Centre justifies UGC norm against varsities
The union HRD ministry on Monday submitted before the Madras high court that the University Grants Commission (UGC) put in place fresh regulations in 2010 to help maintain academic standards and serve
Green prices soar
Chennaiites will have to spend more for their greens till July, especially with a shortage of 50 tonnes of all kinds of vegetables reaching the Chennai market every day from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
Eggs become cheaper suddenly
Poultry units seem to be the first casualties of summer. Decreased consumption in northern and eastern markets of India has hit sale of eggs which in turn has resulted in a sudden drop in prices. From
Speaker bans MLAs from carrying cellphones to Assembly
Members of the Tamil Nadu assembly have been banned from carrying mobile phones inside the house following a directive from the Speaker D. Jayakumar.
The Speaker informed the assembly that usage o
New ISRO centre to control spy satellite launch
The Indian rocket that will carry the 1,850 kg indigenous surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - to the skies in April will be controlled by the new mission control centre at Sri
Indian Navy to commission its third UAV squadron on April 11
The third Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron of the Indian Navy will be commissioned in the naval air station in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu on April 11.
The squadron, which would oper
Win or bust match for Customs
The Chennai Football Association senior division league is heading inexorably towards a thrilling finale. With just six matches left in the 12-team league, title contenders and relegation candidates h
IIT Madras student hangs self in hostel
In yet another suicide on IIT Madras campus, Kuldeep Yadav, 20, a second-year civil engineering student, hanged himself in his hostel room Sunday morning. He was a native of Agra.
In 2011, three IIT-
US ship crew cleans Mudichur lake
It was a different outing for the 42 marines of the US Navy who landed up in Chennai.
What started as a fun activity turned into a full-fledged civic exercise along with volunteers of Enviromentalist
Road eats into school space
Students of the Government Adi Dravidar Welfare High School on East Coast Road, Palavakkam have a tough time.
The close proximity of the school to the main road makes it difficult for students to he