Historian Fazlul Hasan notes that in mid-1800s, a water bearer would draw from tanks and deliver it in leather bags in ...

It was on January 14, 1969 that the Madras State was officially renamed Tamil Nadu, under the then Chief Minister CN Annadurai. Social activist E V Ramasamy, fondly known as ‘Periyar’ (1879-1973), had ...

The famine affected south and southwestern India — the British-administered presidencies of Madras and Bombay, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad — for a period of two years.

The 200-year-old volcanic eruption mystery of 1831 has been solved, bringing the Kuril islands or “Ring of Fire” to light.

The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the conviction of Actor-Politician S. Ve Shekar for his derogatory comments against women journalists. Justice P Velmurugan noted that though ...

In a deal with Islamist parties, Pakistan is abandoning a requirement that religious seminaries, long seen by Western officials as a potential threat, register with the government. By Zia ur ...

Madras High Court addressed two writ petitions filed by A.K. Ahamed & Co. and its sister company against orders under Section 7-A of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, ...

An astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 ...

Justice P Velmurugan of the Madras High Court voiced his shame over the Anna University rape case being politicised, urging improved women's safety instead. He criticized political protests and ...

An MoU signed between the Agriculture Ministry and IIT Madras allows them to enrich the VISTAAR platform with information about startups in the agriculture and allied sectors. This initiative will ...

The Madras High Court today said that the alleged sexual assault case at Anna University is "being politicised". The remark came during a hearing where Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)'s counsel raised ...

The Madras Bake sale, hosted by entrepreneurs Maaria Tanveer, Cindana Manickavel and Priya Anup, coming up with the third edition, is a platform that elevates promising home bakers. “We’re ...