In 1639, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak, an influential Nayak under the Vijayanagara rulers, granted the English a piece of land between the Cooum river and the Egmore river for trading purposes. The English established Fort St George on this land. Construction of the fort was completed in 1644. What began as a trading settlement gradually became…
CHENNAI: A 24-year-old woman, working as a data entry operator at Ponneri Govt Hospital, suffered 48% burns as an unidentified man set her ablaze after dousing her with petrol just outside the emergency ward of the hospital on Monday evening.The incident occurred around 7.15pm when Rajeshwari, a contract worker, was leaving the hospital after duty….
‘Cocktail 2’ OTT release: When and where to watch Shahid, Kriti, and Rashmika’s film online Fans who missed Shahid Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and Kriti Sanon‘s romantic drama ‘Cocktail 2’ in theatres now have a reason to celebrate, as the film is all set to make its digital debut this month. Directed by Homi Adajania, the…
CHENNAI: Staying non-committal on the implementation of PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) in Tamil Nadu, school education minister Rajmohan reiterated that the state remained firm on the two-language policy.“However, if the Centre denies us our funds citing this, we will directly go to New Delhi to get our share,” he told media persons…
Chennai: With no fee revision for the last nine years amid surging expenditure, including salaries of faculty members, the engineering colleges have urged the state govt to revise the fees for govt quota seats.Colleges have to allot 65% of their intake as govt quota seats, which will be filled through engineering counselling. The fee for…