The presence of policewomen at police stations will ensure that women and children feel safe, heard, and supported while reporting crimes, says ADGP (Law and Order) S. Davidson Devasirvatham | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Police officers across Tamil Nadu have been asked to immediately withdraw policewomen from such duties as computer operations and handling of…
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The School Education Department has received 238 complaints of sexual abuse so far, and around 50 are still under scrutiny, said Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating a meeting of education officers, he said the department had acted on…
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj  The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and the Indian Space Research Organisation have developed an indigenous aerospace quality Shakti-based semiconductor chip. IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti led the Shakti microprocessor project at Prathap Subrahmanyam Centre for Digital Intelligence and Secure Hardware Architecture…
Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has congratulated renowned craniofacial and head and neck cancer surgeon Prof. Dr. SM Balaji on performing the first surgery at the newly inaugurated Cancer Specialty Hospital in Mauritius. After Mauritius Minister for Health & Wellness Anil Kumar Bachoo inaugurated the new state-of-art National Cancer Center in Mauritius, Dr. Balaji performed…
The new office bearers of the Rotary Club of VIT (RCOVIT) were sworn in at a ceremony held at the campus in Vellore. Oath-taking ceremony According to a press release, G. Viswanathan, founder and chancellor of VIT, inaugurated the event. The ceremony marked the beginning of a new term for the Rotary Club of VIT,…
Dream run: Oru CBI Diary Kurippu became a cult classic wherein Mammootty played the role of a CBI officer. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement With Gautham Menon’s Mammootty-starrer Dominic and the Ladies’ Purse recently doing the rounds both in Chennai and Kerala, it is time to get back to the Madras of the 1980s. Back…
Do ants relocate? How do they do it? What happens to their offspring? Sumana Annagiri, professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, answered these and more questions about ants. At the eighth edition of Science at the Sabha held on Sunday, the scientist spoke on how she and her students studied…
 Rameswaram fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy | Photo Credit: ]Special Arrangement Fourteen fishermen from the coastal district of Ramanathapuram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching and two trawlers were seized in the early hours of Sunday (February 9, 2025). Fisheries Department officials here told The Hindu that they had…
DMK cadre celebrating outside the counting centre at Chithode. File | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan The victory margin of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s V.C. Chandhirakumar in the Erode (East) Assembly by-election marked the third largest in any such contest since 2009. Mr. Chandhirakumar bagged the seat, defeating his nearest rival M.K. Seethalakshmi of Naam…
A 36-year-old woman, who was pushed off a moving train by a man during an attempt to sexually assault her near Katpadi, lost her unborn child on Saturday. She was four months pregnant. She was pushed off the train on Thursday by history-sheeter Hemanthraj, 31. He was arrested by the Government Railway Police, Jolarpet, on…
