
CHENNAI: In a major breakthrough, three women self-help group members and four men, including two home guards, were arrested in connection with SHG coordinator R Ambikas murder in suburban Gerugambakkam on January 24. The arrests also brought to light irregularities committed by a cooperative bank in sanctioning of loans to SHG members. The body of Ambika (38) was found with the throat slit by her husband Ravi, who works as...

09:50 AM, Feb 13, 2012

A 15-year-old Chennai schoolboy allegedly stabs his teacher to death inside the classroom of a leading city school. ...

11:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Upset with the teacher for pulling him up, a class 9 student stabs his teacher inside the classroom in front of his classmates. ...

10:18 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Reports say the student was upset with the teacher for pulling him up for poor performance in his studies. ...

09:53 PM, Feb 09, 2012

A 15-year-old Chennai school boy allegedly stabbed his teacher to death inside the classroom. ...

09:30 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Cosultant Psychiatrist Dr Sandeep Vohra speaks on how to deal with rage and aggression in students. ...

07:43 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Chennai: A Class 9 student has allegedly killed a teacher inside the classroom of St Mary's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai on Thursday. There was disbelief and dismay at the private school in Chennai, after the student allegedly stabbed his teacher. Thirty-one year old Uma Maheshwari, herself a mother of two, was teaching science and Hindi at the school for the past 10 years. The 15-year-old boy reportedly...

03:17 PM, Feb 09, 2012

I have never met Mr. N Srinivasan. In fact, I have never even had a conversation with him. But I do enjoy hearing him talk ...

12:19 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Chennai: A Kiran Trainer Aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday crashed on the outskirts of Chennai during a routine training sortie, but both the pilots ejected to safety. The two-seater aircraft, which left the Air Force Station at suburban Tambaram, crashed near Iyancherry village, some 30 km from Chennai, police said. "A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to find out the reasons for the crash", a...

02:43 PM, Jan 31, 2012

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that the tendering process for the Monorail project was going on well. Delivering his customary address at the on-going session, the Governor said, Towards the goal of achieving an Integrated Multi-Modal Urban Transportation System in Chennai, I am happy to note that the process of tendering to establish a Monorail system is progressing well. According to official sources,...

08:25 AM, Jan 31, 2012

CHENNAI: Ask anyone what Gandhi and Chennai have in common and theyd probably reply roads. But the connection between the Mahatma and the Queen of the Coromandel is certainly placed in the annals of time. Sixty-four years after he was slain on his way to address a prayer meeting, we take a look back at the times and places that the Father of the Nation left his diminutive footprint on,...

09:01 AM, Jan 30, 2012

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has rejected a writ plea from the George Town Building Owners Welfare Association seeking to restrain the government and the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) from constructing the underground metro rail line from Washermenpet to Mannadi via Seven Wells, GT and Prakasam Road in Corridor-I. The consequential prayer of the petitioner, which was also rejected, was to direct the authorities to construct the rail line...

08:53 AM, Jan 28, 2012

Chennai: Expressing his opinion on the legendary question of whether scribes and politicians can remain friends, senior journalist Vinod Mehta said on Friday that was "not possible." "I have given this a lot of thought. And I think we can't be friends. Because, fundamentally of our jobs. A politician's job is evasive... cheating and sometimes outright lies," Mehta, Editor-in-chief of Outlook, said launching his book 'Lucknow Boy' in Chennai. "Our...

09:42 PM, Jan 27, 2012

CHENNAI: Despite tight security and the chill weather, thousands of people gathered on the Marina in the early morning of Thursday to celebrate the 63rd Republic day.Most of them came in family groups, sporting the tricolour on their clothes. Governor K Rosaiah unfurled the tricolour at the saluting base while a low-flying Indian Air Force helicopter showered rose petals. Earlier, Governor and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa drove past the invitees...

08:33 AM, Jan 27, 2012