Odisha gang held for kidnapping student
Police arrested Friday six persons for abducting an engineering student and beating him up. Sagar Sowthana, 24, Sriram Thoothu, 22, Karan Prasanna, 22, Sunil, 22, Thanmai Ranjan, 23, Suraj, 22 and Pra
1 dies as lorry rams into bike
A person was killed and another injured after they were knocked down by a speeding tipper at Marina beach early this morning. While the two-wheeler driver sustained serious head injuries, the pillion
Igniting minds of jailbirds
Maria Selvi Dasan has been visiting the Coimbatore central prison for the last 12 years. She meets a large group of her ‘family’ there every week and prays for their well-being.
Surprised? She visit
Clogged drains mark Ambattur
On Saturday, it was the turn of Ambattur residents and Left parties to protest against the city corporation and state heath department for clogged drains and cholera scare.
The demonstrators raised
HC clears metro water land takeover
The Madras high court has upheld the proceedings of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB), to take over the land belonging to a woman for the purpose of road widening and l
Differently abled couples wait for TN wedding gifts
Physically-challenged S. Sivakumar, 38, who runs a small stationery shop in Virudhunagar, has not given up hope on his petition to the government for the Rs 10,000 special gift that he should have rec
7 complaints against councillors
In the past six months, more than seven cases of councillors attacking corporation staff and contractors have been recorded.
The contractors also recently submitted a petition to the corporation top
Questions raised after terminal trial run
With Planning Commission keen on privatising the Chennai airport, it looks like the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is rushing towards commissioning of the new terminals at the city airport.
While
Champ ready to make waves
While girls her age flaunt their jewellery and dresses and gear up to attend weddings and family functions, 14-year-old A.V. Jayaveena toils hard at a swimming pool.
The little girl, sporting short
Civic body to revamp grievance redressal system
With corporation’s public grievance redressal system in the news for the wrong reasons, Chennai corporation is planning to go in for a major revamp of the system.
If sources are to be believed, the