Chennai | Superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday announced that he won’t contest the coming Lok Sabha battle and that his target was only the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Rajinikanth said in a statement here that the water crisis was a major issue faced by the people of Tamil Nadu and he urged them to vote for […]
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Hours before attack, slain CRPF trooper asked wife to give medication to father
Chennai : Hours before he was killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, 28-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper G. Subramanian had asked his wife to provide medication for his father’s eyes. “On Thursday, he spoke to his wife Krishnaveni on phone. He told her he was proceeding to Srinagar. […]
TN CM announces Rs 20 lakh each to kin of two CRPF troopers
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palanisami on Friday condoled the death of 45 CRPF troopers in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and announced a solatium of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of two troopers from the state who died. He expressed his grief at the death of the two […]
Earthquake in sea, mild tremors felt in Chennai
Chennai | Some parts of Chennai felt mild tremors on Tuesday morning due to an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale in the Bay of Bengal, about 600 km east-northeast of here, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). According to an IMD official, the earthquake happened at 7.02 a.m. in the sea at a […]
Madras HC refuses to restrain Jaya death probe panel
Chennai : The Madras High Court on Monday declined to restrain Justice A. Arumugaswamy Commission from probing the adequacy or correctness of the treatment given to late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at the hospital. The court was hearing the petition filed by Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd to restrain the probe panel from investigating the adequacy […]
Jayalalithaa death probe panel going beyond brief, Apollo tells Madras HC
Chennai : Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd has approached the Madras High Court to restrain the Justice A. Arumugaswamy Commission from probing into the adequacy or correctness of the treatment given to late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at the hospital. Jayalalithaa was in Apollo Hospitals here for 75 days in 2016 before she died there due […]
Kamal Hassan’s MNM to contest alone in Lok Sabha polls
Chennai | Changing gears, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) floated by actor Kamal Hassan will not align with Dravidian parties in the Lok Sabha polls, he said. Speaking to reporters in Coimbatore, about 500 km from here, Kamal Hassan said his party will contest all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu. He said by […]
M.Tech, B.Tech, post-graduates fight for sweeper’s job in TN Assembly
Chennai | Believe it or not, persons with professional qualifications such as M.Tech, B.Tech and MBA, post graduates as well as graduates are in the race to bag the work of sweepers and sanitary workers in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretariat. Many Diploma holders too are fighting it out for the posts of sweeper (10 […]
Centre dismisses two PNB Executive Directors for lapses in Rs 13,500 crore fraud
Chennai | The Central government has removed two Punjab National Bank (PNB) Executive Directors — Sanjiv Sharan and K.Veera Brahmaji Rao — for the lapses in the Rs 13,500 crore fraud allegedly perpetrated by absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi. The PNB has intimated the action to the stock exchanges on Friday. “We welcome the Central government’s […]
Kamal Haasan welcomes Prakash’s entry into politics
Chennai : Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Sunday wished “good luck” to actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj for foraying into politics. “Wishing my friend Mr. Prakash Raj all the very best in his political journey. Thanks for walking the talk,” tweeted Haasan, the chief of Makkal Needhi Maiam party. A few days ago Prakash, who has been critical […]