Jaya to approach SC to scrap repoll

AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa said today that her party would approach the Supreme Court for cancellation of repolls held in 100 wards of the Chennai Corporation on Sunday as they were conducted without removing the court-indicted officials.

MDMK walks out in a huff

MDMK walked out of the all-party meeting on the final award of   Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) at the Secretariat today. The meeting was convened to clear the confusion on the final award of 192 tmcft water to be released by Karnataka at Billigundulu. NT Bureau reports.

Notify Tribunal verdict in gazette, says AIADMK

The AIADMK has taken a stand demanding the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) to be notified in the government gazette while going for an appeal to get more water. 

Stalin fires salvo against Jaya

Local Administration Minister M K Stalin has criticised former Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa’s remarks on the construction of a bus terminus in Tindivanam.

Devi Priya weds secretly?

Television artiste Devi Priya's wedding with her lover Willam Isaac reportedly took place in a church secretly today. Sources said the marriage was held at a church on the outskirts of Chennai and a few close friends were present.

Paramour burnt to death by lover

A mother of three burnt her paramour to death as he was tied to the cot early this morning after cohabiting with her in the night. The concubine took this extreme step as she was against the proposed marriage of her illicit lover.

India's first woman photo journalist

Photography came to India in the 1840's, and many photographers suitably adopted the mores and conventions worked out by generations of British artistes. V Sundaram writes more about it.

His directorial dream

A R Madhu, who got his childhood dream of acting, a reality. However, his aim is to wield the megaphone. M Rafi Ahmed interviews.

Your future he reads

His attire does not keep up to his profession. With thick and overgrown grey beard, this fortune- teller is seen at the dead end of P T Rajan Salai near MGR Nagar. Karthikeyan Halan writes.