Sonia crossed a number of road-blocks “tactfully”, says Karuna
Holding that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had crossed a number of road-blocks “tactfully”, DMK president M. Karunanidhi today said the “nation looks up” to her to provide a secular and stable government at the Centre.
Pandemic from animals live threat: Doc
Doctors say the risk of the world’s next pandemic originating from animals is very high. Elaborating on it, infectious diseases expert, Dr Chandra Mohan, says that while there is a lot of focus on swi
Chennai can expect little rain in December
The city may get very minor relief by way of rains this week and next week with weather sites predicting a couple of centimetres or so of rainfall from Monday/ Tuesday.
But all hopes of a copious no
22,000 Olive Ridleys released into sea
Tree Foundation’s Sea Turtle Protection Force (STPF) has released more than 22,000 Olive Ridley hatchlings (baby turtles) into the sea in just this year.
A group of fisherfolk volunteers have helped
Tamil Tyagaiyya deserves more recognition
Papanasam Sivan, born Ramaiya in 1890 at Polakam village of Thanjavur district, had a spark of genius in him as he composed and sang his first song Unnai Thudhikka Arul Thaa in Kuntala Varali raga and
Residents flay civic body’s apathy
Residents of Pattinampkkam-lighthouse link road accuse Chennai corporation of indifference to their civic problems.
Moreover, residents believe that their economic vulnerability is taken as a reaso
Not enough signboards for Chennai Central buses
Dearth of signboards at the Central station and the Government General Hospital (GH) bus stand causes a lot of inconvenience to those who visit Chennai as they are forced to waste a lot of time looki
‘Zoonotic diseases cause of concern’
Doctors say the risk of the world’s next pandemic originating from animals is very high.
Ismail Ssenyange of Uganda wins Wipro Chennai Marathon 2012
Ismail Ssenyange of Uganda won the Wipro Chennai Marathon 2012, which saw over 5500 persons participating in the 42-km run today.
Ssenyange, clocked 2 hours, 36 minutes and 22 seconds to cross the di
Six Madras IITians bag $150K offer
Saturday was a day of joy for the faculty and students of IIT Madras as six final-year B.Tech (computer science) students - Aparna Krishnan, Pradeep Kumar, Madhavi Y, Sujith Gokul, Saheel Ram and Niti