Anti-Lanka protests: Over 500 students arrested in Chennai

Over 500 college students were arrested in Chennai for attempting to picket the Raj Bhawan even as they continued their protests over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue for the eighth day on Monday. A......

Bus burning: SC stays death penalty of AIADMK men

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of capital punishment upheld by it earlier for three All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam workers involved in the infamous Dharampuri bus......

'The Sarasvati was more sacred than the Ganga'

At the edge of the Shola forest, at the foot of the Ayyasamy Hills, in western Tamil Nadu, near Coimbatore, lives a writer and scholar who traveled to India from northern France over three decades......

TN bus burning: Plea to enhance sentence

A petition was filed on Friday before the Madras high court seeking to enhance the sentence awarded to 25 accused in the Dharmapuri bus burning case in which three girl students from Coimbatore......

How girls are duped into 'bonded labour' in India's textile mills

Brands such as Gap, Primark and C&A which source some of their garments from Tamil Nadu say they do regular audits to ensure their suppliers comply with their codes of conduct.   From her......

With MNCs in retail, farmers lose, consumers gain

Dr Helmutt Weidlich, CEO, Institute of Prof DR George Kunz Gmbh, Germany, was in India last week. He inaugurated the World Food Day celebrations at Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in......

Monsanto looks beyond Bt brinjal

Even as the country awaits the final word on genetically modified brinjal, seed company Monsanto is moving ahead with new products. Monsanto (India) is testing a new variety of corn (maize) that......

India says no to Bt brinjal, for now

Giving in to intense opposition from NGOs and several states, the government on Tuesday put on hold commercial cultivation of genetically modified brinjal citing lack of clear consensus within the......