Chennai, Jan 14 (UNI) Pongal, the traditional harvest festival, was celebrated in Tamil Nadu with religious fervour and gaiety. The festival falls on the first day of the auspicious Tamil month ‘Thai’ every year and people ushered in the festivities with a lot of enthusiasm by worshipping the Sun God. People attired in new clothes,…
Chennai, Jan 13 (UNI), Bhogi, marking the commencement of the 4-day Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu, began on Monday early morning, with the people discarding their old items and burning them to usher in the fest. It was a tradition that has been long followed that on the eve of the Pongal festival, people will…
Chennai, Jan 13 (UNI) More than 15,000 police personnel would be deployed on security duty in this megapolis ahead of “Kaanum Pongal” (sight seeing) on Thursday marking the culmination of the four-day Pongal festivities in Tamil Nadu. After two years of muted celebrations due to the COVID pandemic, in 2021 and 2022, the last couple…
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) Jan 12 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday arrested eight Indian fishermen and seized two mechanised fishing trawlers allegedly for violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters. Tamil Nadu fisheries department officials said here that the fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram, were apprehended by the…
Chennai, Jan 11 (UNI) The principal Opposition AIADMK and its ally, the DMDK in Tamil Nadu, on Saturday announced boycott of the February five bypoll to the Erode East Assembly constituency alleging the elections would not be held in a free and fair manner under the ruling DMK. In a statement here, AIADMK General Secretary…
Chennai, Jan 11 (UNI) A female elephant died after falling into a 70-feet gorge near Coonoor in the hilly Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu yesterday. Reports quoting forest department officials the elephant might have either suffered an injury and should have become sick, affecting its foot movement. The elephant had been spotted along the Coonoor…
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,…
