April 05, 2024 01:06 am | Updated 01:06 am IST - CHENNAI A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker’s November 7, 2006 order withdrawing the sanction, granted in 2005, to prosecute incumbent Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the …...Read More
PIL in Madras High Court insists on reviving the 2001 flyover construction scam case
‘All persons with disabilities must vote’
April 05, 2024 01:04 am | Updated 01:04 am IST - CHENNAI Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) can no longer be kept out of the development discourse, said Arman Ali, Executive Director, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), on Thursday. Addressing PwDs, their caregivers, and various organisations …...Read More
IIT-M to build global mobility digital infrastructure
April 05, 2024 01:03 am | Updated 01:03 am IST - CHENNAI The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) on Thursday launched the Mobility and Intelligent Transportation (MInT) initiative. MInT is a global initiative to build mobility digital infrastructure and a research and development portfolio. It also aims to create …...Read More
Poll code plays spoilsport for business at vegetable market near Tenkasi
April 05, 2024 12:57 am | Updated 07:07 am IST - TIRUNELVELI The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has badly affected business at Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Vegetable Market at Pavoorchathiram near Tenkasi. The market, formed in 1998 for the benefit of vegetable traders, ensures unhindered supply of fruits and vegetables to …...Read More
Ramzan shopping revelry leaves behind a pile of trash
April 05, 2024 12:55 am | Updated 12:55 am IST - HYDERABAD All roads lead to the Charminar during Ramzan in Hyderabad. As citizens, tourists, food bloggers and walkers troop to the heritage precinct through the day and night, what they experience and what they leave behind is posing a …...Read More
Record inflation, unemployment in Modi regime: Chidambaram
April 05, 2024 12:54 am | Updated 12:54 am IST - Chennai There has been record price rise and unemployment in the 10-year regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP is silent about not fulfilling its poll promises, senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram …...Read More
Government to record parents’ religion to register births
April 05, 2024 12:50 am | Updated 01:04 am IST When registering the birth of a child, parents will now be required to separately record the religion of both the child’s father and mother, according to Model Rules drafted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. These Rules will have …...Read More
Singer Sahoo: Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer turns to mic to encourage youth to vote
April 05, 2024 12:50 am | Updated 01:35 am IST - Chennai The amateur singer in Tamil Nadu’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Satyabrata Sahoo could not have received a better opportunity; that too, for a noble cause. In a promotional video for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Mr. Sahoo can …...Read More
Virudhunagar: where star candidates are in a tough fight against two-time MP
April 05, 2024 12:44 am | Updated 12:45 am IST Virudhunagar, known for producing one of the tallest political sons of Tamil Nadu K. Kamaraj, is a rain-shadow region. Politically and geographically, the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency is usually overshadowed by neighbouring Madurai. However, this Lok Sabha election, the entry …...Read More
Blue Star eyes higher market share with new range of deep freezers
April 05, 2024 12:38 am | Updated 12:38 am IST - HYDERABAD With commercial refrigeration and cold chain solutions market poised for huge growth, Blue Star aims to consolidate its position by introducing a range of energy-efficient and environmental-friendly products and solutions, the company’s managing director B. Thiagarajan said. “We …...Read More
