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Shanmuga Subramanian, 33, found the debris from the Vikram moon lander that scientists had been looking for and helped guide them to the spot where it had crashed. (Photo: Twitter/ Rama)

33-year-old Chennai engineer who alerted NASA, says 'worked really...

Subramaniam was first person to come up with a positive identification.

3 Dec 2019 4:26 AM

NASAs Moon-orbiting spacecraft has found the debris of Chandrayaan 2s lander Vikram on the surface of the Moon, the US space agency confirmed on Tuesday, nearly three months after Indias ambitious mission made a hard landing near the uncharted lunar south pole. (Photo: Twitter/ NASA)

NASA finds debris of Chandrayaan 2's Vikram lander, credits Chennai...

According to NASA, the November mosaic had the best pixel scale (0.7 metre) and lighting conditions (72 degrees...

3 Dec 2019 3:43 AM

Scrapping of high denomination currency notes also impacted the amount of gold smuggled into the country through various unofficial channels.

2 Korean women held for smuggling 24 kg gold

The women came under the radar of customs officials when they were noticed walking in a suspicious manner, as if...

12 Jan 2019 9:46 AM

During investigation, Balakrishnan confessed to having killed his wife Sandhya in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Chennai filmmaker arrested 2 weeks after wife's body parts found in...

The woman's identity was also established two weeks after her severed limbs with tattoo designs were found in a...

7 Feb 2019 4:41 AM

Dhinakaran had contested and won the RK Nagar constituency Assembly bye-polls last December, under the pressure cooker symbol. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

AMMK wants EC to allow agents 24x7 in EVM centres till counting day

AMMK leader Thanga Tamilselvan said his party had 'suspicion' about state government officials deployed for poll work.

22 April 2019 10:45 AM

The construction works have stopped since several years.

5.6 lakh housing units worth Rs 4.51 lakh cr facing delays in 7 major...

As per the Anarock data, the NCR and MMR account for 72 per cent of the total stuck housing units.

9 April 2019 7:51 AM

He has also learned the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is a universal way to transcribe the sound of any spoken language to know its pronunciation. (Photo: ANI)

Meet 8-yr-old boy from Chennai who can read and write over 106...

With the help of the internet, especially YouTube, Niall Thoguluva learned a plethora of languages.

21 May 2019 5:59 AM

Illegal cigarette trade is more than 20 per cent of the cigarette industry in India.

DRI sleuths seize foreign cigarettes, gold in separate cases; 9 held

Foreign origin cigarettes, gold, red sanders and endangered shells were seized over the last 6 days in different cases.

8 May 2019 1:00 PM

Continuing his attack on Modi, Narayanaswamy said that the Prime Minister was talking more on Pulwama attack, surgical strike and Pakistan and said he insulted the armed forces by taking credit. (Photo: ANI)

Country's economy will be destroyed if PM Modi gets another term:...

He asserted that the people of the country wanted to see Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister and not...

4 May 2019 11:56 AM

We have to stand in a queue for hours under this scorching heat to fetch some water as borewells in the area have gone dry. This is for the third time in a row that Chennai is facing a severe water crisis, the local also said. (Photo: ANI)

Chennai based NGO organises protest to highlight water crisis

Media, activists, social organisations and the people are trying to draw the Chief Minister's attention towards the...

30 Jun 2019 2:16 PM

Further permanent boundary stones were not laid to identify the area of lakes, due to which encroachments were being increased. (Representational image)

Avadi lake project: This Chennai lake can show a new way for water...

The brain behind project is Avadi legislator K Pandiarajan, popularly called Ma Foi Pandiarajan, who's also the Tamil...

27 Jun 2019 10:32 AM

Leonardo Dicaprio. (Photo: AP)

Oscar winner DiCaprio draws attention to Chennai's devastating water...

'The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry,' he wrote on...

27 Jun 2019 7:44 AM