Sachin Tendulkar, Rafa my heroes says Badrinath
When S. Badrinath was picked by Chennai Super Kings in 2008, even his most ardent supporter would not have given him a chance to be the batting mainstay of CSK.
From a solid middle order batsman who
State unveils massive tourism plans
The state government on Wednesday unveiled massive plans to promote tourism in a big way including formation of a land bank for projects and setting up of a Tourism Investment Guidance Bureau to trigg
Oz, NZ war heroes remembered in Chennai
At dawn on Wednesday, the Madras war cemetery, where the remains of 14 Australians and five New Zealanders are buried, witnessed a poignant scene when all top diplomats from Australia, New Zealand, Br
Mob beats up ‘suspect’, cops let him walk away
Members of the public in Selaiyur caught a man from West Bengal who was found moving suspiciously and had scaled the compound wall of a house on Tuesday night but it took the police nearly two hours t
Family of man killed in custody gets Rs 10 L
The Madurai bench of Madras High Court has ordered the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh to the family of a man who died in police custody at Manapparai in 2000.
Passing the order Monday on a writ p
I’m losing confidence, says Asha
“I lose confidence as the deadline is drawing to a close,” an anguished Asha Alex, wife of the abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, said on Monday night.
Asha, fighting for the release
Centre against me, neglecting TN: Jayalalithaa
Frustrated by the continued cold treatment by the Centre to her several requests for help in various fields, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa charged the UPA government on Tuesday for neglecting Tamil N
Poor sales on Akshaya Tritiya; traders upset
Bullion traders were upset because of ‘poor business’ despite the maddening rush at the jewellery retail stores in the city on Akshaya Tritiya day on Tuesday.
“Last year, I sold 58 kg of gold on Aksh
Indian rocket being fuelled for Risat-1 launch
With 5.47 a.m. on Thursday set for the blast-off of the Indian rocket carrying a remote sensing/earth observation satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - into space, the Indian space agency is
I’m losing confidence, says Asha
“I lose confidence as the deadline is drawing to a close,” an anguished Asha Alex, wife of the abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, said on Monday night.
Asha, fighting for the release