Madhani acquitted, Basha found guilty

Marking an end to the anxious nine-year wait for justice, a Special Court here today began pronoucing its verdict on the 1998 serial blasts. In a relief to Abdul Nasser Madhani, Chairman of Kerala-based PDP, the special court for bomb blast cases  exonerated him of all charges,including conspiracy to trigger serial blasts in Coimbatore on 14 February, 1998. 

Delayed EMUs send public on the warpath

Thousands of passengers, irked by the delay in suburban train service, squatted on the tracks this morning at Avadi and Korattur. The train services were disrupted for over six hours. 

Bonded labourers rescued

In a surprise raid by revenue and police officers, 27 bonded labourers were rescued from a rice mill near Madurantakam yesterday. Mill owner and his son were being interrogated further.

CPI-M to protest against State

The CPI-M will hold a demonstration in front of Central and State government offices on 28 August demanding the implementation of M S Swaminathan Committee’s recommendation on farmers and restricting the entry of mulit-nationals in retail trade.

'Singara Chennai soon'

The Corporation has taken several steps to make the city 'Singara Chennai,' as per the orders of Local Administration Minister M K Stalin, Mayor M Subramanian said today.

Suburban residents draw up list of needs

Residents of suburban Lakshmi Nagar and surrounding areas under the aegis of Lakshmi Nagar Civic Welfare Association have put forth suggestions for the proposed Master Plan II which aims to develop the basic facilities in the metropolitan area. G Ramanarayanan reports.

Return of the native

The tribals of the area bordering Kerala, the Irulas and the Todas, have,  from time immemorial,  been living in perfect harmony with nature. They have not forgotten their ancient practices such as food gathering and other forms of subsistence farming. More from K Vivek Prasad.

A bundle of desire and dreams

'You are your best judge. You decide on your talents, set goals andwork hard to realise (your) dreams,’ says director A Venkatesh in a chat with NewsToday when asked about his knowledge, aspirations and dreams.