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JCB clears weeds at Veerangal Odai.(Photo: DC)

Veerangal Odai on verge of becoming sewage drain

The sewage stagnation and poor SWD network has led to mosquito menace in the area and the residents fear an outspread of...

15 Aug 2017 2:09 AM IST

Officials measure the height of saplings planted under the conventional method and the CRA method during experimentation in Thanjavur. (Photo: DC)

Novel way to grow saplings faster while conserving water

The technique has proved to be successful in Madurai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Krishnagiri districts under 2016 MNREGA...

15 Aug 2017 2:01 AM IST

People won't forgive TTV, if he brings down Amma govt: TN Finance...

Recalling that Dhinakaran was expelled from the party in 2011, he asked how he could hold the post of deputy general...

15 Aug 2017 1:59 AM IST

DMK principal secretary K. Duraimurugan

Nirmala Seetharaman's words on TN industries prove our charges:...

Duraimurugan said whenever the DMK made such allegations, industries minister M.C. Sampath and other ministers countered...

15 Aug 2017 1:57 AM IST

TTV supporters present him a silver sceptre at the Melur rally. (Photo: DC)

TTV Dhinakaran distances from party organ's attacks on BJP

Dhinakaran vows to correct erring ministers.

15 Aug 2017 1:54 AM IST

Holding that Sathyabama Deemed University is a profit making institution the State Industrial Dispute Tribunal, Chennai, has directed its management to pay bonus to the drivers and technicians employed in the institution as per provisions of Industrial Dispute Act 1947.

Plea on Tasmac location dismissed

PIL sought to declare restrictions under the rules on Tasmac shops should apply to private residential buildings also.

15 Aug 2017 1:50 AM IST

Despite several warnings from the police, there seems to be no stopping unsafe frolicking in the Marina beach.(inset) warning board (Photo: DC)

Two class 10 students drown off Marina beach

Despite new warning boards people frolic at sea.

15 Aug 2017 1:49 AM IST

Annie Besant: Theosophist who inspired Indian nationalism

And this year, as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence, it will be special for another reason too.

15 Aug 2017 1:46 AM IST

Huge national tricolour produced by the handloom weavers and they are made available through the Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan, adorn the Secretariat and other government offices. (Photo: DC)

Khadi national flag flutters high at Fort St George

The bulk of the flags, which are also sourced during the Republic Day function, are obtained from Maharashtra.

15 Aug 2017 1:44 AM IST

National Flag of India

Coimbatore: National flag sales see marginal drop

Sales of national flags have come down marginally compared to the previous years, say traders in Town Hall.

15 Aug 2017 1:42 AM IST

The Indian flag that was hoisted for the first time on August 15, 1947, is preserved at the Fort Museum (Photo: DC)

Thousands marched to Fort to replace Union Jack

The day and age was long before the advent of television, mobiles, internet, twitter or whatsapp.

15 Aug 2017 1:40 AM IST

Children in S Patti village in Dharmapuri village address the outsider as Thozhar (Photo: DC)

70th Independence Day: Freedom to love

A village in Dharmapuri has reputation for being a haven for inter-caste couples.

15 Aug 2017 1:37 AM IST