CHENNAI: The Egmore police on Saturday arrested actress Kasthuri from a film producer’s house in Hyderabad for her controversial remarks about the Telugu community. The police are bringing her to Chennai to produce her before a magistrate court.After the Madurai bench of the Madras high court rejected her anticipatory bail, the police were searching for…
CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has accused six arrested Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) leaders in Tamil Nadu of being in contact with their Pakistani counterparts. They had propagated newsletters and articles regarding the “violent cession of Kashmir with military assistance from Pakistan” to radicalise the gullible youth in the state, said NIA.“They were actively involved in…
UGC chairman M Jagadish Kumar. Photo by R Ramesh Kumar CHENNAI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is planning to allow students to complete three-year degree courses in two and a half years and four-year degrees in three years starting the next academic year (2025-26).The commission would allow students to study at a slow pace and…
A psychiatrist working at Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai, was attacked by a patient. The incident occurred in the outpatient ward. The patient disagreed with the doctor and attacked him. CHENNAI: Hours after an Oncologist was stabbed by a aggrieved patient attendant at Kalaignar Centenary Super-Speciality Hospital in Guindy on Wednesday, another doctor, a psychiatrist, was…
A medical oncologist, Dr. Balaji, is fighting for his life after a shocking attack at Chennai’s Kalaignar Multi-speciality Hospital. The assailant, disguised as a patient, stabbed Dr. Balaji multiple times, leaving him with severe injuries. CHENNAI: A doctor, Balaji Jaganathan, who was in his Oncology department, was stabbed by a man posing as a patient…
THULASENDRAPURAM: Three American women were among those who participated in a special puja at a temple in US presidential candidate Kamala Harris‘s ancestral village, Thulasendrapuram, in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.The three women, donning pro-Kamala Harris t-shirts, offered prayers at the Sri Dharma Sastha Temple where special prayers were held for the Democratic…
CHENNAI: Invoking its inherent and extraordinary jurisdiction, Madras high court annulled the forced marriage of a 20-year-old woman with her former French teacher after the woman personally told a division bench that her wedding and its registration were ‘done by force’ and that she did not want to live with him as his wife.The bench…
Actor and founder of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam Vijay during his pary’s first political conference, at Vikravandi in Villupuram district. (PTI Photo) VIKRAVANDI: Laying out a clear political agenda and identifying his key rivals, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder and actor Vijay declared the DMK as TVK’s political adversary and the BJP as its ideological opponent.In…
CHENNAI: Around 160 passengers onboard an IndiGo flight from Jaipur on Saturday were puzzled as the flight took off soon after touching down at Chennai airport. Airport authorities clarified that it was due to the long float of the flight into the runway caused by crosswinds.The flight touched down at the main runway beyond the…
CHENNAI: Two girls studying at Victory Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai’s Tiruvottiyur were hospitalised after a suspected chemical gas leak on Friday. The source of the leak was yet to be identified, officials said.Around 30 students fainted after a strong chemical odour filled the campus. Around 40 students, who complained of eye irritation, were…
