Chennai, Jan 11 (UNI) The Madras High Court has set aside a lower court order acquitting former Vellore Congress MLA C Gnanasekaran and his wife in a disproportionate assets case filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC). The DVAC had filed a case against them for allegedly amassing wealth to the tune of…
Chennai, Jan 10 (UNI) Lakhs and lakhs of devotees thronged vaishnavite temples across Tamil Nadu to celebrate the auspicious Vaikunda Ekadesi festival on Friday morning during which the gateway to heaven (Sorga Vaasal) was opened through which the presiding deities passed through. Tamil Nadu HR and CE Minister P K Sekar Babu participated in the…
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) The Union Government has appointed distinguished space scientist and LPSC Vaiamala Director V Narayanan as the next Chairman of the Indian Space Reasearch Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space. It was announced by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday evening, according to reports received here. Mr…
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) Having created a historic achievement by cultivating crops for producing foods in space for astronauts during long durtion manned mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) termed it as a Leap in Space Biological Experiments. Growing plants from seed in space under microgravity is an important milestone for space biological research,…
Chennai, Jan 7 (UNI) The bye-election to the Erode East Assembly seat will be held on February five, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. The seat in all probability will be again allotted to the Congress as it had won in 2021 Assembly elections and the 2023 bypoll. The bypoll, the second in…
Chennai, Jan 7 (UNI) The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) has launched Asia’s largest Shallow Wave Basin research facility that could cater to Indian research and industry requirements. Development of this advanced facility is a key demonstration of the Research and Technical capabilities of IIT Madras and the Nation. This state-of-the-art facility is located at…
Chennai, Jan 7 (UNI) After achieving a milestone in cultivating crops in space, ISRO has announced that leaves have started emerging from it. The crop cultivation was programmed as part of one of the 24 scientific experiments launched on board the POEM-4, the fourth stage of the PSLV-C60 that ferried two Spadex Satellites for space…
Chennai, Jan 6 (UNI) Veterantmarxist leader and comrade P Shanmugam was elected as the Party’s State Secretary Tamil Nau Unit. He was elected at the party’s GC meeting held at Villupuram on Sunday evening. Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin greeted him for his appointment as the new State Secretary of CPI(M). He…
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Jan 2 (UNI) In a tragic incident, three members of a family were killed and three others critically injured, after an ambulance collided with a lorry at Valantharavai on the Madurai-Rameswaram national highway here on Wednesday midnight. Police said here on Thursday morning that the ambulance was transporting a 64-year-old patient, identified…
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Jan 2 (UNI) Over 350 people, most of them patients, had a narrow escape, after a major fire broke out in Ramanathapuram Government Medical College Hospital on Wednesday midnight. Police said here on Thursday morning that the fire was reported at the electrical control room on the second floor of a block…
