IT engineer Sharanya Ari secured the seventh rank in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2015. “Though I had an opportunity to fly abroad, my parents wanted me to join civil services,” said Ms. Sharanya. Her father M. Arivazhagan, retired Air Force officer, motivated her to serve the nation by joining the Indian Administrative Service. Her mother J. Sathya Priya, a […]
» Read moreElection officials on Saturday seized Rs. 9 lakh cash from the car of actor-politician R. Sarathkumar, who is contesting the May 16, 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from Tiruchendur constituency in Tuticorin district. Mr. Sarathkumar, chief of All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi, was found travelling with the cash in violation of election rules, police said. Mr. Sarathkumar, the lone candidate […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday promised 50 percent subsidy for women who buy mopeds/scooters if the AIADMK retained power in the 2016 Assembly elections. The AIADMK leader also said that coupons worth Rs. 500 would be given to all ration card holders, school students would continue to get free laptop and farm loans would be written off in […]
» Read moreFour workers were killed and two others seriously injured in an explosion at a firecracker unit in Elama Coundanur village in Omalur taluk here on Tuesday evening. The victims were identified as Raja, Ajithkumar, Priya and Vellachi. Alamelu and Kavitha were admitted to Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital. Their condition is said to be unstable. The police said that six […]
» Read moreOver 125 grams of gold coins and Rs.3.40 crore worth of cash were found stashed in a classroom of a private school here in Uthangarai on Monday. On a tip-off that cash was stashed at Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School here, a flying squad found the cash and 245 gold coins in a classroom. Income tax sleuths were […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Monday filed her nomination papers for the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency for the May 16 Assembly election. Ms Jayalalithaa’s convoy reached the Tondiarpet Zonal office around 12.20 pm, where she handed over the papers to the Returning Officer T.N. Padmaja Devi. Within few minutes she came out of the office. […]
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