HC: No leniency to killer drivers
Holding that if any indulgence is shown to drivers who commit accidents, killing passengers or others, it will send the wrong signal to other rash drivers, the Madras high court has upheld the dismiss
State takes over samadhis, brindavans
The state government has proposed to bring samadhis and brindavans which have risen to the stature of religious places of worship under the control of the Hindu religious and charitable endowment dep
Speaker decision final, asserts Jayalalithaa
The Assembly Speaker has the discretion to decide on expunging remarks by members in the House and his decision is final, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa said and advised members to read the Assembly r
Karuna happy about Raja bail
DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday expressed happiness over the release of former Union telecom minister A. Raja, prime accused in 2G-spectrum scam, on bail.
“All in DMK support Raja,” Mr Karun
Karaikal port to start passenger service
Soon, you can sail to Karaikal to have a darshan of Lord Saturn at Tirunallar temple. The Karaikal port has been given in-principle approval by the ministry of home affairs for setting up immigration
IPS officer's ex-girlfriend alleges threat calls
The ongoing tussle between trainee IPS officer Varun Kumar and Priya Darshini, who claims that he had promised to marry her, took a fresh turn on Tuesday with the woman telling police that she had sta
Mad rush for medical forms
Chaos ruled the first day of the sale of application forms for MBBS and BDS courses in the state on Tuesday, as the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) did not expect the large crowds with the form
2 more from Tamil Nadu die in Nepal crash
Two more Tamils — Udhayagiri Gopi, 60, and his wife G. Swarnalakshmi, 52, from Chennai — were among the 15 Indians killed in the plane crash at Pokhara, Nepal, on Monday, bringing to four the number o
‘Unreserved’ token system to take off
The GRPF is toying with the idea of introducing a token system for passengers to occupy seats in unreserved railway compartments.
The idea has germinated from the office of Railways ADGP in the wake
Call to withdraw rule of 25 pc reservation in private schools
Educational experts and activists have urged the Union human resource development ministry to withdraw the 86th Constitutional Amendment providing free education in private schools to 25 per cent stud