Rodent delays flight

The departure of a Port Blair-bound  flight from Chennai was delayed by nearly four hours after a rodent was found on board the plane.

Cellphones burgled

Burglars broke into a mobile phone shop last night and decamped with about 100 cellphones.

Mystery shrouds youth's death

Mystery shrouds the death of a youth whose body was found hanging in his room at Guduvancherry yesterday.

Security man dies in actor's farmhouse

A security man, who climbed a coconut tree in film actor Arjun's farmhouse at Porur, was stung by a wasp and had a fatal fall. 

100 advocates keep off court

Over 100 advocates of Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) today boycotted court proceedings alleging ill-treatment meted out to two of their colleagues by the staff members of Stanley Medical College hospital and a policemen on Monday.

Labourer dies as scaffolding falls

A man engaged in masonry work died and four others were injured as the scaffolding on which they were standing gave way in suburban Thorapakkam this morning.

Youth falls, old man dies

In a freak accident, tragedy struck an elderly man after a youth fell on him from the fourth floor of a building killing the latter on the spot. The incident was reported at Mint yesterday.

State govt gives Rs 25 lakh to Anand

The Tamilnadu government today announced an incentive of Rs 25 lakh to Viswanathan Anand, who was crowned world chess champion recently in Mexico.

Widow burnt alive for rejecting proposal

A widow was allegedly set ablaze by an auto-driver after she reportedly rejected his advances.

Robbers strike it rich

Robbers had a field day on the city’s outskirts yesterday. Five more houses were ransacked as gangsters struck near Pattabiram last night.

Titanium, the rape of 'good earth', callous corporate greed - II

If Tatas are able to purchase more than 10,000 acres of land and thus unsettle nearly 100,000 poor people from their ancestral homes and lands, the total impact is going to be disastrous, says V Sundaram in the second part of his series on 'Titanium, the rape of...'  

Overhead electricity cables, a threat

A shocking revelation for all to see and fear. Here in suburban Adambakkam, high tension wires pass closely over houses thereby posing a danger to residents, G Ramanarayanan visits the outskirts.