US suspends visa section for 2 days
Faced with protests for the fourth day over an anti-Islam film, the US consulate in Chennai suspended its visa section for two days from Monday.
The decision to close the visa section came in the bac
No Indian will rocket into space for next five years
India’s plans to put a second native son into space, the first from an indigenously made Indian space rocket in the next five years, have fizzled out.
Dr K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Space Rese
10 months on, no flight to Mysore
What’s wrong with the Mysore airport? It is still waiting for the resumption of commercial flight operations for the last 10 months after Kingfisher Airlines suspended its lone flight in November last
Netizens welcome central cyber plan
The home ministry’s decision to set up a central cyber surveillance agency has ruffled a few feathers in the country that already boasts of a host of intelligence cells.
The idea has been broadly ter
Families hope Maoists will shed arms, join mainstream
The week-long ceasefire announced by the state government for the Maoists to surrender has brought hope to the parents and family members of the ultras who have been waiting for long for their wards t
Cop’s son arrested for making fake Ids
Three persons, including a son of a retired policeman, were arrested for making fake documents, including voter’s identity cards, in Chennai to procure loan from finance companies.
The arrested were
Ceasefire offer shocks cops
Chief minister Jagadish Shettar’s announcement last weekend of a week-long ceasefire from September 17 to 23 to facilitate the surrender of Naxalites has taken the state police by surprise, as none of
Protesters throw traffic out of gear
On Monday traffic in the city was thrown out of gear at two vital points, Anna Salai and SC Bose Road near the High Court, because of protests.
While the protests by Muslims at the US consulate near
Girl punished: 2 teachers held, freed
Two teachers were arrested and released on bail after they charged with subjecting a sixth standard student to corporal punishment. The police tried to convince the girl’s father to withdraw the compl
Truck stranded on tracks hits train services
The Madurai-bound Vaigai Express and several EMUs on Beach-Tambaram-Beach route were disrupted for half an hour Monday afternoon after a stone-laden truck returning from Trishulam quarry broke down an