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A woman carries flowers in a plastic bag on her head at Parrys flower market. (Photo: DC)

Tamil Nadu second largest contributor to e-waste after Maharashtra

E-waste produced globally is expected to be around 522 lakh tones, which is around 6.8 kg per individual by 2021 from...

6 Jun 2018 5:51 AM IST

Students and faculty of St Peters Institute of Higher Education Research conduct an awareness program on the theme- Beat plastic pollution at Korattur lake and clean the lake of plastics.

Korattur lake cleaned up by school students

The water from Korattur lake had been supplied to Chennai residents for a brief period when there was a shortage in the...

6 Jun 2018 5:47 AM IST

Higher education minister K.P. Anbalagan inaugurating the process to allocate random numbers to engineering applicants on Tuesday here. Higher education secretary Sunil Paliwal and Anna University Vice-Chancellor M.K. Surappa also seen (Photo: DC)

Anna University finds lack of facilities in 255 engg colleges

Varsity has reduced 5,940 seats in 55 engineering colleges for current academic year.

6 Jun 2018 5:46 AM IST

Neet phobia: Medical aspirant commits suicide, political parties spar

According to the police, Pratibha was very much focused on becoming a doctor right from her early school days.

6 Jun 2018 5:42 AM IST

The theme for the World Environment Day is Beat Plastic Pollution.

Tamil Nadu to ban plastic items from 2019

He also said former chief minister Jayalalithaa had earlier constituted an expert panel to go into the issue of banning...

6 Jun 2018 5:37 AM IST

Earlier, the Madras High Court had ordered re-postmortem of bodies of seven people who died during the protest. (Photo: File/PTI)

Madras HC allows autopsy of remaining 6 bodies of anti-Sterlite...

The court said that along with the doctors from Tamil Nadu, a doctor from AIIMS, JIPMER and KIMS hospital will also be...

5 Jun 2018 8:39 PM IST

Stalin led a walkout of his party MLAs, unconvinced over the reply given by Health and Family Welfare Minister C Vijayabaskar on the NEET issue. (Photo: File)

Ruckus in Tamil Nadu Assembly over NEET students' suicide

The death of Prathiba, prompted the DMK to question AIADMK on the matter, with Leader of Opposition MK Stalin leading a...

5 Jun 2018 7:09 PM IST

A suicide note, reportedly written by Peresa, was recovered by the police from the spot and it read: Nobody is responsible for our death. (Representational Image)

Another 17-yr-old ends life after failing to crack NEET

Earlier, a Dalit medical aspirant from TN and a 19-year-old NEET aspirant from Delhi committed suicide after failing to...

5 Jun 2018 4:53 PM IST

The girls mother said that the 60-year-old man, identified as Mukkan, raped her daughter in March. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

60-yr-old Tamil Nadu man rapes minor girl with disabilities, cops...

The rape victim's mother said that the police told her to either 'withdraw the complaint' or to 'vacate' her quarters in...

5 Jun 2018 4:32 PM IST

A year after the state government banned plastic bags, cups and plates, the ubiquitous plastic has made a triumphant comeback.

Tamil Nadu bans manufacture, use of plastic from January 1, 2019

Ban excludes using disposable plastic for packaging milk, curd, oil and medical utilities, says Tamil Nadu CM...

5 Jun 2018 12:32 PM IST

Upset with the polices siding with the politician, the ex-serviceman attempted suicide by consuming pesticide. (Representational Image)

Tamil Nadu: Dalit medical aspirant kills self after failing to crack...

Medical aspirant scored 1125 out of 1200 in her Class 12 exams killed self after failing to clear NEET.

5 Jun 2018 9:30 AM IST

Damaged banana field. (Photo: DC)

Rains wreck 10,000 banana plants in Gobichettipalayam

Affected farmers should be given due compensation for the crop loss, they urged the State government.

5 Jun 2018 6:23 AM IST