NEW DELHI: A land bridge was washed away by floods amid heavy rain in Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday amid heavy rainfall in the state.The Mothiramalai-Kuttiyar land bridge was destroyed following heavy rains in the Western Ghats region.Bus service to more than 15 hill villages, including Kallar and Thachamalai, was cut off.Similarly, tourists were not…
Rajakannappan and Udhayanidhi Stalin.” CHENNAI: Was it a Freudian slip or a deliberate slip up? While addressing a gathering at an event to launch the ‘Tamil Puthalvan‘ scheme in Ramanathapuram on Friday, Tamil Nadu backward classes minister R S Rajakannappan referred to Udhayanidhi Stalin as “deputy chief minister”. He corrected himself and said Udhayanidhi was…
CHENNAI: Youtuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar who is under judicial custody in Coimbatore central prison has been detained under the Goondas Act based on the orders of the Greater Chennai Police (GCP) Commissioner, Sandeep Rai Rathore.Inspector, Cyber Crime wing, Central Crime Branch, Chennai served the detention order to Shankar at the Coimbatore prison.An official release said that…
NEW DELHI: C Velayutham, a former BJP MLA in the Tamil Nadu state assembly and dedicated social worker, died on Wednesday. Velayutham made history by becoming the first BJP member to be elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency in the 1996 elections.He emerged victorious against DMK‘s Bala Janathipathy.However, he…
VIRUDHUNAGAR: A mahila court in Tamil Nadu’s Srivilliputhur on Tuesday sentenced assistant professor Nirmala Devi to 10 years imprisonment for luring college girl students to offer sexual favours to senior officials.Mahila court sessions judge T Bagavathiammal imposed a fine of Rs 2.45 lakh on Nirmala Devi.On Monday, the court convicted Nirmala Devi while acquitting two…
Chennai South, which includes the IT corridor called OMR, the commercial district of T Nagar and the cultural hub of Mylapore, is a ‘rockstar constituency’. It’s also a seat of prestige for DMK, which has fielded sitting MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian against BJP’s Tamilisai Soundararajan, who was the governor of Telangana and lieutenant governor of Puducherry.ADMK…
UDHAGAMANDALAM: The Nilgiris collector and returning officer M Aruna on Saturday placed an election flying squad officer under suspension for laxity in duty while checking the vehicle of DMK Lok Sabha election candidate A Raja.According to a press release by the chief electoral officer, there have been certain media reports regarding laxity in checking of…
CHENNAI: Three migrant workers were killed after a portion of the roof on the first floor of the Sekhmet pub, in the up-market area at Alwarpet, collapsed on Thursday evening. One more victim was rescued and was rushed to the government Royapettah Hospital for treatment. He was declared dead by the doctors after examining him….
COIMBATORE: Erode MP A Ganeshamoorthy who attempted suicide by consuming pesticide, died without responding to the treatment at a private hospital in Coimbatore city on Thursday. He took the extreme step after the MDMK party denied him a ticket to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The doctors at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH…
CHENNAI: A software engineer was chained and burnt alive in Thalambur, a southern suburb of the city, on Saturday. The deceased woman was identified as R. Nandhini, 25. Residents discovered the half-charred woman, who was tied up and had sustained deep injuries from a blade on her neck, hands, and legs on the night of…
