Sri Lanka warns its nationals against traveling to Tamil Nadu

The Sri Lankan government today warned its citizens against visiting to the State of Tamil Nadu in India and requested them to travel with caution.

Sri Lanka's national carrier reduces flights to Chennai

Sri Lanka's national carrier SriLankan Airlines today reduced its flights by half on the Colombo-Chennai sector due to recent heated situation in Tamil Nadu.

710 arrested as precautionary measure

A total of 710 persons wanted in connection with several cases have been arrested as a precautionary measure, police said today.

Three killed as ICU catches fire in Chennai

Three patients died of asphyxiation at the government-run Kilpauk Medical College Hospital here after a fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Saturday morning. Krishna Bai (72), Tamil Arasi (45) and Nandha Gopal (51) died due to the fire caused by a short circuit, which was noticed in the split air-conditioning unit of the ICU on the ground floor.
"Around 5am, smoke was noticed in the ICU, located on the ground floor," the hospital's medical superintendent R Sukumar said.

Chennai vs Tamil Nadu: Power cuts lead to social divide

It is a topic that has been generating much heat and debate this summer — whether it is Chennai or the districts which suffer more power cuts. Passionate arguments are advanced depending on which part of the state a person hails from, but the jury is still out on the issue.

India assures security of Sri Lankan institutions in Tamil Nadu

The High Commission of India has assured the Sri Lankan government that necessary action will be taken to ensure the safety and security of the Sri Lankan institutions in the Tamil Nadu State of India.

Touts rule over campus, cops throw up hands

While Tamil Nadu takes pride in being a vital hub for higher education, in a disturbing trend campuses, particularly deemed universities offering engineering courses, are continuing to be racket dens in which students turn criminals by acting as admission touts.

Two kidnappers arrested, boy rescued in Chennai

Two foreign-educated youths in search of quick money were arrested for kidnapping a 14-year-old boy and releasing him after collecting a ransom of Rs100mn in Chennai last week. R Vijay Kumar and his cousin K Prabhu kidnapped Keerthivasan after overpowering his car driver outside his school in Mogappair.

In Tamil film, Obama debuts as a demi-god

There is a little village in Tamil Nadu that shares a special bond with US President Barack Obama, who will arrive on his maiden trip to India on Friday. The people of Kedarapalayam are confident that he'll be at their temple festival, though only New Delhi and Mumbai feature on Obama's itinerary. For, they believe he is their saviour and their prayers helped him win the presidential elections in 2008.

Man on diamond diet' nabbed

A Sri Lankan who had 2,060 pieces of diamonds and other precious stones lodged in his stomach was arrested from the Chennai airport by the central crime branch of the suburban police. The stones, estimated to be worth between Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 3 crore, were recovered.

Two Indian airlines to expand operations into Sri Lanka

Two new international airlines have announced that they will commence services to Colombo from next month

ANOTHER CHAMP FROM CHENNAI

To wake up one day and discover that one is gifted in a particular vocation is a rather improbable idea, in which one cannot repose a lot of confidence. More so in a sport like chess which kids take to as soon as their motor coordination skills have developed sufficiently to pick up and drag chess men across a few squares, without wetting themselves.

Indian court convicts six LTTE sympathizers

Assistant sessions court in Tambaram, Chennai has convicted six LTTE sympathizers and sentenced them to one year imprisonment in a case registered against them by the Indian Q Branch police in 2007, Indian daily Times of India reported Wednesday.

Pastor arrested on charges of rape, cheating

A 53-year-old pastor has been arrested on the charges of rape and cheating, police said today. Father Selvaraj of Faith Assembly at Ayanavaram here was arrested yesterday after two women associated with the church accused him of sexual exploitation and cheating, they said.