Officials crack down on quality of tanker water
As part of the intensified drive to prevent the outbreak of water borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea in the city, a team of officials from the Chennai corporation together with food safety d
Captain Vijayakanth goes on Korea jaunt
Did he choose to keep a low profile or did his personal interest precede party welfare? Call it what you want, DMDK chief and leader of the opposition Vijayakanth’s ways are always different.
The ac
President cautions on judicial activism
Sounding a note of caution on judicial activism, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said judicial pronouncements must respect the boundaries that separate the legislature, executive and judiciary.
Young long jumper aims high
For K. Prem Kumar, 19 from Thanjavur, nothing is more important than long jumps which he practices every day.
Sleeping on a mat in a small room with five others is not a deterrent for this youth who
Trees uprooted as rains lash Chennai
Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds on Friday night brought down nine trees and branches in the city. With this in the last week alone, the city has lost over 40 trees in rain-related damage.
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National bike racing: Super Sarath makes memorable return
Sarath Kumar enjoyed a memorable return to domestic circuit as he won a thrilling race in the third round of the Sidvin-FMSCI national bike racing championship here at the Irungattukottai track on Sat
Mighty BPCL blank IOB
Brushing aside any misplaced notions of complacency creeping in their game following their rather subdued effort against also-rans Punjab National Bank in the opening fixture, BPCL responded in a mann
Rangoli portrait of Yesudas aims at entering Limca Book of Records
The All India Malayali Association has made a 12,000 sq. feet rangoli portrait of K.J. Yesudas on the eve of the Mathruvandanam programme at St. Georges’ Anglo Indian School in Chennai on Saturday, wi
Oil tanker runs over teenager
A 16-year-old boy, Sathish, a Class 10 dropout from a fisherman's family, was on Friday run over by a tanker after he slipped from his cycle on the one-way road around Foreshore Estate near the Marina
HC upholds retired judge’s appointment
The Madras high court has upheld the appointment of Justice R. Regupathy, retired judge of the court, as president of the Tamil Nadu Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
A division bench of Justic