Man held for drag racing, killing teen
Drag racing raised its head again on Sunday night killing a 12-year-old girl on Sardar Patel Road. The police arrested the bike racer for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Shylaja, riding p
Priest, city woman die in Nepal plane crash
A 35-year-old housewife Latha, from Chennai and L.S. Sudarsanam, a temple priest from Kumbakonam were among the 13 Indians killed, in the plane crash at Pokhara in Kathmandu in the Himalayan kingdom o
Vegetable prices soar
The prices of vegetables, which have shot up with the rise in the mercury levels, are expected to maintain the current high levels till July.
Prices of carrot, beetroot and cabbage have moved up, wh
MTC conductors under GPS scanner
Soon conductors of 3,500 MTC buses would be brought under GPS radar with the state government planning to fit GPS equipment in the hand-held ticket-issuing devices (e-ticketing) to be issued to them,
Man in hurry jumps off plane
Those who arrived by the Air India 906 flight from Dubai Monday morning faced some tense moments soon after touchdown as an anxious passenger jumped through the emergency exit even as the pilots were
TN pact with 5 auto majors to create 9,500 jobs
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa announced Monday her government had signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with five companies which would invest Rs 5,700 in the state to create direct employment for
Tamil Nadu writes to Centre on Coast Guard
Tamil Nadu has written to the director general (DG) of Indian Coast Guard seeking to probe the hitting of a country boat allegedly by a Coast Guard ship that killed a fisherman off Pamban coast on May
Third draw in a row at Moscow
After two quick draws, the world chess championship gained momentum with Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand playing an exiting third game at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow
DMK workers celebrate Raja's bail
DMK party workers in Perambalur on Tuesday burst crackers and distributed sweets after party MP and former telecom minister A. Raja was granted bail in the 2G spectrum case.
As news spread of his rel
Officials blame public for monkey menace
While residents of Kancheepuram and Sholingur demand action to check the monkey menace, local wildlife personnel blame the public for the problem.
The visitors and pilgrims, particularly to Kancheep