More than 600 Jains, including 150 from other states, fasted for eight days at YMCA, Royapettah till Friday to commemorate the 112th birth anniversary of Anand Rishiji Maharaj, the second Pattadhar Ac

The city corporation inaugurated a multi specialty hospital last month at posh Alwarpet, in south Chennai with much fanfare, but much to the dismay of the local residents, the hospital is yet to be th

Governor and chancellor of state-run universities, Mr K. Rosaiah has increased the retirement age of vice-chancellors in nine universities from the present 65 to 70 years.

According to the ordinance

The Tasmac shop on the arterial G.A Road in Old Washermanpet has become a haven for drunks who often pick up quarrels and disturb others. Over 5,000 students have to pass by the shop daily to reach lo

Thursday’s presidential elections witnessed brisk polling at the committee hall of the Assembly with 197 MLAs, including chief minister Jayalalithaa, DMK chief Mr Karunanidhi, and the 15 MPs casting t

Going by the numbers, P.A. Sangma is sure to lose in the Presidential poll notwithstanding his faith in ‘tribal’ magic but his main sponsor J. Jayalalithaa has won substantial political ground in pur

DMK MPs on Thursday demanded a joint investigation by India and UAE into the firing on fishermen by a US Navy ship that resulted in the death of one of them besides providing interim compensation to t

The Chief Wildlife Warden (WWW) of Tamil Nadu urged the public not to buy any wildlife products on Thursday. “This would greatly encourage poaching,” said CWW Rakesh Vasisht while inaugurating a coast

The city police arrested two persons in connection with a forgery in which the prime accused had forged the chief minister’s signature in a recommendation letter for the transfer of a woman teacher fr

A sessions judge on Thursday convicted and sentenced a member of Tamil Pasarai to life for planting a bomb at the venue of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in 1990, which then Prime Mini