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TN Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal notifies RK Nagar vacancy

The Assembly Secretariat has consequently pasted a small notice on her seat saying, Vacant'.

24 Dec 2016 6:34 AM IST

Girija Vaidyanathan

Girija Vaidyanathan takes over as Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu

Mrs Vaidyanathan met Chief Minister O Pannerselvam in his chamber at Fort St George.

24 Dec 2016 6:31 AM IST

Former Finance minister P. Chidambaram speaks at Sathyamurthy Bhavan in Chennai on Friday. (Photo: DC)

Demonetisation will not eradicate black money: P Chidambaram

Going by the printing capacity of the RBI, at least six months would be needed for normalisation and people might not be...

24 Dec 2016 6:28 AM IST

Former HC judge, Justice S. Tamilvanan assumes office as President of Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Friday. (Photo: DC)

At last, Tamil Nadu consumer commission gets head

Justice Tamilvanan, hailing from Velampudhukudi village near Mayiladuthurai, was promoted as district judge in 1990.

24 Dec 2016 6:25 AM IST

C.C. Thampi, a well-known businessman from Kerala, who has varied business interests in Gulf countries, was questioned by sleuths from Enforcement Directorate, sources said here.

ED questions Kerala businessman

A special team from Enforcement Directorate in New Delhi has been questioning Mr Thampi for the past couple of days in...

24 Dec 2016 6:23 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court advocates appear for Sekhar Reddy, associates

Senior advocates from New Delhi, including Amit Desai and Abhishek Singhvi, Congress MP, appeared on behalf of the...

24 Dec 2016 6:19 AM IST

Residents of around 22 villages coming under three mandals of Vizag are up in arms against the ongoing granite mining on a large scale. (Representational image)

ED attaches Rs 43 crore worth properties of granite baron

Investigations revealed that two accused firms forged docus.

24 Dec 2016 6:18 AM IST

The decision to rebuild the shrine came forth last year from people of both countries when Rameswaram fishermen visit the islet for the annual festival at St. Antonys church.

Katchatheevu church consecrated

The task was entrusted to the Sri Lankan Army to rebuild the historic shrine and its consecration was originally...

24 Dec 2016 6:11 AM IST

Light-based treatment should provide a safer and gentler remedy for patients at high risk of arrhythmia - irregular heartbeat that can cause sudden cardiac death within minutes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Science Park awaits approval to make surgical valves

The country has seen merely over a 100 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) surgeries in the past ten years.

24 Dec 2016 6:06 AM IST

Five of the top 100 rank holders have opted to join IIT-Madras this year.

672 IIT-Madras students placed in first round

The first round of placements at IIT Madras began on December 1.

24 Dec 2016 6:02 AM IST

The team detected power theft at four tube wells and was checking connection of another tube well when locals thrashed them, police said. (Representational image)

Post Vardah: Tangedco manages to meet peak power demand

The city remained without power supply for over 24 hours between December 12 and 13.

24 Dec 2016 5:59 AM IST

He escaped by jumping off a running train with his handcuffs on near Itarsi railway station, police said today. (Photo:

Chennai: Nigerian held with new notes

With Rs 53.78 lakhs in new currency and Rs 4.9 lakh in scrapped notes on Friday.

24 Dec 2016 1:41 AM IST