If you only associated the term ‘high BP’ with your overweight grandfather, or your twitchy, overworked boss, think again.

Doctors are even treating teenage hypertension, as the lethal combination o

The state forest department on Wednesday kickstarted the second phase of tree census in Chennai at the Theosophical society, Besant Nagar.

State planning commission vice chairperson Shantha Sheela

Pavements on either side of Wall Tax Road have been encroached upon by hawkers and cycle-rickshaws, leaving no space for pedestrians.

Moreover, the subway on the stretch has failed to serve any purp

The authorities have begun rubber removal from the tarmac at the airport on a war-footing following DGCA inspection that revealed the poor condition of the runway in Chennai.

However, the airlines a

The secretariat, which was brought back to the historic Fort St George after AIADMK supremo and chief minister J. Jayalalithaa stormed to power a year ago, was illuminated and the Assembly wore a fest

DMDK founder president Vijayakanth on Wednesday decided to field N. Zakir Hussain as his party candidate for the June 12 by-election to the Pudukkottai Assembly constituency.

Mr Hussain, who is Pu

The election department has evoked a decent response from aspiring voters in Pudukottai constituency where bypolls are round the corner, as it has received 4,000 applications seeking inclusion of name

In its annual audit reports (for the year ended March 31, 2011) tabled in the Assembly on Wednesday, CAG points out huge losses for PSUs, PWD’s ineffective implementation of Centrally funded groundwat

The state forest cover has decreased marginally since 2005, despite spending `471 crore during 2002–2007 on social and farm forestry activities.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India report

A major disaster was averted when motorists noticed smoke coming out of the rear luggage chamber of a bus plying between Chennai and Peravurani when the vehicle reached Chrompet at around 11.30 pm.

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