‘Big lesson’ with small change for repair centre
To teach a lesson on the value of time to the staff of a car service centre, a village panchayat president paid the final payment of Rs 35,000 in...
Bodies of duo pulled out from Velachery pit on Day 5
It was around 7:30 am on Monday when four men fell into the pit after the soil under the container office and the generator room of the LPG bunk caved...
Rape, sexual assault on daughter: Man’s death sentence reduced to
When the case came before the Madras high court, the prosecution submitted that the witness statements and medico legal evidence corroborated the...
DT Next Exposé: For convicts, even basic rights come at a price, says...
“Neither the quality nor the quantity of the food provided to inmates matches the standards prescribed by the government. And if an inmate craves for...
Public servant granted bail after wife’s personal apology
Perumal was booked under sections of IPC, including 417 (cheating), 419 (cheating by impersonation), among others.
Reporter's diary: Madam, do you know how to pronounce irony?
Irony died a painful death that day, as she had played one of the victims in actor Ajith Kumar’s Nerkonda Paarvai, a film that focused on the topic of...
Reporter's Diary: Defining my city, who to blame?
A recent marketing campaign to celebrate Chennai described the city’s identity as filter kapi, dosa, beaches and Carnatic music in the eyes of the...
Reporter's diary: Is GCTP’s model citizen a vigilante?
Several citizens have appealed to the GCTP to not encourage such behaviour, especially of taking pictures of women without consent