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An anti-liquor activist is battling for life after attempting suicide as he feared arrest for involvement in a recent agitation against a tasmac liquor shop in his Padur village.

Dalit youth attempts suicide fearing arrest for Tasmac stir

An anti-liquor activist is battling for life after attempting suicide as he feared arrest for involvement in a recent...

23 April 2017 8:12 AM IST

In yet another incident of jilted lover turning killer, a youth burnt his girlfriend alive when she refused to take forward their relationship after he had an accident, while she was walking back home after work on Friday night in Thirumullaivoyil

Tamil Nadu: Jilted lover sets girlfriend ablaze on road, ends life

A youth burnt his girlfriend alive when she refused to take forward their relationship.

23 April 2017 8:08 AM IST

A fire walking ceremony at a Goddess Mariamman temple at Thenkudi village near Nannilam in Tiruvarur district turned tragic, as 20 persons suffered burns after they fell inside the pit where red-hot burnt charcoal was spread in the early hours on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu: 20 devotees injured in fire walking ritual

A fire walking ceremony at a Goddess Mariamman temple at Thenkudi village near Nannilam in Tiruvarur district turned...

23 April 2017 8:02 AM IST

A group of students and staff members from IIT-Madras staged a protest against managements decision to chop Prosopis Juliflora trees. (Representational image)

IITians up in arms against Karuvelam removal

A group of students and staff members from IIT-Madras staged a protest against management's decision to chop Prosopis...

23 April 2017 7:58 AM IST

Irked over doctors across the country not including generic names of drugs in the prescriptions given to patients, the Medical Council of India (MCI), on Friday, amended its 2012 Circular.

Medical Council of India orders docs to stick to generic name of drugs

Experts: Move won't help in quality control, price check.

23 April 2017 7:54 AM IST

After a lull of two years, the Chennai smart city project will move forward in 2017, focussing on traffic congestion.

Chennai Smart City project to focus on traffic issue

Chennai smart city project will move forward in 2017.

23 April 2017 7:50 AM IST

Coming under all-round criticism and ridicule after his grand scheme of using thermocol sheets to prevent evaporation loss in Vaigai flopped, cooperative minister Sellur K. Raju on Saturday said he turned to the technology as it had been successfully tested in Rajasthan in 2006.

Will use thicker thermocol: Sellur K Raju

Sellur K. Raju on Saturday said he turned to the technology' as it had been successfully tested in Rajasthan in 2006.

23 April 2017 7:47 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi

Hindu outfit opposes Narendra Modi's Lankan visit

Arjun Sampath on Saturday opposed the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the island nation to take part in the...

23 April 2017 7:46 AM IST

DMK Working President MK Stalin. (Photo: File)

MK Stalin joins anti-saffron tirade, as Congress, Left signal ties...

M.K. Stalin on Saturday shared the dais with Left leaders after eight years.

23 April 2017 7:43 AM IST

The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP has planned massive programmes to expand the footprint of pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.

BJP plans programmes for Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya's centenary...

The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP has planned massive programmes to expand the footprint of pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.

23 April 2017 7:40 AM IST

Tamil Nadu farmers shouting slogans during a protest demanding waiver of farmers loans and drought-relief funds, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. (PTI)

MK Stalin asks Tamil farmers in Delhi to suspend protest

Farmers headed by Ayyakannu are protesting in the capital for the last 40 days and they should suspend their agitations.

23 April 2017 7:36 AM IST

The fiasco over the attempt to use thermocol sheets to prevent evaporation of water from the Vaigai reservoir has not dampened the spirit of the district administration, which is looking for alternative methods to conserve water whose level is rapidly going down.

Vaigai dam water for Madurai can go on till May 20: Veera Raghava Rao

Veera Raghava Rao said that it was made only on an experimental basis.

23 April 2017 7:33 AM IST