Madras Week

Nearly three weeks after the arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji, the Madras High Court has delivered a split verdict on a petition seeking the minister's release. The case will now be heard by a third judge.

The Madras High Court has restrained cable TV, Internet service providers from streaming or telecasting the matches held at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The interim injunction on a suit from Viacom-18 Media will operate until December 16. The company had submitted that it was granted licence and various media rights, including exclusive TV and radi...

A man who drove a 4-wheeler under the influence of alcohol and injured 3 pedestrians, should distribute pamphlets against drunk-driving for 2 weeks at a busy city till he realises the danger involved in such acts, Madras High Court has ruled.

A man who drove a four-wheeler under the influence of alcohol and injured three pedestrians, should distribute pamphlets against drunk-driving for two weeks at a busy city junction.

Delhi's R-value, which indicates the spread of COVID-19, was recorded at 2.1 this week, implying that every infected person is infecting two others in the national capital, according to an analysis by IIT-Madras.

India's R-naught value which indicates spread of COVID-19 was recorded at 4 this week, suggesting a very high infection transmission rate, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras predicting the peak of the third wave between February 1-15.

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi is scheduled to inaugurate the 'Sangam 2021', the flagship annual convention of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Alumni Association later this week, organisers said on Thursday.

Madras High Court has ordered winding up of SpiceJet and taking over of its assets over unpaid dues

IIT Madras Online Data Science Programme: As a part of the application process, all the applicants will go through a qualifier process, wherein IIT Madras provides four weeks of online training through video lectures, assignments, and live interactions with the course instructors.

The Madras High Court on Friday granted six more weeks to the Investigating Officer (IO) to complete the probe in the sexual harassment case against a suspended special DGP by a subordinate IPS officer.

The Election Commission today requested the Madras High Court to restrain the media from reporting on oral observations, days after the court's sharp remarks on "murder charges" on officials of the election body for not stopping political rallies.

A giant Aldabra tortoise, second largest in the world and estimated to be worth over Rs 10 lakh in the international market, has gone missing from the Crocodile Park at Mahabalipuram, 56 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Though the theft took place six weeks ago at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Centre for Herpetology, but seems to have become pu...

The Supreme Court today granted Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan a week's parole for medical check-up. It has directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide police protection to him during his hospital visits. With this, the top court has extended by a week the parole granted by the Madras High Court to Perarivalan till November 23.

Last week, Kausalya, 23, learnt with shock and bewilderment about the judgement of the Madras High Court on June 22, which so gravely undermined her courageous struggle for justice for her murdered husband Shankar. They were victims of what is incorrectly termed an "honour killing".

New rules to regulate hate speech, fake news, defamatory posts and anti-national activities on social media will be finalised by January 15, the government told the Supreme Court today. The top court also transferred all cases pending at the Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, concerning a demand for sharing of decrypted data of social m...

Nearly three weeks after the arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji, the Madras High Court has delivered a split verdict on a petition seeking the minister's release. The case will now be heard by a third judge.

The Madras High Court has restrained cable TV, Internet service providers from streaming or telecasting the matches held at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The interim injunction on a suit from Viacom-18 Media will operate until December 16. The company had submitted that it was granted licence and various media rights, including exclusive TV and radi...

A man who drove a 4-wheeler under the influence of alcohol and injured 3 pedestrians, should distribute pamphlets against drunk-driving for 2 weeks at a busy city till he realises the danger involved in such acts, Madras High Court has ruled.

A man who drove a four-wheeler under the influence of alcohol and injured three pedestrians, should distribute pamphlets against drunk-driving for two weeks at a busy city junction.

Delhi's R-value, which indicates the spread of COVID-19, was recorded at 2.1 this week, implying that every infected person is infecting two others in the national capital, according to an analysis by IIT-Madras.

India's R-naught value which indicates spread of COVID-19 was recorded at 4 this week, suggesting a very high infection transmission rate, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras predicting the peak of the third wave between February 1-15.

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi is scheduled to inaugurate the 'Sangam 2021', the flagship annual convention of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Alumni Association later this week, organisers said on Thursday.

Madras High Court has ordered winding up of SpiceJet and taking over of its assets over unpaid dues

IIT Madras Online Data Science Programme: As a part of the application process, all the applicants will go through a qualifier process, wherein IIT Madras provides four weeks of online training through video lectures, assignments, and live interactions with the course instructors.

The Madras High Court on Friday granted six more weeks to the Investigating Officer (IO) to complete the probe in the sexual harassment case against a suspended special DGP by a subordinate IPS officer.

The Election Commission today requested the Madras High Court to restrain the media from reporting on oral observations, days after the court's sharp remarks on "murder charges" on officials of the election body for not stopping political rallies.

A giant Aldabra tortoise, second largest in the world and estimated to be worth over Rs 10 lakh in the international market, has gone missing from the Crocodile Park at Mahabalipuram, 56 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Though the theft took place six weeks ago at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Centre for Herpetology, but seems to have become pu...

The Supreme Court today granted Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan a week's parole for medical check-up. It has directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide police protection to him during his hospital visits. With this, the top court has extended by a week the parole granted by the Madras High Court to Perarivalan till November 23.

Last week, Kausalya, 23, learnt with shock and bewilderment about the judgement of the Madras High Court on June 22, which so gravely undermined her courageous struggle for justice for her murdered husband Shankar. They were victims of what is incorrectly termed an "honour killing".

New rules to regulate hate speech, fake news, defamatory posts and anti-national activities on social media will be finalised by January 15, the government told the Supreme Court today. The top court also transferred all cases pending at the Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, concerning a demand for sharing of decrypted data of social m...