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IPL begins with a thrilling first week

IPL begins with a thrilling first week

Whether shifting base to Pune will disrupt Chennai's prospects remains to be seen.

15 April 2018 2:49 AM IST

An official in the RTO office allegedly told her to go home and come back properly dressed. (Representational Image)

RTO official denies driving test to woman for wearing jeans in Chennai

The woman, wearing a pair of jeans and sleeveless top, had gone to the RTO office in KK Nagar to take the driving test.

23 Oct 2019 1:18 PM IST

Over the years, several strictures have been passed by the high court on political parties that encourage this curious culture of cut-outs, banners, flex boards and festoons to celebrate events and Tamil Nadu is a state that goes to extremes to deify its leaders. (Representational image)

27 Chennai students arrested for intimidating witnesses during murder...

The arrested students have been remanded to Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai on judicial custody for 15 days.

17 Oct 2019 12:42 PM IST

$The CBI has booked ace Bharatnatyam dancer and former Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi Leela Samson for alleged \unfruitful expenditure\ of Rs 7.02 crore on the renovation of Koothambalam auditorium of Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, officials said Saturday. (Photo: File)$ India

CBI books Leela Samson over Rs 7 crore unfruitful expenditure' on...

Samson, a Padma Shree awardee and also a former chairperson of CBFC, has been booked along with the then officers of the...

14 Dec 2019 1:23 PM IST

Shanmuga Subramanian, 33, found the debris from the Vikram moon lander that scientists had been looking for and helped guide them to the spot where it had crashed. (Photo: Twitter/ Rama)

33-year-old Chennai engineer who alerted NASA, says 'worked really...

Subramaniam was first person to come up with a positive identification.

3 Dec 2019 9:56 AM IST

NASAs Moon-orbiting spacecraft has found the debris of Chandrayaan 2s lander Vikram on the surface of the Moon, the US space agency confirmed on Tuesday, nearly three months after Indias ambitious mission made a hard landing near the uncharted lunar south pole. (Photo: Twitter/ NASA)

NASA finds debris of Chandrayaan 2's Vikram lander, credits Chennai...

According to NASA, the November mosaic had the best pixel scale (0.7 metre) and lighting conditions (72 degrees...

3 Dec 2019 9:13 AM IST

Scrapping of high denomination currency notes also impacted the amount of gold smuggled into the country through various unofficial channels.

2 Korean women held for smuggling 24 kg gold

The women came under the radar of customs officials when they were noticed walking in a suspicious manner, as if...

12 Jan 2019 3:16 PM IST

During investigation, Balakrishnan confessed to having killed his wife Sandhya in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Chennai filmmaker arrested 2 weeks after wife's body parts found in...

The woman's identity was also established two weeks after her severed limbs with tattoo designs were found in a...

7 Feb 2019 10:11 AM IST

Dhinakaran had contested and won the RK Nagar constituency Assembly bye-polls last December, under the pressure cooker symbol. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

AMMK wants EC to allow agents 24x7 in EVM centres till counting day

AMMK leader Thanga Tamilselvan said his party had 'suspicion' about state government officials deployed for poll work.

22 April 2019 4:15 PM IST

The construction works have stopped since several years.

5.6 lakh housing units worth Rs 4.51 lakh cr facing delays in 7 major...

As per the Anarock data, the NCR and MMR account for 72 per cent of the total stuck housing units.

9 April 2019 1:21 PM IST

He has also learned the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is a universal way to transcribe the sound of any spoken language to know its pronunciation. (Photo: ANI)

Meet 8-yr-old boy from Chennai who can read and write over 106...

With the help of the internet, especially YouTube, Niall Thoguluva learned a plethora of languages.

21 May 2019 11:29 AM IST

Illegal cigarette trade is more than 20 per cent of the cigarette industry in India.

DRI sleuths seize foreign cigarettes, gold in separate cases; 9 held

Foreign origin cigarettes, gold, red sanders and endangered shells were seized over the last 6 days in different cases.

8 May 2019 6:30 PM IST