Murder case undertrial died in assault inside Kilpauk Institute of Mental Health hospital A 27-year-old undertrial prisoner undergoing treatment at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) died on Thursday after being assaulted by another undertrial patient inside the hospital’s criminal ward on July 20.Zaheer was admitted to the institute after the Aaliyar police arrested him…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt is planning to move the state secretariat out of the 17th-century Fort St George to a new administrative complex to be built outside the core city, sources told TOI.Meanwhile, chief minister C Joseph Vijay, who is in agreement with several ministers on the space constraints in the heritage building, is likely…
The conclavewas inaugurated by Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar. CHENNAI: The two-day Tamizhar 4.0 Business Conclave, organized by the Confederation of Tamil Agriculture, Commerce, Industry and Services (CTACIS), began in Chennai on Friday. The conclave was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar.The two-day event is expected to facilitate…
CHENNAI: Amid the ongoing nationwide anti-NEET protests, more than 50 people were detained on Friday after staging a road blockade during a protest in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi.Earlier in the day, students affiliated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) held a sit-in protest inside the Chennai’s Presidency College campus. The protesters raised slogans against the…
Movie directors Pa Ranjith, Vetrimaaran and Ameer, along with several celebrities, in a protest organised by Neelam Students Movement, at Egmore Chennai: “A small group has gathered here to save ‘jananayagam’ (democracy) today. At the same time, a large crowd has gone to watch ‘Jana Nayagan’ (chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s movie). We may be…
BJP TN unit and AMMK protest CJP protests Chennai: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran and AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran on Thursday protested in Chennai, accusing Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of misleading students over the NEET issue.Nagenthran alleged that Rahul was “hiding behind cockroach (CJP)” to pursue his political agenda and…
A fan ate ‘mann soru,’ a ritual of eating food from the floor, while a few walked on their knees for the success of chief minister C Joesph Vijay’s Jana Nayagan Chennai: Governance briefly took a back seat on Thursday as the ruling establishment —including Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar, senior minister…
How Nilgiris’ organic dream lost the plot Shantha ThiagarajanSeven years ago, the Nilgiris set out to become Tamil Nadu’s first fully organic district with thousands of farmers, exchange programmes, subsidies and a proposed ban on highly toxic pesticides. Today, the ambitious programme backed by farmers, funds and the district administration appears to have lost steam.In…
MADURAI: A 24-year-old man who was arrested and released by police in Tuticorin died in a hospital after six days of treatment, triggering allegations of custodial assault. His family protested outside Thoothukudi Government Hospital alleging that police assaulted him, resulting in head injuries that led to death.Family of the deceased, N Arunachalam, released a video…
DMK MLA MARKANDEYAN ARRESTED FOR ‘DEFAMATORY REMARKS AGAINST TAMIL NADU CM VIJAY’ Chennai: Madras high court has directed police to file their response to the bail petition of Vilathikulam DMK MLA GV Markandeyan, who was arrested for allegedly making threatening and defamatory remarks against chief minister C Joseph Vijay.The MLA was arrested by the Thoothukudi…
