The Tamil Nadu government is pushing for a new central policy to promote offshore wind energy.

The state, which stands to benefit the most by any development on the wind energy front, is keenly awai

Women councillors of the Chennai corporation are now flexing their muscles, literally, through their family members. At least two incidents of family members of AIADMK councillors beating up corporati

The city corporation, which has been waging a losing battle against solid waste management, has planned to revise the annual waste collection charges by seven times for marriage halls, community centr

Chennaiites can hope for fewer mosquito bites and less stink emanating from Cooum river in the years to come. But, for that to happen, the state local administration ministry should keep a close watch

Road users on the busy Vadapalani-Koyambedu stretch had a miraculous escape on Thursday evening after huge iron scaffolding erected to support an arm of a concrete pillar collapsed.

It was fortunate

A 74-year-old man who raped three minor girls and forced them to watch porn was slapped with ten years RI by the Mahila court here.

The victims had told the investigators that Somasundaram abused th

The burglar who returned gold stolen from a doctor’s house in Kotturpuram returned only half of the loot.
“We lost 70 sovereigns last Friday. We received only 35 on Wednesday,” the family said on Thur

A day after her violent death, six-year-old Shruthi has become a symbol of public outrage. Several hundreds of people — a few who personally knew the little girl’s family and hundreds of others; stran

Of the 302 gold medals to be awarded in 26 sports at the London Games, none has more lustre than the one that will adorn the neck of the men’s 100m champion. No event is more gripping on the Olympic p

Government on Friday said the spectre of drought over a few states and the likelihood of a lower rainfall pattern in 2012 should not be a concern for a 'panicky situation,' as it is geared up to face the situation with enough stocks of foodgrains and sugar.