CM urges Centre to expedite assistance
Thanking the Home Minister for the assistance rendered by the Central agencies, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa indicated that her government would submit its detailed memorandum on flood damage to the...
View ArticleDowry: what the data says and what it doesn’t
Last week, a Bench of the Supreme Court instructed the country’s police to not make automatic arrests in dowry harassment cases without first ascertaining viability. “The fact that Section 498-A is a...
View ArticleWearing their pride on their sleeves
The road in front of Town Hall became a large stage, with people flaunting their rainbow colours and supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. Donning colourful...
View ArticleMumbai jewellers held for faking diamond heist for travel insurance in Madhya...
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government railway police (GRP) have arrested four people including two Mumbai based jewellers for faking a diamond heist to claim travel insurance. The accused have been...
View ArticleBAI chief seeks meeting with TN Chief Minister
The president of the Badminton Association of India, Akhilesh Das Gupta, has sought an appointment with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to extend an invitation as well as discuss the...
View ArticleAIADMK core team gets bigger
With the Assembly elections five months away, AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced an “expanded list” of office-bearers for the party headquarters. As the party...
View ArticlePeter Mukherjea sent to three-day CBI custody
Mumbai, Nov. 20 (ANI): A Mumbai Esplanade court on Friday sent former Star TV CEO Peter Mukherjea, who has been charged with murder and criminal conspiracy in connection with Sheena...
View ArticleHeavy rains continue in TN; toll rises to 122
Several parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry continued to receive rains on Sunday and the Met office warned that more rains are expected in the next 24 hours as the trough of low pressure in...
View ArticleIndia is in every Indian, says prime minister
Kuala Lumpur: Vanakkam! is how Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Indian diaspora here as he set the tone for an address that was steeped in Tamil...
View ArticleGreenpeace India's shutdown 'temporarily halted'
An Indian court has put on hold an order cancelling Greenpeace India's registration to operate in the country. The court ruled the group could continue operating until there is clarity on accusations...
View ArticleCourt issues summons to Vadivelu
A local court on Friday issued summons to comedian Vadivelu for his alleged defamatory statement against the Nadigar Sangam during a press meet held at Madurai. The summons was issued by Judicial...
View ArticleDrunk man molests Brazilian, caught
A Brazilian woman alleged that she was molested by an inebriated man at a hotel in east Delhi’s Anand Vihar on Wednesday. The victim was part of a group attending the Indian Super League, a football...
View ArticleRPF worried after robbers strike with impunity on CR
MUMBAI: Concerned with a sudden spike in robberies on Central Railway in the first fortnight of November, senior officials of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) went into a huddle this week. Six...
View ArticleFallout of handling too many cases
Explaining why many preventive detention orders are fraught with errors, R. Alagumani, a lawyer who files numerous habeas corpus petitions in the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), gives three reasons:...
View ArticleTamil Nadu fisherman injured in 'attack' by Sri Lankan Navy
Rameswaram: A fisherman was injured in an alleged mid-sea attack on a group of Indian boats by Sri Lankan naval personnel near Katchatheevu early on Sunday morning, police and fisheries officials...
View ArticleElephant massacre in southern forests: 33 killed in 18 months, Kerala raises...
Tuskers in the forests of the Western Ghats are facing the biggest threat since sandalwood smuggler Veerappan’s men changed the elephant sex ratio two decades ago. Ivory hunters arrested by the Kerala...
View ArticleMadras HC seeks police reply on Tamil folk singer Kovan’s plea to quash FIR...
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has ordered notice to police on a petition filed by Tamil folk singer S Kovan seeking directions to the authorities to quash an FIR registered against him. Kovan, 52, was...
View ArticleGovernment says hate speech must be punished, supports prosecution of...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the Centre is being cornered for not being able to rein in its ministers and leaders of the ruling party who are making provocative speeches, the government has justified...
View ArticleMoira man held for raping minor
Panaji: Mapusa police on Thursday arrested a resident of Moira, Pandurang Mandrekar, 50, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in the bushes after following her from...
View ArticleGovt says hate speech must be punished, supports prosecution of Subramanian...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the Centre is being cornered for not being able to rein in its ministers and leaders of ruling party who are making provocative speeches, the government has justified before...
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