Weathermen predict harsher climate
With the ‘peak’ summer season entering the second half, weathermen predict a harsher climate for the next few days. Already many parts of Tamil Nadu are reeling under an oppressive heat.
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32.6% urban people have hypertension: Study
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
Second phase of tree census begins in chennai
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
Karaikal port to start passenger service
Soon, you can sail to Karaikal to have a darshan of Lord Saturn at Tirunallar temple. The Karaikal port has been given in-principle approval by the ministry of home affairs for setting up immigration
IPS officer's ex-girlfriend alleges threat calls
The ongoing tussle between trainee IPS officer Varun Kumar and Priya Darshini, who claims that he had promised to marry her, took a fresh turn on Tuesday with the woman telling police that she had sta
Mad rush for medical forms
Chaos ruled the first day of the sale of application forms for MBBS and BDS courses in the state on Tuesday, as the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) did not expect the large crowds with the form
2 more from Tamil Nadu die in Nepal crash
Two more Tamils — Udhayagiri Gopi, 60, and his wife G. Swarnalakshmi, 52, from Chennai — were among the 15 Indians killed in the plane crash at Pokhara, Nepal, on Monday, bringing to four the number o
‘Unreserved’ token system to take off
The GRPF is toying with the idea of introducing a token system for passengers to occupy seats in unreserved railway compartments.
The idea has germinated from the office of Railways ADGP in the wake
Call to withdraw rule of 25 pc reservation in private schools
Educational experts and activists have urged the Union human resource development ministry to withdraw the 86th Constitutional Amendment providing free education in private schools to 25 per cent stud
Hindu, Christian pilgrims will get a grant
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa announced Tuesday a subsidy to Hindus undertaking pilgrimage to Mansarovar in China and Muktinath in Nepal and Christians going to Jerusalem.
She said her government w