TN parties angry over MoD stand on Lankan personnel
Minister of state for defence Pallam Raju’s statement that India would continue to train Sri Lankan Army officers in the interests of friendly relations with the neighbouring country has triggered a n
Michelle Catherina gains confidence boost
Chennai girl P. Michelle Catherina has just returned home from New Delhi after winning the national women’s challengers chess championship.
The champion doesn’t have much time to savour her triumph
Dead baby eaten by rats at Chennai hospital
Relatives of an 11-day-old girl that died in an incubator at the Kasturba Gandhi government hospital here gheraoed the maternity ward on Monday, after the dead infant’s face was eaten by bandicoots at
Karuna accuses Centre of hurting TN's sentiments
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday accused the Centre of hurting the sentiments of Tamil Nadu as it took strong exception to Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju's comments that India would continu
‘Districts need astro-turfs’
N. Lenin, the coach of Khaja Mian HSS (Tiruchy) was in high spirits in the wake of his team’s clinical dismantling of an out-of-depth Christu Raja HSS (Tirunelveli) in the final of the A.S. Vedanayaga
TNPSC readies foolproof system
Following the recent Group–II paper leak racket, the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) has decided to evolve a foolproof system that will eliminate such incidents in the future.
“Due to t
India gets stick for ignoring hockey
The Indian hockey team’s pathetic performance at the London Olympics was symbolic of the national game’s pitiful state in the country.
With power-hungry administrators divided into two groups for th
Monorail cell to get experts soon
With the bidding process nearing completion for the monorail scheme for Chennai city, the nodal agency for the project, MTC, has now set the ball in motion to recruit experts for the monorail cell, on
Trustee promises tastier Tirupati prasadam
“Of late, the quality and taste of prasadams such as pongal, sweet pongal and puliyodarai, served to devotees at Tirupati, has deteriorated and steps will be taken up to improve the situation,” newly-
Chennai siblings Vaishali and Prag create waves in chess
A. Rameshbabu’s children Vaishali and Prag Gnanandhaa are giving him sleepless nights. Vaishali, 11, and Prag, 7, are so good at chess that they keep winning titles at state, national and internationa