Gang held for printing Sivaji VCD covers

A three-member gang was arrested for printing VCD covers of Rajnikanth's forthcoming film Sivaji at Border Thottam near here. Pirated CDs of newly-released Tamil films and pornographic CDs worth Rs 11 lakh were also seized.

Two run over by mini-lorry

Two persons, including a student, were run over by a mini-lorry in a freak mishap near Maraimalai Nagar this morning.

Youth electrocuted

A 24-year-old man died of an electric shock, when he tried to change a light bulb in his house in Injambakkam yesterday. 

Is the party over for Maran?

The voice of opposition within the DMK president's family is growing at a rapid pace to oust Dayanidhi Maran from the party and strip him of his Parliament membership. NT Bureau has more details.

MK intimidating us, says Ramagopalan

Hindu Munnnai founder leader Ramagopalan today said Karunanidhi was trying to intimidate the leaders of the Hindu organisations. 

Our principles can't be questioned: BJP

'No one has the locus standi to doubt or certify BJP's feeling of patriotism', BJP State president L Ganesan said today.

MPs' foreign visit to be monitored

Central Intelligence has decided to maintain strict surveillance at all major airports to monitor MPs' foreign visits and to list out those accompanying them. 

All-party bandh at Padmanabhapuram

Padmanabhapuram in Kanyakumari district today wore a deserted look following a bandh call given by several political parties to protest against dropping the town from Assembly constituency list under the delimitation scheme.

They also serve who shock

Hindu-hating anti-national criminal men in the mafia of mass media in India have completely blacked out the basic facts about what happened in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda two weeks ago. V Sundaram writes.

'I want to emulate Rani Mukherjee'

Meenakshi looks to be a welcome addition to the list of heroines making a beeline to Kollywood. She played the lady love of Karan with a refreshing degree of freedom in Karuppasamy Kuthagaikarar  which had a decent opening. M Bharat Kumar caught up with with Meenakshi.

Going gaga over greenery

The green canopies wave gently in the breeze cooling the sultry afternoons for the walkers on the roads of Alwarpet. Nearly thousand such canopies of forty varieties in the area are the outcome of the work of a tailor Vijaya Bhaskaran. V Padmsini writes.

Cashing in on clothes of charity

If you happen to come by old sarees, churidhar sets and shirts which you had given away for charity, don’t be surprised that they are put  up for sale on the streets of T Nagar. Rachel Chitra writes.