned over certain instances of the temple elephants being put to hardship by some mahouts, the state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR & CE) department has directed the officials to in
Water-starved TN hopes talks will resolve crisis
The CMs of the two states that take a lion’s share of the waters of the Cauvery river are going to meet after a gap of 14 years, The CMs of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will sit for bilateral talks on the
How Karunanidhi got his mojo back
Ending suspense over its stand on FDI in retail sector, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday said his party would vote in favour of the UPA government in Parliament with ‘bitterness’ about
Bystander techie killed in bar brawl
A 42-year-old software engineer, who was standing near a liquor shop, was killed when two groups clashed over running a bar near the Tasmac liquor vending outlet in Chennai.
The deceased was i