Villupuram: In an emotional reunion that has cheered PMK rank and file, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss called on his father and party founder S Ramadoss at his Thailapuram farmhouse near Tindivanam on Wednesday. The meeting, after one and half year of bitter feud, signalled a patch up between the two leaders.The meeting that lasted for…
‘No bar to grant leave for convicts while appeals are pending’ Chennai: “Leave and temporary release are facets of human dignity that cannot be suspended indefinitely merely due to the pendency of a judicial appeal,” a five-judge bench of the Madras high court said while asserting that there is no bar for granting ordinary/emergency leave…
Vijay made a gesture mocking his predecessor M K Stalin’s electoral defeat CHENNAI: A day after chief minister C Joseph Vijay made agesture mocking his predecessor M K Stalin’s electoral defeat, VCK leader TholThirumavalavan on Wednesday said it was “unbecoming” of the CM post andappealed to Vijay to uphold and safeguard the tradition of the…
CHENNAI: Preparations are underway in Tamil Nadu for byelections to vacant assembly constituencies. Officials have completed the first round of electronic voting machine (EVM) verification in five of the six vacant constituencies and communicated this to the Election Commission of India. The upcoming byelections will decide the fate of Trichy East, Maduranthakam, Dharapuram, Ambasamudram, Perundurai…
Chennai: Another worker died on Tuesday, taking the toll from Sunday’s ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district to nine — all of them women. The identity of one of the deceased is yet to be confirmed.By 7am, one more person from Assam, Anjila Soren, had died, and the number under…
Prototype of e200X eVTOL aircraft Chennai: Electric aircraft startup The ePlane Company is raising $50 million from venture capital and strategic investors as it moves closer to certifying its air ambulances in the country.The startup, founded by IIT Madras professor Satya Chakravarthy, builds electric aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) that can navigate…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea moved by former DMK minister Durai Murugan seeking to reject the plaint of the election petition challenging his election in 2021 from Katpadi Assembly constituency.Concluding the final hearing, Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan reserved his orders. According to the plea moved by V Ramu,…
Chennai: Pallavaram Periya Eri, the largest lake along the 14.3-km Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road, continues to remain neglected despite crores of rupees being allocated for its restoration over the years. Encroachments, sewage inflow, water hyacinths and indiscriminate dumping of garbage have severely affected the waterbody.Once a freshwater source, the lake is now surrounded by at least…
In May, several senior AIADMK leaders met TN Speaker J C D Prabhakar after three rebel AIADMK MLAs submitted their resignations following support to the TVK govt. The leaders alleged “horse-trading” by TVK Srimathi VenkatachariT he idiom ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’ began in 1967 when Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed parties three times in a…
In May, several senior AIADMK leaders met TN Speaker J C D Prabhakar after three rebel AIADMK MLAs submitted their resignations following support to the TVK govt. The leaders alleged “horse-trading” by TVK Srimathi VenkatachariT he idiom ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’ began in 1967 when Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed parties three times in a…
