TAMIL NADU

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

TN govt agrees to hold online exams for arrear subjects

8:12 pm April 15, 2021

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that it would hold online examinations for students with arrear papers, making a u-turn from the earlier cancellation of such exams. In a volte face from its earlier order passed in August last year, cancelling the arrear exams in view of the pandemic […]

2 children run away from home, traced in 12 hours

11:17 pm April 12, 2021

Erode (TN): Two children, who ran away from their house here as they were not allowed by their grandfather to step out for fear of contracting coronavirus, were traced within 12 hours, police said on Monday. The boy (7) and his sister (12) – children of working parents – packed their clothes and left home […]

Counting underway for Karnataka MLC polls

In a battle for prestige, AIADMK’s Jayakumar seeks to retain Royapuram seat

12:08 pm March 28, 2021

Chennai: The electoral battle for Royapuram, an arterial northern part of of the city, has become very prestigious for the opposition DMK, which is desperately attempting to wrest back the seat it lost to AIADMK’s D Jayakumar way back in 2001. Elections to 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 6, […]

Kadhe, Rashmika become national champions

6:44 pm March 21, 2021

Gurugram: Maharashtra’s Arjun Kadhe and Telangana’s Rashmika Bhamidipaty emerged the new national champions after winning their respective finals at the 2020 The Project Tennis Hard Court Championships, here on Sunday. Kadhe, who trains in Pune and has the experience of competing at higher level, got the better of Tamil Nadu’s Prithvi Sekhar 6-3 6-4 in […]

TN adds 1,243 fresh Coronavirus cases, 8 fatalities

10:23 pm March 20, 2021

Chennai: Tamil Nadu continued to witness an increase in fresh COVID-19 cases and the state on Saturday recorded 1,243 new infections and 8 fatalities, taking the caseload to 8,65,693 and the death toll to 12,590. A returnee from UAE and a passenger each from Maharashtra and Rajasthan added to the new cases today. Owing to […]