Category: Chennai News

The Tamil Nadu government has initiated steps to establish a textile city in Chennai and plans to set up a handloom museum in Mahabalipuram, near here, Chief Minister M K Stalin announced on Friday. The museum would be set up at a cost of Rs 30 crore, he said while unveiling programmes to develop the […]

Giving the benefit of doubt, the Madras High Court has confirmed the orders of a lower court acquitting 26 accused in an idol theft case in 2012. No doubt, due to an efflux of time, the witnesses were not able to clearly identify the idols and the prosecution was not able to physically produce all […]

In 1783, Richard Johnston, a captain in the British Army, came to India to join his brother-in-law, Sir John Burgoyne, who was commanding a regiment in Madras. He was hoping for growth in his military career. As his hopes did not materialise, he became a printer, employed by the government run by the East India […]

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan. (File Photo) Chennai News Live Updates: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has been admitted to Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre in Porur following complaints of a stomach ache. Though the hospital is yet to give an official statement, a source in the hospital told The Indian Express he was admitted […]

Chennai news live updates: Under its influence, light to moderate rainfall had commenced from Sunday evening over north Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry and coastal Andhra Pradesh (File) Chennai News Highlights, November 22, 2022: While the depression in the Bay of Bengal has been moving towards the North Tamil Nadu coast slowly, it weakened into a […]

The site also features various megalithic structures, Tamil Brahmi Inscriptions, Jain Beds and 2200-year-old rock-cut temples adding to its historical value. (Screengrab from video by Supriya Sahu IAS) Chennai News Live Updates: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) met Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi at Raj Bhavan in Chennai Wednesday and urged him to […]

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has moved the Madras High Court with an application challenging the recent order of a single judge, which permitted its ‘route march’ and public meetings in auditoriums and open grounds alone. The letter patent appeal (LPA) from G Subramaniam, also sought to punish the State government officials and the police […]

In the wake of rising conjunctivitis cases in the state, the Tamil Nadu health department has alerted people of the highly contagious infection, also known as ‘Madras Eye’. The state reports around 4,000-4,500 daily cases of eye infection. Tamil Nadu Health Minister, M Subramaniam, advised people who are infected with conjunctivitis to isolate themselves to […]

The UK’s University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have announced a joint masters agreement, in addition to a new research fund. Source: https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiP2h0dHBzOi8vdGhlcGllbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9iaXJtaW5naGFtLWlpdC1tYWRyYXMtcmV2ZWFsLWpvaW50L9IBAA?oc=5