Lankan minister must face trial: TN
Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda was involved in a murder case and hence has to face trial, the state government informed a sessions court on Wednesday. The state, represented by the inspector of
City museum readies 3D theatre
Hoping to ride on the popularity wave of watching 3D films, authorities of Government Museum, Egmore, have initiated measures to establish a 3D theatre to serve as added attraction at this historic m
Building owners get last chance
The state government has decided to give a final ‘opportunity’ for owners of over 20,000 unauthorised buildings, including 17,000 residential buildings in the Chennai metropolitan area, for regularisa
Koodankulam plant D-Day yet to be fixed
Work on the loading of fuel (Uranium) is on at the plant but authorities at the KKNPP site remained tight lipped about the actual start of loading fuel, the anticipated time of energy generation from
Jaya acts to rein in prices
Blaming the UPA government’s economic policies for the spiralling prices of essential commodities, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa said her government would provide urad dal, gram dal and palmoil at su
Chaos prevails at class X, XII quarterly exams
There was chaos in several schools in the city on Wednesday as they fell short of the common question papers prepared by the directorate of government examinations for the first time for the quarterly
TN goes to West Bengal for rice
With the prices of rice and gram skyrocketing, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has decided to procure rice from West Bengal and supply it through the public distribution system outlets at a subsidised
Husband as paymaster? No thanks
The Union government’s idea of making husbands pay salaries to their wives or homemakers has not gone down very well with many women.
The draft Bill being considered by the Women and Child Developmen
Toon master Cho advocates discipline
While faulting the police for overreacting to the Aseem Trivedi’s cartoon by slapping sedition charges, political commentator Cho S. Ramaswamy said media persons should also exercise self-discipline a
K-protest spills over to Chennai
The protests against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tirunelveli district in the state spilled over to Chennai with members of various parties and outfits staging agitations and courting arre