Amid growing controversy over Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai and the Tamil Nadu government’s refusal to implement a single-judge order permitting the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam lamp near a dargah there, former Madras High Court judge Justice SS Sundar has strongly criticised the ruling, questioning how the Madras bench could allow a new religious practice...

Baruipur: TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee introduces three people, claiming that they were reported dead in the SIR draft rolls, during a public rally ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) BARUIPUR: “I will make three ghosts walk,” said Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as he ushered in...

The court grants time till January 8 for the GCC to submit a revised draft plan. | Photo Credit: File photo Expressing shock over 1,400 shops having been put up on the Marina beach, the Madras High Court on Friday suggested the number could be brought down considerably by permitting sale of only eatables, toys,...