14+ hour, 29+ min ago   (330+ words) CHENNAI: Police have granted permission for the installation and worship of 37,000 Vinayagar idols across the State for Vinayagar Chaturthi, with around 1 lakh police personnel set to be deployed for security, sources at the DGP office said. In Chennai, permission has…...

23+ hour, 31+ min ago   (60+ words) ARIES (20 MARCH — 20 APRIL) TAURUS (20 APRIL — 21 MAY) GEMINI (21 MAY — 21 JUNE) CANCER (21 JUNE — 23 JULY) LEO (23 JULY — 23 AUGUST) VIRGO (23 AUGUST — 23 SEPTEMBER) LIBRA (23 SEPTEMBER — 23 OCTOBER) SCORPIO (23 OCTOBER — 22 NOVEMBER) SAGITTARIUS (22 NOVEMBER — 22 DECEMBER) CAPRICORN (22 DECEMBER — 20 JANUARY) AQUARIUS (20 JANUARY — 18 FEBRUARY) PISCES (18 FEBRUARY — 20 MARCH)...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (353+ words) DT Next bureau comprises a team of reporters, including rookies with a couple of years of experience to veterans with nearly 30 years under their belt, stationed in Chennai and other key districts of Tamil Nadu. The team includes dedicated reporters…...

4+ day, 19+ min ago   (196+ words) CHENNAI: Holding that worship is a fundamental right, the Madras High Court has directed the Tirupur district police to grant permission for the installation of a Vinayagar idol at an identified spot in Yasin Babu Nagar. The petition was filed…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (292+ words) MADURAI: Madurai’s Meenakshi Amman Temple and its surrounding areas have been brought under CCTV surveillance as part of security arrangements for the Kumbabishekam scheduled for September 17. Madurai District Collector Nishant Krishna and City Police Commissioner Rajendran, IPS, inspected the control…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (238+ words) CHENNAI: The cell phone security counter at Tiruttani reopened on Tuesday, with the temple authorities announcing that devotees could deposit their mobile phones free of charge. Following the announcement, devotees queued up to hand over their phones before entering the…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (223+ words) MADURAI: Seeking to put an end to the caste-based discrimination in temple worship that has been festering for nearly three decades, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has brought the Muthalamman temple in Uthapuram under its direct…...

1+ week, 51+ min ago   (427+ words) TIRUCHY: The Lord Vinayakar, despite being flexible to his devotees about his posture, size and places of installation, the traditional idol makers warn the people for disfiguring the Lord in the name of customisation, which would invoke a divine curse…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (230+ words) MUMBAI: A minor boy died while 376 'Govindas' were injured during Dahi Handi celebrations in Mumbai, civic officials said on Sunday. Dahi Handi, which is part of the Janmashtami festival that marks the birth of Lord Krishna, was celebrated across Maharashtra…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday (September 5) said the omission of trustees' names from the invitation for the Kumbhabhishekam (consecration ceremony) of the ancient Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple was "not deliberate, but an administrative oversight." Addressing the controversy over…...