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Poll-bound Karnataka has approached Tamil Nadu public election department seeking expertise in online applications that can be used for its ensuing assembly polls.

Tamil Nadu poll dept will help Karnataka with web enabled services,...

-"Karnataka Legislative Assembly election is likely to be announced by next month as the term of its 224 legislators end...

1 March 2018 3:31 AM IST

The tremulous mud-slinging of the Kanchi mutt that followed the state polices investigations into the Sankararaman murder case under an earlier AIADMK regime was perhaps too much for the acharya to bear. It could go to show that politics and religion can never go together.

Dynamic seer who always stood for religious harmony

At the age of 82, after a brief illness, the country has lost a many-sided, dynamic.

1 March 2018 3:25 AM IST

Makkal Neethi Mayyam, founded by actor Kamal Haasan, also condoled the passing away of the seer.

Rajinikanth, MNM condole his death

Top actor Rajinikanth on Wednesday condoled the demise of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati.

1 March 2018 3:21 AM IST

House of the seer at Irulneeki village near Mannargudi. DC

Mutt's trust gets Irulneeki water tank, school and hospital

A pall of gloom descended on Irulneeki village, 15 km from Mannargudi, the birth place of Jayendra Saraswath.

1 March 2018 2:50 AM IST

Kanchi pontiff Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamy will be interred at a spot left of the Brindavan of Kanchi Maha Periyava (Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati) in Kancheepuram, near here on Thursday.

Acharya to be placed besides Maha Periyava

The rituals are scheduled to commence at 7 am with an abishekam followed by an aarthi.

1 March 2018 2:48 AM IST

Muslims paying their last respect to Sri Jayendra Saraswati. DC

Thousands including Muslims pay respects to Kanchi acharya

He had been to Kancheepuram for his darshan but could not even get a glimpse before the seer was rushed to the hospital.

1 March 2018 2:45 AM IST

Madras high court has directed the DGP to ensure that the attendance of investigating officers in the court during the hearing.

Chennai: Panchayat-municipality merger plea dismissed

The bench said, Since the proposal has not been finalised, the petition is premature.

1 March 2018 2:43 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.

Madras high court notice to DGP on re-investigation plea

Madras high court has ordered notice to DGP on a petition from a private insurance company.

1 March 2018 2:40 AM IST

Laptops replace desktops for their portability, power backup and energy consumption advantages.

Chennai: Laptops for special kids in CBSE exams

The use of computer shall be limited to only for typing the answers.

1 March 2018 2:36 AM IST

People wait to pay their last respects to Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, the 69th pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt, who died on Wednesday in Kanchipuram.

Dynamic seer who strived for inter-religious harmony

Sri Jayendra had taken up the high-profile initiative to resolve the Ram temple issue in the year that marked his 50th...

1 March 2018 1:40 AM IST

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

Seer to be laid to rest beside guru

Kanchi mutt head Jayendra, considered one of the most influential spiritual leaders of his time but whose arrest in a...

1 March 2018 1:36 AM IST

Dr Krishna Prasath R was pursuing his PG course at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh. (Photo: Facebook)

Perturbed by Hindi, 24-yr-old doc hangs self, mother says, 'wish had...

Krishna Prasath had called his mother on Sunday and had said that he wanted to return home as he was not able to...

28 Feb 2018 2:45 PM IST