IIT student found hanging in room
A 21-year-old IIT girl student was found on Tuesday hanging in her room and later declared brought dead by doctors at a government hospital, police said.
The first year M Tech student, a native of Ka
Prathiban takes tougher route
Over the years the TNCA senior division league has seen many specialist bowlers get disheartened and turn their attention towards batting.
Docile tracks and appalling weather conditions are only som
Stick to tradition, cry Parthasarathy temple devotees
A section of devotees of the ancient Sri Parthasarathy Swamy temple has decided to undertake a pradakshina around the temple, not for fulfilling personal vows, but to ask the Lord Himself to advise th
Unfinished drain work raises accident scare
Residents of Shanti Nagar in Perambur (ward 67) dread to venture into their street at night due to the unfinished stormwater drain (SWD) work.
As this is a school zone, parents of students are on te
Laxman’s batting was full of aesthetic values
VVS Laxman’s languid presence will not grace the Test batting crease again, which is a pity because modern cricket needs a counterpoint to sport that has become big business. In an era of instant grat
TN supports ban on tobacco products
PMK leader and former Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss is thrilled as the Jayalalithaa government has responded positively to his long-standing demand that gutka and other chewing tobacco pr
Battered roads, sewage overflow mar Tiruvottiyur
Tiruvottiyur, which was annexed to Madras in 1707 with great difficulty by Joseph Collet, the then governor of Madras Presidency, now lies neglected. Battered roads, sewage overflow, dfective streetli
Men better than women in designing floral carpets
Men are far better than women in designing floral carpets. This was proved when a men’s team won not two, but consecutively for the last four years in the pookalam competition held as a part of Thiru
Coastal road widening project on
Bringing an end to a long standoff, the Chennai Port Trust and fishermen of Kasimedu reached an agreement on widening the 1.6-km road in the fishing harbour as part of the Ennore Manali Road Improveme
NE-bound trains still overcrowded
Trains bound to the northeast through Chennai continued to be overcrowded as well on Sunday while the special control room set up by the city police to clear doubts of people of North East origin was