Chennai bore the brunt of the prevailing heat wave on Saturday with the soaring summer heat lasting well into the evening and making life tough even after sunset.

While Regional Meteorological Centr

The ‘Q’ Branch police dealing with cases of terrorism and extremism on Saturday arrested a state secretary of a Maoist outfit from the city.

The arrested person was identified as Vivek, 45, a residen

Tamil Nadu chief minister J.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise the Karnataka government to stop construction of check dams across the inter-state Pennaiyar River.

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Lobbying for P. A. Sangma's candidature for the presidential polls, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday spoke to BJP leader L K Advani, Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and other non

It was a rescue and rehabilitation day for two critically endangered animals which depend on the marine eco system of the Chennai coastline.

An Olive Ridley Turtle named Sagarika and another haples

The one-year rule of the AIADMK has demonstrated that the government led by chief minister J. Jayalalithaa is capable of ensuring “development and good governance to the people who have rejected the D

The Jayalalithaa government has succeeded in consolidating the state’s fiscal health, which was ‘very grave’ during the predecessor DMK regime, finance minister O Panneerselvam said here Friday.

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Strong signals from overseas markets pushed gold prices up by `700 on Friday. This is the yellow metal’s biggest single day gain this year.

Investors’ preference to gold over equity markets owing to

The Chennai corporation on Friday cancelled tenders called for Anna Nagar zone (zone 8) following complaints against councillors who intervene in the tender process.

Intimating the issue to contract