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Fire at abhirami mall

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A fire that broke out in the canteen of a mall on Puruasaiwalkam High Road early on Monday morning was doused by fire tenders, which fought for nearly two hours.

The fire broke out when a light was

Anna library not to be let out for private functions

The state government on Monday informed the Madras high court that no marriage function or reception shall be allowed in the auditorium within the Anna Centenary Library in Kotturpuram.

Senior counse

Man hacked to death in Tiruvannamalai

A man claiming to be a social worker and who had filed many public interest litigations against land grabbing in Tiruvannamalai district was hacked to death on Monday morning by a gang of men while he

72-yr-old woman found murdered

A 72-year-old woman was found murdered in her house in Pammal near Pallavaram on Saturday night.

The police suspect that a male servant who had been sacked could have murdered the woman to steal the

Aavin evicts encroachers, recovers land worth Rs20 cr

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A slight delay in initiating action could have costed the state owned Tamil Nadu Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd, known as Aavin, very dearly in losing its prime land adjoining its Madavar

Annals of the past in neglect

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Research scholars get ready to dust the documents, swipe away the cobwebs and sidestep the scampering kittens when they step into the Tamil Nadu Archives building at Egmore to do some serious academic

Blind school eyes Rs2 cr state funds

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Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced a grant of Rs2 crore towards renovating and maintaining the Government School for the Visually-challenged in Poonamallee.

According to an official press r

Scorpion stings air passenger

A scorpion stung a Bahrain-bound passenger onboard a private airlines flight, forcing the take-off to be aborted while the aircraft was taxiing at the airport here on Monday.

Thirtyfive-year-old Vidy

Lakshmipathy Balaji to lead Vijay CC

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Given their overall strength and balance, it was only a matter of time before Vijay CC (India Cements) went on to regain the Palyampatti Shield.

Young Stars did the champions a huge favour by losing

Kitchen gardens sprout on terraces

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Thanks to the skyrocketing vegetables prices and increasing awareness about the benefits of organic produce, many kitchen gardens (or rather kitchen pots) have sprouted in the city’s balconies and ter

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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.