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Chennai exhibition traces the genesis and growth of commercial art from Madras

Chennai-based Ashvita Gallery’s latest display traces the genesis and growth of commercial art from Madras — from calendars to advertisements and, of course, cinema posters

The Hindu

Tami Nadu govt picks six senior lawyers to argue its cases in Madras high court

Chennai: Tamil Nadu government has appointed a panel of six designated senior advocates to represent the state before the principal and Madurai bench of the Madras high court.

The Times of India

Plea in Madras high court to stall general council meet of AIADMK

CHENNAI: An AIADMK lawyer has moved the Madras high court to restrain the party, its coordinator O Paneerselvam and joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami from convening the general council meeting and passing resolutions to amend the bylaws of the party.

The Times of India

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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC refuses to release Nalini Sriharan sans governor nod

CHENNAI: A month after the Supreme Court ordered the release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convict A G Perarivalan, the Madras high court on Friday refused a similar relief to two of his co-convicts and lifers Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran.

The Times of India

Plea in Madras high court for proper upkeep of water canal

MADURAI: An agriculturalist has moved the Madras high court seeking a direction to the public works department (PWD) to properly maintain a water canal in Madurai district.

The Times of India

Water scarcity in Tamil Nadu due to inaction of officials: Madras high court

CHENNAI: Inaction of government officials against encroachments had led to water scarcity in Tamil Nadu, said the Madras high court.

The Times of India

No plan to quarry sand in river: Public works department to Madras high court

MADURAI: The public works department on Monday informed the Madras high court that there is no proposal to quarry sand in the Thamirabarani river at Mukkani village in Tuticorin district.

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Adi dravidar welfare website to be launched soon, state informs Madras high court

MADURAI: The state government has informed the Madras high court that the adi dravidar welfare department is planning to launch a separate website containing all information related to schemes and its functions, similar to the website already launched by the tribal welfare department. The court then directed the state to…

The Times of India

Madras high court reserves orders on school headmaster’s bail plea

MADURAI: The Madras high court on Monday reserved orders on the bail plea of an aided school headmaster (HM) who was arrested for sexually harassing women teachers.

The Times of India

IIT Madras faculty gets award for developing nanoscale material to remove arsenic from water

The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water carries a cash prize of ₹2 crore

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu: Justice K Chandru-led panel to look into law on online rummy

CHENNAI: On a day the PMK organised demonstration in the city demanding ban on online gambling, the state government, on Friday, announced setting up of a four-member committee headed by retired Madras high court judge K Chandru to recommend grounds to promulgate an ordinance on “online rummy”.

The Times of India

Chennai: Road laid inside Pallikaranai marsh, garbage being dumped

CHENNAI: Repeated directions from the Madras high court on protecting water bodies have had no effect, with the eco-sensitive Pallikaranai marshland being grabbed by encroachers who have laid a road into it and are dumping garbage there, say residents.

The Times of India

Madras HC allows society to harvest fish from tank, tells authorities not to drain water

MADURAI: Restraining the authorities from draining water from the Madakulam irrigation tank in Madurai till June 30, unless natural urgency arises, the Madras high court has allowed members of a cooperative society to harvest natural fish from the tank.

The Times of India

Madras High Court gets two more judges

Chief Justice administers oath of office to Justices Sunder Mohan and Kabali Kumaresh Babu

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IIT-Madras launches new online course for anyone aged above 10

‘Out of the Box Thinking’ will have 4 modules and will encourage analytical problem solving

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Sabanayagam, the man who protected Madras Checks, hits a century

Chennai It is given to very few people to live up to a hundred. P. Sabanayagam, retired IAS office

The Times of India

Marina kiosks dumped; mafia defeats Madras HC fiat

Cocking a snook at the Madras high court which passed a series of orders to regulate vendors on the Marina, the Greater Chennai Corporation has dumped nearly 850 kiosks at the Kailasapuram burial ground behind the state police headquarters. It is not just waste of ₹16. 5 crore of tax-payers…

The Times of India

Govt cannot detain certificates for bond violations, says Madras high court

CHENNAI: Educational certificate is not a marketable commodity, therefore even government medical colleges cannot exercise any lien on them for not serving the mandatory bond period by PG doctors, the Madras high court has said.

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Give disability certificate at doorstep: Madras high court

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Tuesday directed health professionals to visit those who have applied for disability certificates at their homes to carry out assessments, especially of mental health, instead of asking them to visit crowded government hospitals.

The Times of India

Madras high court reprieve for injured foreign sailor who rushed to hospital sanctions permission

CHENNAI: Coming to the aid of an Indonesian engineer who stepped on Indian soil without permission, but with injuries and to escape death, the Madras high court has quashed a criminal case registered against him and ordered his immediate deportation.

The Times of India

Madras high court refuses to quash prosecution against actor SJ Surya

CHENNAI: In a setback to actor/director S J Surya, the Madras high court has refused to quash six prosecutions initiated against him by the income tax department for recovery of over 7 crore tax due.

The Times of India

Transplant panel approves organ of unrelated donor

CHENNAI: Thanks to the timely intervention of the Madras high court, a 27-year-old chronic kidney patient is set to undergo transplant surgery, as the authorisation committee which was sitting on his request to approve kidney donation from a person who is not his blood relative, has finally approved the donation.

The Hindu

IIT Madras sets up centre to study wastewater

The centre gets ₹1 million funding from CryptoRelief; it will track and prevent virus outbreak in its early stages

The Hindu

In search of its past glory

The Presidency College in Chennai had humble beginnings as a preparatory school in a building at Egmore

The Hindu

Set up academic city in Kottayam: MGU VC

On the lines of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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