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Thousands of devotees witnessed the Masi Brahmotsavam car festival of Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy temple at Tiruchendur near here on Thursday.

Devotees throng Tiruchendur Masi Brahmotsavam festival

The days following the hoisting of the flag were marked with special poojas and popular discourses on religion and...

2 March 2018 3:16 AM IST

The annual recruitment calendar released by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) on Thursday reveals that re-exam for 1,065 polytechnic lecturers posts will be conducted on August 4.

Chennai: Re-exam on August 4 for polytechnic lecturers

TRB scam: 200 candidates with fake marks qualified for post.

2 March 2018 3:01 AM IST

The entire rail network of South Central Railways (SCR) will get electrified, except Bidar and Gulbarga, according to the Rail budget for South Central Railway.

Chennai: Express trains diverted, not to touch Central

Southern Railway has announced the 5 express trains via Perambur railway station and not touch Chennai Central.

2 March 2018 2:51 AM IST

As per the study, though 84.1 per cent parents knew that children should be tested for hearing loss and needed medical aid at birth, only 38.9 per cent actually had their child screened.

7 in 10 newborns not tested for hearing loss in India

As per a recent study by Cochlear India, an estimated 5-6 of every 1,000 newborns suffer from some degree of hearing...

2 March 2018 2:49 AM IST

Cops clearing encroachments. (For representation purpose only)

Congested Pattalam market cleared of encroachments

More than 50 shops and makeshift encroachments were cleared and a few buildings razed down as they were illegally eating...

2 March 2018 2:45 AM IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami launches new education helpline...

Students and parents can get answers to their queries on higher education opportunities.

2 March 2018 2:42 AM IST

The direction has been issued in the light of some schools denying the same to students due to poor performance in the pre-board exams conducted internally by the school.

Chennai: Plus-2 exams begin with easy language-1 paper

The plus-2 state board exams began with a relatively easy language paper on Thursday.

2 March 2018 2:40 AM IST

The Madras high court had to step in to rule that temples could keep their doors open at midnight to welcome the New Year.

Violations everywhere in erecting banners: Madras high court's Chief...

The First Bench comprising CJ Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose initiated suo motu proceedings and gave the...

2 March 2018 2:36 AM IST

A youth was murdered by his alleged rivals after trapping him with a fake Facebook account in the guise of a girl on city outskirts near Punadipadu.

10-year-old murdered in Chennai

The murder came to light on Thursday after police who were searching for the boy based on a missing complaint by the...

2 March 2018 2:35 AM IST

Jayendra Saraswathi shankaracharya was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.

Jayendra Saraswathi laid to rest in Kanchi mutt

The rituals were performed by the 70th Acharya Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi and over 1.5 lakh persons.

2 March 2018 2:33 AM IST

Madras high court while directing the Central government to sanction pension to a freedom fighter, who waited for over 30 long years to get a pension and died in 2002.

Woman claiming to be Karunanidhi's granddaughter moves Madras HC to...

MKM Sheeba Rani raised doubts if her 75-year-old father was alive or not, and sought a direction to the police to...

1 March 2018 8:40 PM IST

Kancheepuram Sankara Mutt seer Jayendra Saraswathi laid to rest

Kancheepuram Sankara Mutt seer Jayendra Saraswathi laid to rest

The 69th pontiff of Kancheepuram Sankara Mutt was laid to rest close to his guru Chandrasekharendra Saraswati's grave.

1 March 2018 1:12 PM IST