Kuppusamy

Four people, including a teenager, drowned in a 130-ft well near Rasipuram in Namakkal district on Saturday. Three boys on a bike fell into the well after the rider lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a sharp turn. On seeing this, the father of one of the boys and his friends jumped into the well to save them, but drowned.

Denied entry into the hall where a government function was held to commemorate World Environment Day, independent MLA G Nehru alias kuppusamy scaled the iron gate and barged into the function hall and questioned the officials.

Independent MLA G Nehru alias kuppusamy was seen scaling the iron gate to get entry into the World Environment Day function at Kamban Kalaiarangam on Monday.

Bio-earth derived after mining solid waste at dumpyards is to be used to increase greenery in the city. Anna University has come up with 'bio amendment from bio mining soil' and has tied up with more than 250 local bodies across TN including Greater Chennai Corporation, 150 town panchayats and 70 municipalities.

Rooting for genetically modified crops and supporting genetic mutation, Nobel laureate and structural biologist Venki Ramakrishnan urged the government to invest in genetic crops so as to not let private companies monopolise it.

Tangedco has announced power shutdown in and around Vanagaram, IT Corridor, KK Nagar and Ponneri on Monday from 9am to 2pm for maintenance work.

Doctors of a private hospital in the city have successfully performed a double switch operation and ventricular septal defect closure to save the life of a three-month-old Sri Lankan boy.

There he lay on a cot at the Thirukazhukundram Government General Hospital, his face swollen with pain, his body shrunk from hunger. As he struggled to sit up on the bed after being rescued from an abusive owner of goats, Chockalingam, an emaciated man over 80 reminded one of Najeeb Muhammed, the protagonist of Benyamin's haunting novel 'Aadujeevitham' (Goat Days).

Doctors at G kuppusamy Naidu Memorial (GKNM) Hospital successfully performed a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure on a 73-year-old woman who was suffering from aortic valve stenosis (narrowing of the main valve of the heart).

Tension prevailed in Nainarkovil near Paramakudi after OPS supporters protested against EPS faction conducting a meeting at a wedding hall at Nainarkovil on Wednesday evening. Following the tussle in AIADMK, the OPS supporters burnt EPS and other AIADMK leaders’ pictures recently.

Seven peacocks were found dead in an agricultural field at Seenapuram Thalaiyampalayam near Perundurai in Erode district on Wednesday. The agricultural land is owned by M kuppusamy, 63. The forest officials collected samples from the carcasses of the peacocks for testing.

Taking into account that a man who murdered his father in 2015, was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, a serious mental illness, the Madras high court has set aside his conviction and life sentence imposed on him by the trial court.

As many as 120 AIADMK workers staged a road roko at Tiruttani on Wednesday evening condemning the death of a 35-year-old man, son of their party functionary, who immolated himself on Tuesday. Blaming the DMK government, they said police registered a false case against his father.

Public can raise complaints on such offences to assistant director (SBHI) or Statistical Assistant (SBHI).

A local court in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday sentenced 12 members of a notorious gang to death and seven others to life imprisonment for highway robberies and murders.

Does the city have any connect with French statesman and military leader Napoleon Bonaparte? It may not have a direct association but delve into the archives and historical research department of the state government in Chennai,

Puducherry-based shadow puppeteer Kalaimamani R kuppusamy passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness at his hometown in the Union territory. ​