Chennai

NEET against social justice, equality, says DMK

9:14 pm June 7, 2019

Chennai: Seeking the NEET’s scrapping, DMK president M K Stalin Friday alleged that the test was against social justice and equality and claimed it was destroying the medical education dreams of students. The DMK reaffirming its demand for scrapping it comes in the wake of three girls committing suicide allegedly over failing to clear the […]

2 held for bid to smuggle shark fins to Dubai

Shark fins worth Rs 32 lakh seized

9:57 pm May 29, 2019

Chennai: Shark fins weighing about 64 kg and worth Rs 32 lakh, which were allegedly kept for smuggling to Singapore, have been seized, customs officials said Wednesday. Air intelligence unit officials intercepted two passengers bound for Singapore on Tuesday morning following their suspicious movement at the airport. On checking six carton boxes,they found the shark […]

AIADMK leaders thank voters for reposing faith in party

6:51 pm May 27, 2019

Chennai: AIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami Monday thanked the people of the nine Assembly constituencies where the party won the bypolls, saying the victory allowed the “good government” formed by the late J Jayalalithaa to “stay.” The voters, by preferring the AIADMK in the nine of the 22 Assembly constituencies where bypolls were […]

Prefer native food, not pizzas and burgers: VP Naidu

9:59 pm May 22, 2019

Chennai: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday pitched for consumption of seasonal and local food, even as he advised people not to be carried away by advertisements that promote pizzas and burgers. Expressing concern over extinction of varieties of food crops, Naidu said about 80 per cent of food supply is based on a few crops […]

RBI to create specialised supervisory & regulatory cadre

8:52 pm May 21, 2019

Chennai: The Reserve Bank of India’s central board Tuesday decided to create a specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre within the RBI to strengthen the supervision and regulation of commercial banks, urban cooperative banks and non-banking financial companies. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Central Board here under the Chairmanship […]