CHENNAI: Actor-turned-Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Friday turned the launch of a book on B R Ambedkar into a political stage, attacking the BJP govt at Centre and the DMK govt in Tamil Nadu, besides making political overtures to VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan, a DMK ally who was invited but stayed away from…
Vijay at the book release function in Chennai on Friday. Photo by R Ramesh Shankar CHENNAI: Actor and TVK president Vijay on Friday regretted that the BJP-led NDA govt, which did not bother to control violence in Manipur, is ruling the country. Speaking after releasing a book on B R Ambedkar published by VCK functionary…
Flood alert issued to 14 villages as water from Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai CHENNAI: A family of seven including five children is feared buried alive in Tiruvannamalai after mud and boulders came tumbling down from a hillock behind their house around 4.30pm on Sunday following heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal.Police tried to…
CHENNAI: BJP state president K Annamalai said actor Vijay’s political entry might not dent the prospects of BJP in Tamil Nadu.Speaking to reporters at Chennai airport on Sunday, Annamalai said Vijay appeared to echo the ideologies of Dravidian parties. Hence, the votes polled by the two Dravidian parties (DMK, AIADMK) would be divided into three…
CHENNAI: Four people were killed in electrocutions in different parts of Chennai as Cyclone Fengal (pronounced Feinjal) brought 9cm to 13cm of rain across different parts of the city since Saturday morning. In its 7pm bulletin, IMD said the forward sector of spiral bands associated with the cyclone entered the land, and the system might…
CHENNAI:Heavy rains in Chennai caused waterlogging in 134 locations across the city on Friday morning, with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) deploying 1,686 motor pumps to drain stagnant water.Major roads, including OMR, Five Furlong Road, Mylapore roads, and Santhome, faced waterlogging. While water was cleared in eight areas, operations are ongoing in the remaining 126…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt has declared a holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpet districts on Saturday due to Cyclone Fengal. It advised educational institutions not to conduct any special classes since there is a forecast of heavy rain and winds.District collectors in other areas under heavy rainfall alerts, including…
CHENNAI: The IMD on Thursday said the deep depression over the Bay may develop into a weak cyclone for a few hours on Friday before it makes a landfall between Karaikal and Mamallapuram on Nov 30 morning as a deep depression. On Nov 29, a red alert has been issued to Chengalpet, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai,…
The accident happened on the OMR. CHENNAI: Five women died on the spot when a speeding car driven by a college student crashed into them while they were sitting on a roadside at Pandithamedu near Thiruporur on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened on the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) around 2.45pm when the women were resting…
NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das has been admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai, a source told news agency PTI on Tuesday.A spokesperson for the central bank told news agency Reuters that Das was admitted due to ‘acidity’ and there is no ’cause for concern’. He was being monitored, the source…
