Chennai: The Tamil Nadu CBCID has detained yet another super bookie Sanjay Bafna, an important bookie actively involved in the Chennai betting syndicate. He had been absconding. Sources say the interrogation of another super bookie previously arrested in Chennai led to the detention of Bafna. Sources say Bafna's interrogation can reveal more and may lead to further arrests. ...
03:37 PM, May 27, 2013
Chennai: The Mumbai Police team on Thursday had to leave Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan's residence without questioning him as he was not in Chennai. They handed over the summons to those present at Meiyappan's residence. The police team was, in fact, made to wait outside Meiyappan's residence for quite a few minutes. Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear before the Mumbai Police on Friday for questioning in...
03:57 PM, May 23, 2013
Chennai: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader and former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss was arrested by Kancheepuram Police on Friday. A case of an alleged hate speech was filed against him in 2012. Ramadoss was arrested for offences including unlawful assembly, rioting and disobeying order promulgated by a public servant, said police. He will be produced before a local court in Thirukazhukundram in Kancheepuram district, they said. His arrest comes...
09:13 AM, May 03, 2013
Coimbatore: A fire at Axis Bank in Avinashi near Coimbatore has left four people dead. All four dead were women employees of the bank. The bank was on the third floor and there was no emergency exit at the bank. The fire has been doused and the situation was brought under control. The cause of the fire is not known yet, but a short circuit is suspected. ...
12:52 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Muzzafarnagar (Uttar Pradesh): The police have arrested Babar Akhtar, the brother-in-law of the Shamli acid attack victim, and his friend Javed Iqbal, in connection with the acid attack on four sisters in Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, the brother-in-law is the main accused. The police say the 23-year-old woman, who was attacked, had an illicit relation with her brother-in-law. When she threatened to make it public, he hatched a...
02:56 PM, Apr 12, 2013
With emotions running high in Tamil Nadu over the issue of war crimes committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka, the UPA government is under tremendous pressure from its ally, the DMK. The DMK has said that unless the UPA supports the amended resolution by the US in the United Nations, it will withdraw its support from the government. ...
09:53 PM, Mar 16, 2013
MDMK and other groups protested outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission against alleged atrocities on Tamils in Sri Lanka. ...
03:56 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Expensive private schools are no longer out of bounds for the economically weaker sections. The Supreme Court recently confirmed the Constitutional validity of 25 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections and now a new rule means more seats are available to children from under privileged families. ...
11:18 AM, Mar 01, 2013
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award issued its notification on Wednesday with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka getting major chunk of the the river water. The tribunal awarded both the states 270 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet of water out of the total of 740 tmcft. ...
02:25 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam was finally released in Tamil Nadu across 600 theatres. Our Correspondent caught up with the actor and got him talking about the reception the film is getting at the box office and also inviting the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to watch the film. ...
06:16 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Tamil actress and DMK leader Khushboo's house was on Thursday allegedly attacked by DMK cadres. While there were no injuries in the incident, there were minor damages to property. ...
03:36 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' will finally hit the theatres on February 7 in Tamil Nadu. Here's the latest on this real life drama over the reel life story. ...
04:20 PM, Feb 05, 2013
After days of courting controversy and debate, actor and director Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' is set to release in Tamil Nadu. More than a week after the thriller was banned from theatres across the state, Haasan agreed to make several cuts in the movie on Saturday before it hits the screens. ...
07:40 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal. ...
08:13 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday met representatives of the Muslim groups that have been protesting against his latest film 'Vishwaroopam' in Chennai. The meeting is being mediated by Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and aims to reach a compromise over the film's release. ...
05:22 PM, Feb 02, 2013
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