Convene meeting with brand owners to enforce plastic ban in Western Ghats, Madras High Court directs T.N.

Convene meeting with brand owners to enforce plastic ban in Western Ghats, Madras High Court directs T.N.

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy In an attempt to rid the Western Ghats of harmful plastics, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to convene a meeting with all stakeholders, including brand owners who sell eatables, drinking water, and other such products in plastic packets, sachets, and PET … Read more

Pollution levels remain high after Chennai celebrated Deepavali

Pollution levels remain high after Chennai celebrated Deepavali

Air quality deteriorated in most parts of Chennai on Monday evening because of the continuous bursting of firecrackers. A scene at Guindy. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ   A mostly dry afternoon and evening with light rain here and there kept the city noisy and smoke-filled on Deepavali day on Monday. However, a timely spell of … Read more

Corruption cases against Ministers, IAS officers must be dealt with in an expeditious manner: Madras High Court

Corruption cases against Ministers, IAS officers must be dealt with in an expeditious manner: Madras High Court

Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Corruption cases involving sitting as well as former Ministers, other legislators, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, and such other individuals must not be allowed to get “ambushed” by long-drawn procedures and instead, they must be dealt with as expeditiously as possible to gain public confidence on … Read more

Kalaignar TV moves Madras High Court against income tax proceedings related to 2G spectrum case

Kalaignar TV moves Madras High Court against income tax proceedings related to 2G spectrum case

Kalaignar TV office. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The 18-year-old alleged 2G spectrum scam has come back to haunt Kalaignar TV Private Limited, with the Income Tax (I-T) department reviving its inquiry into the receipt of ₹200 crore by the television channel during the assessment years 2009-10 and 2010-11. The Madras High Court has, … Read more

How AI-based eye scans can detect high blood sugar, heart disease

How AI-based eye scans can detect high blood sugar, heart disease

Gurugram: The integration of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) is providing a new lens for viewing retinal health, transforming the field of ophthalmology from a reactive one to proactive and predictive. Retinal images offer a non-invasive view of blood vessels and nerve fibres. They are not just a window into the eye, but also … Read more

Supreme Court Collegium proposes appointment of 26 new judges to Allahabad High Court

Supreme Court Collegium proposes appointment of 26 new judges to Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court tops the number of vacancies, at 76, among High Courts in the country as on September 1, according to Department of Justice (DoJ) statistics. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed 26 judicial officers and advocates to fill up vacancies in the Allahabad High Court. The Collegium, in … Read more

Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

J. Radhakrishnan, P. Amudha, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, and Dheeraj Kumar, all serving as additional Chief Secretaries, were appointed as the official spokespersons | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday (August 7, 2025) dismissed, with costs of ₹1 lakh, a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by an advocate, challenging the appointment … Read more

Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom’s distributor approaches Madras High Court seeking police protection for theatres in Tamil Nadu

Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom’s distributor approaches Madras High Court seeking police protection for theatres in Tamil Nadu

Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights holder of Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kingdom’ has approached the Madras High Court to restrain Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman and his followers from interfering with the screening of the movie in cinema halls on the alleged ground that … Read more

Supreme Court collegium recommends names for judgeship in six High Courts

Supreme Court collegium recommends names for judgeship in six High Courts

Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, including of Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, … Read more