Police take new route to stop footboard travel

Police have devised a new system to tackle youngsters travelling on foot boards and on window grilles of MTC buses. The system which has been introduced by R K Nagar police involves detaining such travellers and informing their parents. 

For the Left, it is us vs US

The Left parties today launched a march to Vishakapatnam to protest the multi-national joint naval excercise involving the Unisted States of America in the Bay of Bengal.

Man commits suicide

Apparently dejected at his wife walking out on him after an extra-marital affair came into the open, a man ended his life by hanging himself at his friend's house last night.

Giant wave kills man

A young man who went to bathe at sea near Anna Square in Chennai died after he was swept away by a giant wave on Tuesday.

PMK's ultimatum to TN govt

Upping the ante on his attack against the DMK government, PMK founder leader Dr S Ramadoss today warned that a big social revolution will engulf the State if immediate changes were not made in the education system in Tamilnadu.

Chain snatched on ECR

Two men on a motorcycle snatched the gold chain of woman near the busy Palavakkam bus stand on Tuesday.

Minister hits out at AIADMK chief

Taking exception to the observation of AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on the problems of autorickshaw drivers in a statement, Transport Minister KN Nehru today slammed her and charged that the former Chief Minister did not raise the fare structure of auto drivers during her rule.

Road, rail roko on Ram Sethu 12 Sept

A nation-wide rail and road roko agitation will be held on 12 September to protect Ram Sethu. 

Service, no, money, yes

Educational institutions no longer consider teaching as service to  mankind, what with the emerging trend of commercialisation, former Vice- Chancellor of Manonmanium Sundaranar University Vasanthi Devi said today. 

Bomb scare in two hospitals

Two bomb hoax calls were made to an hospital in Thousand Lights and to a medical college and hospital at Alapakkam this morning.

TN third on crime graph

Tamilnadu is the third most crime-prone State in the country, with 250.3 per cent of crimes being recorded in 2005 as against a national average of 168.3, statistics from National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reveal. G R Sindhu has more details.

In the words of an ace teacher ...

Today being Teacher's Day, teachers and students all over the country are in the right mood to celebrate it. Educationist Mrs Y G Parthasarathy, dean and director, Padma Seshadri Group of Schools, speaks to Preetha Kadhir about her experiences in this noble profession.

Stray dog menace causes 'insomnia'

For the past one month or so, it has been sleepless nights for residents of Nanganallur Western Block (from 39th Street to 49th Street, IV, V and VI Main Roads) the reason being the menace of stray dogs. A report from G Ramanarayanan.

Violation of Hindu HR - Need for a Hindu nation - II

I am in full agreement with Sita Ram Goel (1921-2003), a great 'Intellectual Kshatriya,' when he says that Hindu society is the only significant society in theworld today which presents a continuity of cultural existence, consciousness and functioning for countless centuries. More freom V Sundaram.