Rahul’s team feels voter pulse
It may be early, but the Congress party has seemingly entered into election mode already. Rahul Gandhi has deputed a four-member team to TN to assess the party’s prospects in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Pope names Antonysamy Madras archbishop
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop George Antonysamy, Apostolic nuncio to West African Countries, as the new Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore. He succeeds Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa,
11 TN convicts wait for mercy
As many as 11 convicts, including three involved in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination in 1991, are facing the gallows in Tamil Nadu prisons, but their petitions are pending with the President of India or
Maran, wife quit from Kal Airways board
Sun Group chief Kalanidhi Maran and his wife Kavery Kalanidhi have resigned from the board of Kal Airways, a promoter holding company of SpiceJet Ltd. The aviation company SpiceJet Ltd. that op
EVP park head held for woman’s death
E.V. Perumalsamy, chairman of the theme park EVP World where an airhostess was killed in an accident in October, was on Tuesday arrested by Chennai police at a private hospital.
The accused had been
Building debris blocks city roads
Building debris and abandoned vehicles continue to eat into Chennai’s road space. While the number of vehicles and the population density has been growing by 30 per cent in the past one decade, the ro
Zip through city on metro in a jiffy
Imagine traveling from high court to the airport for only Rs 40 in less than 15 minutes in an air-conditioned train. This will be possible once the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is commissioned.
Congress MLA wants Kanyakumari in Kerala
In a faux pas committed, while commenting on the appalling power scenario in TN during a protest demonstration organised by Makkal Nala Paniyalargal here last week, Congress MLA Vijayadharani
Foresters turn orderlies, do menial jobs for seniors
Foresters and anti poaching watchers who are trained in jungles under severe climatic conditions are often diverted for household work to serve the selfish ends of senior IFS officials. A section of f
Fans, activists train guns on Vijay’s Thuppakki
Indian National League on Monday submitted a petition to the home secretary seeking a ban on Vijay’s Deepavali Tamil blockbuster Thuppakki.
Agitated over the alleged poor portrayal of Muslim