R. Saravanan

V Sandhya, daughter of an autorickshaw driver from Chennai, secured 595 out of 600 marks in the Tamil Nadu Class 12 board examinations and emerged as the topper of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ashok Nagar. She credited her success to disciplined preparation and avoiding social media during examinations. Sandhya scored centums in accountancy, commerce and economics and now plans to pursue Chartered Accountancy. Her school recorded a 99.4% pass percentage in the TN HSC Result 2026.

A team of the CB-CID’s anti-trafficking cell and revenue officials on Thursday rescued 14 indentured workers, including six juveniles, after arresting the owner of a brick-kiln in Vellore.

Jyothika is basking in the decent success of his latest release Jackpot, directed by Kalyan. Revathi, Yogi Babu, Anandraj, Rajendran, Mansoor Ali Khan, Manobala have played crucial roles in it.

After the CB-CID arrested five police personnel and a home guard in connection with the murder of a man at the Secretariat Colony police station, Greater Chennai police commissioner Shankar Jiwal ordered the transfer of three police officers.

When the plea by M R Saravanan came up for hearing, the government pleader submitted that the commissioner has already denied the DMK permission to hold the protest.

The speech had irked a set of people who believed the talented actress had spoken against temples.

The district sessions court on Wednesday awarded life term to four accused in connection with a murder case on Wednesday.

The heart from a 23-year-old gypsy (Narikuravar) from Devarayeneri village, was transported to the Trichy International Airport in nine minutes with the help of the city police who set up a green corridor from Cethar Hospitals, Thillainagar, to the airport.

A day after a lorry driver lost control and injured seven minors - five girls and two boys - at Pandur village in Poondi Taluk in Tiruvallur district, police on Friday arrested the driver.

Tens of contract workers of Tamil Nadu water and drainage (TWAD) board protested in front of their office on Vilankurichi Road in the city on Monday demanding Rs 7,000 (8.33% of their salary) as bonus.

The district forest officials caught three people for selling jackal skins and skulls near Samayapuram on Friday.

The Union jal shakti ministry on Tuesday issued an advisory to take up precautionary measures in the wake of huge flow of water in the Cauvery river from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu.

A Class 12 student died early on Thursday and his mother was being treated for injuries after a speeding van hit them from behind on 100 Feet Road in Vadapalani on Wednesday evening.

Separate petitions were filed on Thursday at the city police commissioner's office against former ministers Senthil Balaji and TKM Chinnaiah

Complainants submitted separate petitions at the city police commissioner's office to lodge complaint against former state ministers TKM Chinnaiah and Senthil Balaji on Thursday.

The Kancheepuram Taluk police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old taxi driver for killing his friend following a quarrel over drinking on Monday night. It is the third murder reported in the district since January 1. Around 6:30am, locals found a body in an open place at Podheri, about 40 km from Chennai, and called police who rushed there and sent it to a government hospital in Kancheepuram.

If the situation gets back to normalcy, it will be wrapped soon

Fancied players including Alok Kumar of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and Rafath Habib of Railways entered the pre-quarterfinals of the 1st National Masters Snooker championship on Friday.

In a reprieve to ailing founder of Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants P Rajagopal, who is a life convict in a murder case, the Madras high court on Tuesday permitted to admit him to a private hospital here.