Chennai : Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth on Monday said if the opposition parties feel BJP is dangerous, then it must be so. He told reporters that the demonetisation implementation was wrong. Answering a reporter’s query whether the BJP is a dangerous party, Rajinikanth said if the opposition parties are thinking the BJP is a dangerous party, then […]
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India to launch GSAT-29 communication satellite on Wednesday
Chennai : Subject to weather conditions, India’s heavy-lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III) is set to put into orbit the communication satellite GSAT-29 tentatively on Wednesday, the Indian space agency said. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it will be the second developmental flight of GSLV-Mk III rocket with a rated […]
TN celebrates Diwali, several booked for violating cracker norms
Chennai : People in Tamil Nadu celebrated Diwali with traditional fervour, starting off with special sesame oil bath, wearing new clothes and bursting fire crackers, while police registered cases against several of those who violated the cracker bursting time slot ordered by the government. Unlike previous years though the sound of the bursting of firecrackers was […]
Madras HC restrains sale of medicines by online pharmacies
Chennai : The Madras High Court, in an interim injunction order on Wednesday, restrained sale of medicines by online pharmacies. The court passed the order on a plea by the Tamil Nadu Chemists and Druggists Association. Posting the matter for the second week of November, the court also directed the central government to file its […]
India’s first engine-less train unveiled
Chennai : The Rs 100-crore indigenously developed high-tech, energy-efficient, self-propelled or engineless train was flagged off by Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani here on Monday. Soon after Lohani waved the green flag, the white-coloured train with a dash of blue moved few yards in the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) amid the beating of drums in […]
Rahul not projected as PM candidate: Chidambaram
Chennai : Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram has said the party has not declared its President Rah Sul Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “Congress has not officially said Rahul Gandhi is its Prime Ministerial candidate,” he said in an interview to News18 Tamil TV channel. The former Union […]
Rajini welcomes SC verdict on Sabarimala, but says respect tradition
Chennai : Tamil cinema superstar Rajinikanth on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala, but cautioned against interfering with the traditions of temples. He said that every temple had some traditions, and it was better not to interfere with those traditions. However, he was quick to hail the September 28 Supreme Court verdict that […]
Amritsar train tragedy similar to Thalaserry’s in 1986
Chennai : Friday’s Amritsar’s train tragedy is similar to the one that happened in 1986 in Kerala’s Thalaserry, where an Express train ran through revellers, leaving several dead and injured in its trail, recalled a senior journalist here on Saturday. “I was 20 and working in a private company. The rail track was at a […]
Air India Express plane may have overshot runway before takeoff
Chennai : The Dubai-bound Air India Express Boeing plane seems to have overshot the normal take-off point as tyre marks have been found between the end of the runway and the compound wall of the Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu, officials said on Sunday. The airport officials also said that the accident investigation team was […]
‘Miraculous escape for Air India passengers’
Chennai : It was nothing short of a providential escape for all 130 passengers and six crew members on board an Air India Express flight to Dubai early on Friday when the aircraft’s wheel hit an airport wall in Trichy during take-off, an experienced flight navigator said. The flight, while taking off at 1.20 a.m. […]