V. Natarajan

C. Joseph Vijay was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, marking a significant transition from cinema to public service. His government's first welfare measure offers free electricity up to 200 units for domestic consumers. The event drew widespread congratulations from across the Indian film industry.

Two people died and seven others were injured when a private bus carrying a group of tourists rear-ended a truck on the national highway near Othakadai in Madurai on Thursday.

Fifty-four-year-old K Ayyanar of Ashokapuri village in Villupuram’s Vikravandi taluk has been waiting for the state’s monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,500 for more than a year now.

The two-member committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), South Zone will conduct a two-day inspection along the Girivalam path during Karthigai Maha Deepam festival.

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Chapter of Cost Accountants organised a seminar on 'Challenges for the profession - impact of recession in global economy' on Sunday at ICWAI Bhawan.

Set in the wonderful al fresco setting of Lido at the Ista, it turned out to be an evening of sheer luxury.

Set in the wonderful al fresco setting of Lido at the Ista, it turned out to be an evening of sheer luxury.

PUNE: In a major respite to the Coca-Cola company, the Maharashtra food and drug administration (FDA) on Wednesday cleared the samples of two soft drink brands — Thums Up and Limca — manufactured at Coca-Cola India’s Pirangut plant in Pune district.

Bangalore's cigar lovers who were invited for an exclusive sit-down dinner to try some Cubans with some malt certainly seemed to be in the right mood.

Bangalore's cigar lovers who were invited for an exclusive sit-down dinner to try some Cubans with some malt certainly seemed to be in the right mood.

HYDERABAD: The Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad bench, on Thursday posted the case filed by senior IPS officer C Anjaneya Reddy challenging the appointment of P Ramulu as the director general and inspector general of police to May 27.

PUNE: In another setback to multinational giant Coke, a citybased hotel has registered a complaint with the police, claiming that an electric copper wire was found in a sealed 300-ml bottle of Coca-Cola.

Two more prosecution witnesses in the sensational Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi seers, Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi are the prime accused, turned hostile during the examination before the principal district sessions' judge D Krishnaraja on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Bench of the CAT, which is hearing the case against the appointment of P Ramulu as DGP, on Monday posted the matter to June 11 for next hearing.

HYDERABAD: The Amrita Institute of Computer Technology will celebrate its first annual day and Mata Amritanandamayi Amma’s birthday at its campus in Mahendra Hills on Sunday.

In a paper-compliance, the Tamil Nadu government has ‘designated’ regular sessions courts in all districts courts to try cases related to persons with disabilities.

After 37 years, the 1976-78 batch of Class 11 students of Suburban School in Ramnagar met in the city to spend an evening together.

PUNE: The fizz will be back in Thums Up and Limca again. The Maharashtra food and drug administration on Wednesday gave the clean chit to the two soft drink brands, manufactured at Coca-Cola India's Pirangut plant in Pune district.

HYDERABAD: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the spiritual leader reverently referred to as Amma by her followers, will be arriving in Hyderabad on February 22 on a four-day visit.

The traffic police have addressed a long pending grievance of road users by reconstructing a new traffic island at the Pantheon Road junction in Egmore. Many people often took a wrong turn at the old traffic island as five roads intersect at the junction.

Mars International India, the wholly-owned arm of US-based chocolate maker Mars Inc, on Wednesday said it will invest Rs 1,005 crore to set up its first manufacturing plant in Pune.

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Thursday refused to stay the appointment of Pervaram Ramulu as director-general and inspectorgeneral of police (DG&IGP) of Andhra Pradesh.

A 39-year-old man murdered his wife by slitting her throat near Veppanahalli here in the early hours of Monday over a family dispute.

Trichy witnessed a series of burglaries in the last few days in which gold ornaments, cash and electronic gadgets were stolen.

Indian Institutions have a negative tendency towards rating procedures followed by agencies and later come up with excuses on why they fare badly universally.