Excise duty and service tax evasion of about Rs 362 crore has been detected up to December in the current financial year by the Chennai zonal unit of Central excise department. "During the current financial year (up to December 2012), the Directorate General Of Central Excise Intelligence, Chennai Zonal Unit has detected central excise duty and service tax evasion to the tune of Rs 362.45 crore," the department said in...
12:52 PM, Jan 13, 2013
A 24-year-old youth was arrested on charges of attempting to molest a minor girl in nearby Tirupur, police said on Sunday. The accused took the 8-year-old minor girl to a lonely spot and tried to sexually abuse her, the police added. ...
11:55 AM, Jan 13, 2013
A century-old railway bridge near Pamban coast was damaged and rail link to Rameswaram was disrupted as a barge towing a naval ship, which had ran aground, drifted and collided with it on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred after authorities failed to pull the barge and the ship into deep waters, port officials said. ...
11:20 AM, Jan 13, 2013
A seven-year-old boy died on Saturday when some bags of ration articles fell on him at nearby Tirupur, police said. The boy had gone with his mother to the shop at Veethikadai and reportedly climbed on the bags and was playing. ...
12:11 AM, Jan 13, 2013
The commercial operation of the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) has been delayed further and is expected to commence in February. The commercial operation of the 1000 MW first unit of the Indo-Russian project, which had been delayed following anti-nuclear protests, was expected in February, the Nuclear Power Corporation Limited (NPCIL) said. ...
01:21 PM, Jan 12, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the CBI and BSNL on a PIL alleging misuse of public office by former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran. The petition alleges that Maran had set up a BSNL exchange in Chennai and routed the lines to Sun TV offices. ...
11:49 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a key constituent of the United Progressive Alliance, on Thursday said that it would take up the latest railway fare increase issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Party chief Karunanidhi said that he would not support any hike that would hit the poor. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The delay in notifying the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in the Central Gazette has deprived the rights of Tamil Nadu on Cauvery and also in receiving the due share of the river water, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said on Wednesday. ...
01:45 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The Tamil film industry was shut down on Monday due to a day-long hunger strike in Chennai to protest against the service tax levied by the Centre. They are demanding the tax be scrapped. ...
01:54 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Amid stiff opposition to the release of his movie 'Vishwaroopam' on DTH format, actor Kamal Haasan today complained to police he has been receiving threats that the movie would be pirated and power supply to the cinemas screening it will be suspended. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 07, 2013
With this extension, South Asia's only ATP tour event will continue to be held here until 2016. ...
09:16 PM, Jan 06, 2013
wo days after Dravida Munnetra Kazagham chief M Karunanidhi's elder son and Union Minister MK Alagiri publicly objected to his father's statement where he named his younger son MK Stalin as the next chief of the DMK, the party chief made a clarification on Sunday. Karunanidhi said that while in his personal capacity he would endorse Stalin as the next party president, it was the party which will take the...
03:39 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Even as the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant is set to be commissioned in January, an anonymous letter threatening its site director has sent the authorities and police into a tizzy. The letter, addressed to Director RS Sundar and received by post Friday evening, warned that Sundar would be eliminated if he went ahead with commissioning of the plant, police said. ...
01:36 PM, Jan 05, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday gave the central government time till January 31 to decide whether it would notify the decision of the water resources ministry accepting the Cauvery Water Tribunal award on the sharing of Cauvery river water. ...
02:45 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Two men were arrested in Namagiripet on Friday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, police said. ...
01:25 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Is the DMK succession issue finally settled? CNN-IBN's senior correspondent Meenakshi Mahadevan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:09 PM, Jan 04, 2013
With Kamal Haasan releasing his movie 'Vishwaroopam' on the DTH format first, The Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association and Tamil Nadu Film Distributors Federation have resolved not to screen and distribute movies if they are released on the Direct-to-Home platform. ...
04:09 PM, Jan 04, 2013
DMK chief and Union minister M Karunanidhi's elder son MK Alagiri has reacted strongly to his father's naming younger brother MK Stalin as his successor. Speaking to reporters, Alagiri said the DMK is not a religious mutt, meaning that it's not up to the chief to name a successor. ...
01:55 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Even as the entire Nation was boiling over the gangrape incident in Delhi, a 38-year-old man on Thursday set him ablaze on the premises of Court in Palladam in the nearby Tirupur District, protesting against the increasing rape incidents. ...
04:42 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Hinting that younger son MK Stalin will be his heir, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday perhaps laid to rest speculation on who will win the battle between the two brothers - Stalin and MK Alagiri - to lead the party after him. ...
03:22 PM, Jan 03, 2013
