Gramaphones find many buyers in Chennai
Mohammed Ali, 48, visits Chennai at least three times in a year to sell gramaphones and phones.
A pavement near Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, is his favourite spot and he brings at least 10 gramaphon
Why encroach wildlife terrain, asks official
While revealing that there have been many as 67 encounters with wildlife in Tamil Nadu, conservator of forests, Ashutosh Samant Singhar, on Wednesday blamed increasing human presence in wildlife corri
Don’t make preventive arrests: DMK to police
DMK on Wednesday petitioned the state police demanding that no preventive arrests be made in line with a court judgement ahead of its July 4 jail bharo agitation against the ruling AIADMK over alleged
Chennai bus hurtles down 15 ft
The city police is probing all angles, including the possibility of the driver talking on a mobile phone while negotiating the curve on the Anna flyover that resulted in the MTC bus falling from the b
Jaya signs Sangma’s nomination papers
Asserting her solid support for P.A. Sangma in the Presidential election, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday proposed the former Speaker’s name.
According to AIADMK sources, Ms Jayalalithaa
To hell with male chauvinism
Sania Mirza’s accusation that All India Tennis Association’s handling of the Olympics selection reeked of male chauvinism has rekindled the debate of gender discrimination in sports.
Even the founder
Minor fire breaks out in brake van of train; none injured
A minor fire broke out in the brake van in the Chennai-Alapuzha Express as soon as it left a station in Tamil Nadu early on Thursday but no one was injured, railway officials said.
They said the stat
Srinath back with a bang
Chess ace N. Srinath is back in news. The Chennai lad, who stole the limelight by winning the world under-12 boys title in 2005, caught the attention of pundits when he bagged the International Master
Common IT test hits roadblock
The National Association of Software and Service Companies’ (Nasscom) proposal for a common test for recruitment to IT firms seems to have hit a major road-block.
Most professional colleges and deeme
Officials seize plastic from shops
Tension prevailed at the Broadway bus terminus on Wednesday after a few shop owners gheraoed the corporation health officials who inspected the establishments to confiscate plastic items that did not