Unlabelled drugs instead of a day leave

Unlabelled drugs instead of a day leave

In last few months, a shocking incident came to light women working in the multi-billion dollar garment industry in Tamil Nadu alleged that they have been given unlabelled drugs at work instead of a day off when they speak about their period pain. According to the interviews of 100 women (mostly poor )done by Thomson Reuters […]

Tree Ambulance spreads message to go green: World Environment Day

Tree Ambulance spreads message to go green: World Environment Day

Climate change, depletion of groundwater, loss of biodiversity is the major concerns for India. Unless we act fast, it has the potential to cause damage to the life and the planet. World Environment day celebrated on 5 June encourages global awareness and action towards protecting our environment. It is not important to do something big […]

EC freezes AIADMK ‘two leaves’

EC freezes AIADMK ‘two leaves’

New Delhi: The Election Commission tonight issued an interim order freezing the ‘two leaves’ election symbol of AIADMK, saying both the rival camps cannot use the party symbol as well as its name for the prestigious R K Nagar assembly bypoll, says PTI. After a day-long hearing here, the Commission said since there is little […]

AIADMK drama: Sasikala retaliates, sacks Paneerselvam

AIADMK drama: Sasikala retaliates, sacks Paneerselvam

Chennai, Feb 7 (PTI) In a quick retaliation after he raised a banner of revolt against her, AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala tonight sacked O Panneerselvam from the top party post of treasurer. She replaced Panneerselvam with Dindigul C Srinivasan, who is also the Forest Minister and is seen number two in the hierarchy […]

Oil spill threatens India’s beaches, nesting turtles

Oil spill threatens India’s beaches, nesting turtles

CHENNAI:  Hundreds of students and fishermen were working Friday (Feb 3) to clean up an oil spill on India’s southern coast that campaigners say threatens the turtles that nest there every year. The Indian Coast Guard said around 35km of coastline off the southern city of Chennai had been affected by the spill which occurred […]

Jayalalithaa suffers heart attack, Tamil Nadu tense…

Jayalalithaa suffers heart attack, Tamil Nadu tense…

Chennai, Dec 5 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was today said to be critical after she suffered a cardiac arrest in the hospital where she was admitted over two months ago. Apollo Hospitals, in a tweet late last night, said doctors were closely monitoring Jayalalithaa’s condition and trying their “very best”. “Our doctors are […]

One slip : Bihari boy Pulped to death in Paper Mill

One slip : Bihari boy Pulped to death in Paper Mill

He fell on to a conveyor belt, and in seconds was turned into pulp, his shrieks of terror drowned by heavy machinery. This is no horror film, but what happened to a nineteen year old boy just yesterday. Erode, Tamil Nadu:  a young man from Bihar  was working along a conveyor belt in a private paper […]

Tamil Nadu police force to undergo ‘trans’-formation?

Tamil Nadu police force to undergo  ‘trans’-formation?

Mx K Prithika Yashini has made her spot in Indian history, as the country’s first trans-gendered police officer in 2015. She also cleared the way for others! Tamil Nadu should also stand proud as the first Indian state to appoint a transwoman as police officer after a court cleared hurdles that faced  Yashini. The Madras […]

Tamil Yoga Guru Desikachar dies

Tamil Yoga Guru Desikachar dies

T.K.V Desikachar who just turned 78, son and the student of Indian yoga master T.Krishnamacharya , popularly known as the ‘father of modern yoga’ passed away in Chennai on Monday. He had been battling a decline in his mental health for the past several years. He completed college and got a bachelor’s degree in civil […]