Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will honor World Chess Champion D. Gukesh on Tuesday with a felicitation ceremony and a cheque for ₹5 crore. Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and chess legend Viswanathan Anand will also be present.Gukesh arrived in Chennai on Monday with his parents after securing the World Championship title in Singapore.At…
THANJAVUR: A 26-year-old woman, who taught in a school in Tamil Nadu‘s Thanjavur, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend on the school premises on Wednesday morning after she refused to marry him without her parents’ permission.M Ramani, a temporary Tamil teacher at Mallipattinam Govt Higher Secondary School, was stabbed on the neck with a…
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…
Snehal Kauthankar (left) and Kashyap Bakhale after their masterclass on Thursday. (TOI Photo) PANAJI: At lunch break, when Goa’s Snehal Kauthankar and Kashyap Bakle trooped into the dressing room after putting on 577 runs for the third wicket against Arunachal, the two were told they were just 18 runs short of the highest-ever partnership in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive gathering in Akola on Saturday NAGPUR/AKOLA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a massive gathering in Akola on Saturday, launched a fierce attack on the Congress party, especially targeting what he referred to as its “royal family.” In his speech, he accused the Congress governments in Telangana and Karnataka…
Three coaches of the 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express derailed near Nalpur Station in the South Eastern Railway division near Howrah, said railway officials on Saturday. The 3 coaches that derailed included one parcel van and 2 others. 10 buses were arranged for the affected passengers for their further journey. According to the Chief Public Relations…
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…
Five others who were standing by the roadside also suffered injuries in the explosion. NEW DELHI: A festive spirit turned into a nightmare on Thursday when a person was killed and six others sustained injuries in firecrackers explosion in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru. Two persons Durgasi Sudhakar(30) and Tabeti Sai were carrying firecrackers on a scooty….
CHENNAI: Twelve years after a trial court had allowed the closure of a corruption case against former Tamil Nadu chief minister and expelled AIADMK functionary O Panneerselvam, Madras high court reversed the order on Tuesday, thereby reviving the case.Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who had initiated suo motu revision proceedings against the closure, passed an order…
CHENNAI: Are ministers governed by a dress code? Is a T-shirt formal dress or casual?The Madras high court will decide the issue as a public interest writ petition has been filed flagging Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin‘s routine of wearing T-shirts bearing the DMK party’s Rising Sun symbol embroidered on the left chest.An…
