A team of heritage enthusiasts from the Tiruvannamalai District Centre for Historical Research have found a sluice stone dating back to the of Chola period -- 12th century AD – in a lake at Thenmudianur.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has arrested two South Korean nationals, a Chennai-based businessman and two of his associates for allegedly smuggling 7kg of gold. The DRI seized Rs 7 crore in cash from the businessman and his associates.
An unidentified man escaped with Rs 20,000 from a senior citizen after diverting his attention at an ATM in Virugambakkam here on Friday.
A 50-year-old man was murdered by three men near Manalmedu in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday night after they came to know that he had been informing police about their illegal sand mining activities on the Kollidam riverbanks.
People rescued an injured spotted deer at Kovilpatti in Tuticorin district on Friday morning and handed it over to forest department personnel.
Southern Railway will operate a swanky Tejas train between Chennai Egmore and Madurai five days a week. The train will run at an average speed of 70kmph during the day-time, official sources said.
A 28-year-old man from Chennai died and 20 others suffered injuries when a private bus they were travelling in overturned near Melur, 30km from Madurai, in the early hours of Friday.
A fortnight after cyclone Gaja wreaked havoc in the Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu, people from various walks of life have come together to launch a 24x7 private helpline (844-8444-151) to professionally address the mental agony of people in the affected areas and to help them recover.
Indian Community Welfare Organisation and Shri Krishnaswamy College for Women will jointly mark the World AIDS Day on November 30 with a theme, “Know your Status”.
DakshinaChitra and the Indian Art and Design Educators Associations (IADEA) will jointly conduct a special workshop for art teachers on introduction of folk art in classrooms.
A mahila court on Wednesday sentenced a 46-year-old man to 12 years rigorous imprisonment for the sexual assault of a minor girl in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
Southern Railway general manager R K Kulshreshtha has felicitated two alert loco pilots and two assistant loco pilots who prevented possible accidents by their presence of mind recently.
A public interest litigation has been filed in the Madurai bench of the Madras high court seeking a direction to the Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department to do away with the post of thakkars/ executive officers at temples managed by the HR & CE and appoint a board of trustees -- whose members should include a woman and a person from the SC/ST community -- to manage the temples, as stated in the HR & CE Act.
Trichy Corporation officials on Thursday gifted a bicycle to a five-year-old boy who donated his piggy bank savings to help cyclone Gaja-affected people in the delta districts of Tamil Nadu.
Police on Thursday booked two French journalists for allegedly trespassing into a restricted area belonging to Indian Rare Earths Limited at Manavalakurichi in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu on Monday.
Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit has donated one month’s salary to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to help people affected by cyclone Gaja.
The DMK and its friendly parties on Thursday decided to stage a protest in Trichy on December 4 to condemn the Centre’s nod to the Karnataka government to prepare a detailed project report for construction of a dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu.
