MADRAS Top Stories

John Kokken completes shooting for Salpetta2020-11-25
The Times of India: ActorJohn Kokken, who has acted in blockbusters like Baahubali: The Beginning and KGF: Chapter 1, is now part of Pa Ranjith's Salpetta. The boxing movie stars Arya in the lead role and also has Kalaiyarasan and Santhosh Prathap in crucial roles....
Notice ordered2020-11-25
The Hindu: MaduraiThe MaduraiBench of Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Centre and the State in a public interest litigation petition that sought a di ......
With wind speed of up to 145 kmph, Cyclone Nivar on course to make landfall ...2020-11-25
Deccan Herald: Powerful CycloneNivar packing winds with the speed of 120 to 130 kmph gushing up to 145 kmph, was on course to make landfall between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts by early Thursday, as heavy rains continued to pound the city and other coastal districts of...
HC seeks response on setting up panel to address farmers’ issues2020-11-25
The Hindu: MaduraiThe MaduraiBench of Madras High Court has sought a response from the State government on setting up of a State-level commission to address far ......
HC seeks State government’s response2020-11-25
The Hindu: MaduraiThe MaduraiBench of Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the State in the petition filed by R.P.Ravichandran, a life convict in the ......
HC takes serious view of obscene content on TV2020-11-25
The Hindu: The MaduraiBench of the Madras High Court has expressed shock at the television content that is being telecast after 10 p.m., especially the medical ......
Plea for seat under 7.5 % quota dismissed2020-11-25
The Hindu: MaduraiThe MaduraiBench of the Madras High Court has dismissed the petition filed by the father of a medical aspirant who sought his daughter to be c ......
Madras HC Quashes FIR Against ‘Peaceful’ Anti-CAA-NRC Protesters2020-11-25
Yahoo Daily News: Read full article The Quint25 November 2020, 1:25 pm·1-min read The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR that had been registered against people who conducted a demonstration in Shenkottai, Tamil Nadu against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act...
Rajasthan's Champa Ram beats all odds to get into IIT Madras2020-11-25
The Times of India: JAIPUR: Resident of a remote village in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district, Champa Ram recently secured admission in IIT Madras - Civil Engineering department after beating all odds including losing his mother and father while he was preparing for the IIT. An...
Madras HC plea seeks to appoint chairperson and members to Tamil Nadu child rights panel2020-11-25
The Times of India: MADURAI: Madras high court, Tuesday sought response from the state government in a plea to appoint chairperson and members to the Tamil NaduCommission for Protection of Child Rights () which have been vacant since January. A division...
Cyclone Nivar: Heavy rains in India ahead of 'severe storm'2020-11-25
BBC News: Heavy rains have been lashing the southern state of Tamil Nadu as it braces for CycloneNivar. Officials said it's expected to make landfall on the south-eastern coast shortly after midnight, intensifying into a "very severe cyclonic storm"....
Puducherry or Mamallapuram? Confusion over where Cyclone Nivar will make landfallIt is very likely to ...2020-11-25
Deccan Herald: Very severe cyclonic stormNivar is expected to make its landfall between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on Wednesday night or in the wee hours of Thursday. However, there was confusion over the cyclone's landfall area with the Indian Meteorological...
Cyclone Nivar live updates: Indian Army ups deployment, places 8 teams in Chennai, Puducherry, 6 ...2020-11-25
Deccan Herald: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into CycloneNivar and is likely to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as a severe cyclone on Wednesday. IMD has been put on high alert in Tamil Nadu and the neighbouring union territory of...
Madras HC dismisses plea moved by student seeking medical admission under 7.5% quota2020-11-25
The Times of India: MADURAI: The dismissed the plea moved by a student, who studied class VI in an aided school, and sought admission in a medical course under the 7.5% quota for government school students. The court was hearing the petition filed by R Arivazhagan,...