Chennai: The Indian space agency on Tuesday reiterated that its moon lander Vikram has been located by the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. “#VikramLander has been located by the orbiter of #Chandrayaan2, but no communication with it yet,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted. “All possible efforts are being made to establish communication with lander,” ISRO said. […]
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Chennai techie finds flaw in Instagram again, wins $10,000
Chennai: Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability on the photo and video-sharing app. This time he has won $10,000 as part of the social network’s bug bounty programme. The new vulnerability that […]
High alert in Tamil Nadu after intelligence report says 6 LeT terrorists have infiltrated state – 1 min read
Chennai: Security has been tightened in Tamil Nadu following an intelligence alert that six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists have entered the state through Sri Lanka, the police said on Friday. The group comprises one Pakistani national and five from Sri Lanka, the police said. Speaking to mediapersons, Chennai Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan confirmed that an intelligence alert […]
Article 370 was of no use for India or Kashmir, its abrogation will end terrorism: Amit Shah
Chennai (1 MIN READ): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Central government decided to abrogate Article 370 of the Consitution, that accorded a special status to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), as it was of no use to the country or the state. Shah was speaking here after the release of “Listening, Learning and […]
Modi-Shah are like Krishna, Arjuna: Rajinikanth praises revocation of Article 370
Chennai (1 MIN READ): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are like Lord Krishna and Arjuna, said actor Rajinikanth here on Sunday. Congratulating Shah on his ‘Mission Kashmir’ (revocation of Article 370 which conferred special status on Jammu and Kashmir), Rajinikanth termed it as a ‘fantastic’ move. The actor said: “We don’t […]
Maldives ex-VP Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor sent back home
Chennai (1 Min Read): Former vice president of Maldives Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor, who secretly fled the Maldives on a tug boat to India, has been sent back home, Thoothukudi police said on Saturday. According to police, Adeeb was sent back in the tug boat Virgo 9 at 11.30 p.m. on Friday. Adeeb was detained near […]
Same sex couple ‘thrown out’ of Chennai hotel for causing ‘discomfort’
Chennai (3 MIN READ): Two women in their early twenties have alleged they were thrown out of a Chennai hotel on July 28 on the grounds of their behaviour that the hotel claimed had offended the sensibilities of other guests. The girls involved were Rasika Gopalakrishnan and Shivangi Singh. “My friend and I decided to go […]
Chennai doctors extract 526 teeth from 7-year-old’s mouth
Chennai (2 MIN READ): Doctors have extracted an astounding 526 teeth from the mouth of a seven-year-old boy in a rare surgery performed at the city’s Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, doctors said. Suffering from a rare case of “compound composite ondontome”, the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower […]
Madras HC orders relief to woman infected with HIV blood
Chennai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakh, provide a house and a job to a pregnant woman who was transfused with HIV-infected blood in a government hospital at Virudhunagar district. The court also ordered the government to provide free […]
Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon by August 20: ISRO
Chennai: India’s second moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 put into earth orbit on July 22, is scheduled to reach the Moon by August 20, the Indian space agency said on Wednesday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the first-earth bound orbit raising manoeuvre for Chandryaan-2 was successfully performed on Wednesday afternoon by firing the onboard […]