Expert sees India-US interest in Indian Ocean
Representational image Chennai: India and US share common interest in the Indian Ocean and the two countries can co-operate directly, Dr Peter Dutton, Director of China Maritime Institute, US Naval W...
Category Archives: Tamil Nadu
Jayalalithaa nod to build 23,476 houses through TN slum clearance boar...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Chennai: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has accorded permission for the construction of 23,476 tenements besides individual houses through the Tamil Nadu Slum...
Rebels allege scam in DMDK trust
Former DMDK leader V.C. Chandrakumar addresses the press in Salem on Wednesday. Salem: As the Captain’s party boat rocks in Tamil Nadu, rebel DMDK functionaries have alleged Rs 500 crore irregulariti...
Chennai roads relaid overnight without milling
Rules prescribed in Town and Country Planning Act and in IRC make milling a mandatory requirement Chennai: Residents and civic activists, get ready for a surprise. Your ward councilor is likely to pl...
Chennai charms among 29 destinations as tourists give TN thumbs up
On an average the length of stay for a tourist in TN is five days for Indian and a week for a foreigner, as per a FICCI report. Chennai: With 3.66 crore visitors to Tamil Nadu and counting, Chennai h...
37,000 child dropouts in Tamil Nadu in June: Survey
In Chennai district also, the number is slightly high. In Royapuram zone alone, more than 400 children are out of schools. Chennai: A Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) survey finds 37,488 children out of sc...
Attack on family: Locals demand dismissal of 3 cops; RDO inquiry begin...
Few organisations have also raised a demand for booking the policemen under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act since the victims belong to Dalit community. TIRUVANNAMALAI: Clamour for dismissal and...
RPF short of staff: Chief security commissioner
The strength of RPF at stations is based on the number of footfalls, vulnerability and past criminal incidents. Chennai: With RPF facing resource constraints, that are minimal compared to previous ye...
Egmore station to get comprehensive three-tier security system
Egmore railway station. Chennai: In a bid to improve security provisions at Chennai Egmore station that gets over one lakh footfalls per day, officials are gearing up to emulate the Chennai Central&#...
14-year-old girl sold off to 46-year-old man in Krishnagiri
The tale of Muniamma exposes the deep-rooted scourge of child marriages and poverty in the remote hamlets in Krishnagiri district. KRISHNAGIRI: In yet another shocking case of child marriage in Krish...