Chennai (2 Min Read): The very severe cyclonic storm Nivar, expected to cross the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts around midnight, currently lay centred at 80 km from Cuddalore, 85 km from Puducherry and 160 km from Chennai, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. According to the IMD, Nivar is expected to cross Tamil Nadu […]
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Depression intensifies into cyclone Nivar, to cross TN, Puducherry coast on Wednesday
Chennai: A deep depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm Nivar and lay centred about 410 km East-southeast of Puducherry and 450 km southeast of Chennai, said the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday. According to the weather department, over the next 24 hours it is likely to intensify further into severe cyclonic […]
Special prayers in this Tamil Nadu village for Kamala Harris’ victory
Chennai: Special prayers were held at a temple in Tamil Nadu for the victory of Indian-origin Kamala Harris, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, in the US presidential election on Tuesday. The prayers were held at the Sri Dharmasastha Temple in Thulasendrapuram village, which according to reports, was where Harris’ maternal grandfather P.V. Gopalan […]
TN Agriculture Minister Doraikkannu dies of Covid-19
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Doraikkannu, a Covid-19 patient, died on Saturday late night, said a senior official of Kauvery Hospital. “With deep grief, we announce the sad demise of the Honourable Minister for Agriculture, Thiru R.Doraikkannu on 31.10.2020 at 11.15 p.m.,” said Aravindan Selvaraj, Executive Director in a statement issued here. Earlier on Saturday, […]
Chennai Police registers case against retired Justice CS Karnan
Chennai: The Cyber Crime Wing of Chennai police has registered a case against the retired High Court Justice C.S. Karnan, said his lawyer. “The Cyber Crime Wing has booked a case against retired Justice Karnan after 10 women lawyers wrote to the Chief Justice of India against him and the apex court’s asking the advocates to […]
CBI files chargesheet against 9 for custodial death of father-son in TN
Chennai/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against nine then officials of the Tamil Nadu Police in connection with two cases it registered over the custodial deaths of father-son duo P. Jeyaraj and J. Benniks. A CBI spokesperson R.K. Gaur said in Delhi that the agency filed the chargesheet against […]
Customs seize 3,440 psychotropic drug tablets on way to US
Chennai: Acting on a tip off, Chennai Air Customs seized 3,440 tablets of psychotropic drugs being sent to the US from the Foreign Post Office here and arrested one person in this connection. In a statement on Tuesday, the Customs said it intercepted some postal parcels suspected to contain psychotropic drugs destined to the US at […]
Chennai hospital performs Asia’s 1st lung transplant on Covid positive male patient
Chennai: Severely damaged lungs of a 48-year-old Coronavirus positive male patient were successfully replaced by doctors at a Chennai hospital who carried out a critical bilateral lung transplant, the private hospital said. This is Asia’s first known lung transplant on a Covid-19 positive patient and the second lung transplant in the hospital since the lockdown […]
Congress MP Vasanthakumar dies of Covid-19
Chennai: Congress MP from Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari H. Vasanthakumar died here on Friday evening due to Covid-19, officials said. He was 70. Vasanthakumar, who was also the promoter of Vasanth & Co consumer durable retail chain, was admitted in Apollo Hospital here sometime back after testing positive for coronavirus. He was the younger brother of […]
Coimbatore police busts secret room sex racket, rescues woman
Chennai: Police in Coimbatore were in for a surprise when they raided the Saranya Lodge near Mettupalayam. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the lodge on Wednesday night. Akin to a movie where a secret chamber is present behind a picture, they found a small room behind a mirror inside one the rooms and […]