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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

Continuing his attack on Modi, Narayanaswamy said that the Prime Minister was talking more on Pulwama attack, surgical strike and Pakistan and said he insulted the armed forces by taking credit. (Photo: ANI)

Country's economy will be destroyed if PM Modi gets another term:...

He asserted that the people of the country wanted to see Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister and not...

4 May 2019 5:26 PM IST

We have to stand in a queue for hours under this scorching heat to fetch some water as borewells in the area have gone dry. This is for the third time in a row that Chennai is facing a severe water crisis, the local also said. (Photo: ANI)

Chennai based NGO organises protest to highlight water crisis

Media, activists, social organisations and the people are trying to draw the Chief Minister's attention towards the...

30 Jun 2019 7:46 PM IST

Further permanent boundary stones were not laid to identify the area of lakes, due to which encroachments were being increased. (Representational image)

Avadi lake project: This Chennai lake can show a new way for water...

The brain behind project is Avadi legislator K Pandiarajan, popularly called Ma Foi Pandiarajan, who's also the Tamil...

27 Jun 2019 4:02 PM IST

Leonardo Dicaprio. (Photo: AP)

Oscar winner DiCaprio draws attention to Chennai's devastating water...

'The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry,' he wrote on...

27 Jun 2019 1:14 PM IST

The video made from the compilation of satellite images released by ESA Sentinel shows rapidly depleting water levels in Puzhal lake - one of five key water bodies keeping the city afloat - between April and June - highlighting the severity of the situation. (Photo: AP | File)

Watch: Time-lapse video shows Chennai's Puzhal lake drying up in...

Groundwater in Chennai and surrounding areas is fed by Puzhal and four other lakes - Sholavaram, Kaliveli, Pulicat and...

26 Jun 2019 4:39 PM IST

The incident took place on June 14, however, the incident came to light recently when a video of the same went viral on social media. (Photo: ANI)

4 men assaulted cop who tried to stop from drinking in public in...

The men were creating ruckus on the road when they were warned by the police official who asked them to disperse.

22 Jun 2019 9:44 AM IST

We have to stand in a queue for hours under this scorching heat to fetch some water as borewells in the area have gone dry. This is for the third time in a row that Chennai is facing a severe water crisis, the local also said. (Photo: ANI)

Water crisis deepens in TN, soaring termperatuers adds to woes

'For drinking and cooking, we have to buy water from the shops,' a local said.

16 Jun 2019 7:52 PM IST

Qin survived as the knife didnt damage any vital blood vessel (Photo: Pixabay)

Man arrested for attacking neighbour with knife over water dispute in...

As per reports, the incident took place on Thursday night in an apartment in Shankar Nagar in Anankaputhur.

15 Jun 2019 4:28 PM IST

Students of Pachaiyappas have created controversies in the past as well. (Photo: ANI | video screengrab)

Watch: Chennai students brandishing sickle chasing another group, 7...

Police officials said that fight broke out between two groups of college students after each wanted to prove they will...

23 July 2019 7:08 PM IST

There was a continuous exchange of fire between the terrorists and police personnel. (Photo: ANI)

NIA arrests two in Tamil Nadu's Ansarulla case

According to NIA, the accused, Hassan Ali and Harish Mohamed, collected funds and made preparations to carry out...

14 July 2019 6:06 PM IST

Technicians in the railway station at Jolarpettai, located over 135 miles (217 km) from Chennai, worked from early on Thursday to fill fifty wagons with 50,000 litres of water each, sourced from a south Indian river. (Photo: ANI)

Train with 25 lakh litres of water reaches parched Chennai

The train number WAG 5 HA 23907 which had left Jolarpet with 50 wagons of water at 7:30 am reached Villivakkam near...

12 July 2019 10:57 AM IST