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B.E. student kidnaps youth over laptop

Five persons, including an engineering college student and an engineering graduate, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a youth and his cousin from Tambaram sanitarium. The kidnap attempt came abou

Milk can fight malnutrition: Tanuvas VC

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Despite India holding the No. 1 position in milk production, milk productivity remains one of the lowest, compared to foreign countries and, so, Tamil Nadu should take steps to breed more cattle, urge

Three cars, 3 bikes go up in flames

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Three cars and three bikes went up in flames in a mysterious fire reported in the parking area of an apartment complex on AVM Avenue in Virugambakkam on Thursday night.

The fire was noticed at aroun

School official seeks bail over girl’s death

The correspondent of the Zion group of schools, who was arrested on July 26 in connection with the death of six-year-old Shruthi after falling through a hole in the floor of the school bus a day earli

Toll in Nellore train tragedy rises to 33

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The toll in the Nellore train tragedy rose to 33 on Friday morning with the death of Sambasiva Rao, 33, who was admitted to a private hospital in Vadapalani on Monday with 90 per cent burns.

Rao’s re

Paper cups prove bees’ death traps

Our cellphone towers confuse them and make them lose their way; our ‘concretisation’ of green spaces leaves them starving and our vehicle fumes deaden their senses. Now, discarded paper cups are drown

Jaya okays Rs60 crore to set up poultry schemes

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Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has allotted Rs60 crore for various poultry schemes including setting up of poultry clusters in seven districts on Friday.

An official release said she has directed s

Lighthouse tourism ready

Soon, lighthouses in Chennai, Mamallapuram, Rameswaram and Muttam in Kanyakumari would be developed into tourist destinations. “We are exploring the possibility of turning select lighthouses into tour

Winning laurels remains his goal always

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He may have been a forward on the hockey field, but it is to be seen whether the sport will take him forward in life. P. Damu, 21 from a slum in Sathyamurthi Nagar, in Vyasarpadi, has been working har

HC quashes case against girl for killing rapist-dad

A college girl, who killed her father for attempting to rape her at knife-point, got a reprieve with the Madras HC quashing the entire criminal proceedings against her pending before the judicial magi

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.