Reported By Sanjay Pinto

• Former Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss under the scanner again?

  Less than a week after a bailable warrant was recalled against Anbumani Ramadoss by a CBI Court in the alleged Indore-based Index Medical College approval scam, there are reports suggesting that a fresh chargesheet may be filed against the former Union Health Minister. It is an identical case involving the approval of another medical college - Rohi...

• Sri Lankan military officers in Tamil Nadu spark protests

  Close on the heels of the recent objection raised by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to the training of Sri Lankan airmen at the Indian Air Force station in Tambaram, Chennai, two Lankan officers - Rear Admiral SN Ranasinghe and Major General Jayasularaaga Dias - have arrived at the hill station of Coonoor, sparking protests.

• Blog: DMK warring factions unite as problems add up

  It's a hectic time ahead for DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi. A feast and welcome for the UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee in Chennai on Saturday will be followed by the party's 'jail bharo' agitation on the 4th of next month. The protest to condemn the AIADMK government's alleged vindictive police action against former DMK Ministers, Mr Karun...

• Jayalalithaa's latest angry letter to PM asks for more kerosene

  After demands for more power from the Central grid, comes this latest letter from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that is actually a reminder, for the allocation of more kerosene for the state.

• Chennai's Music Academy granted Research Centre status

  It is the venue of the biggest music and dance concerts in Chennai. The Music Academy, one of the city's oldest landmarks, now boasts of a new distinction. Tumkur University has granted the 84 year old institution the status of a research centre.

• After three dry days, Chennai to get petrol and diesel today

  Many offices in Chennai allowed employees on Tuesday to work from their homes because petrol pumps remained closed for the third day in a row. It should be back to work tomorrow for the city - Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has announced that three ships carrying 67,000 kilo-litres of petrol and diesel have arrived in Chennai; 2000 kilo-litres of dies...

• Chennai runs on empty as petrol and diesel run out

  A double whammy for people in Chennai. First they were hit by the steepest hike of petrol in a decade; and now they are greeted by 'No Stock' boards at almost all outlets in the city. The ones affected the most are two wheeler motorists and autorickshaw drivers who usually do not tank up but fill small quantities regularly.

• Mullaperiyar issue: Jayalalithaa writes to PM against Kerala's 'reprehensible' attitude

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, complaining about Kerala's "reprehensible" attitude over the Mullaperiyar Dam issue.

• AIADMK announces its petrol price hike agitation

  The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has announced an agitation over the petrol price hike across the state on May 29. The demonstration will be held at 52 places across the state from eleven in the morning in front of Central Government offices. Interestingly, this has been planned a day before the DMK's protest on May 30.

• Presidential election: Taking Karunanidhi into confidence

  The race to build consensus among its allies for the Presidential election has begun. The UPA's trusted lieutenant in the South met DMK Chief M Karunanidhi at his CIT Colony residence in Chennai this morning.

• Chennai teen murder case: Retired Army officer sentenced to life imprisonment

  A court in Chennai today sentenced the main accused in the Dilshan murder case to life imprisonment. In July last year, Dilshan, a 13-year-old boy from a Chennai slum, was shot dead while he was plucking almonds from a tree in the compound of an Army complex. It was alleged that a retired Army officer

• Every breath you take near Kodungaiyur may be toxic: Report

  If you live in the vicinity of Chennai's largest garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, every breath you take, may have 19 toxic chemicals! Environmentalists say the polluted air could target the respiratory and central nervous system. What's worse, the noxious fumes contain Butadiene, Chloromethane and Benzene, known to be carcinogenic and between 8.5 to 50...