IIT-Madras case: Fathima’s father demands a fair probe
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS) Abdul Latheef, father of Fathima Latheef, an Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) student who committed suicide, said on Sunday that …
IIT-Madras suicide: Students protest, seek justice for Fathima
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Several students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, on Friday staged a protest demanding justice for Fathima Latheef, …
IIT Madras launches standing wheelchairs
Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems on Tuesday launched India’s first indigenously-designed ‘Standing Wheelchair,’ …
Madras HC asks Centre: Why not scrap NEET, too?
Chennai, Nov 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday questioned Central government why the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) brought in by the earlier Congress …
IIT-Madras develops AI model to solve engineering problems
Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Monday said its researchers have developed algorithms that enable novel applications for artificial …
Madras HC issues notice to SEBI, MCA, ED in NSE co-location case
Chennai, Oct 10 (IANS) The Madras High Court has admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Chennai Financial Markets and Accountability (CFMA) in …
IIT Madras develops drones for disaster relief, surveillance
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), on Wednesday said its students have developed drones enabled with artificial intelligence (AI) and …
Madras HC allows TN govt to put up welcome banners for Modi, Jinping
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday allowed the Tamil Nadu government to erect banners welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese …
PM seeks ideas from IITians for speech at IIT Madras
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is going to attend the convocation ceremony of IIT Madras in Chennai on Monday, has …
Madras HC Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani’s resignation accepted
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The President has accepted the resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani. According to a notification, her …
IIT-Madras hosts Space Technology Cells meet
Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Thursday said it had hosted the first meeting of Space Technology Cells (STCs) …
Madras HC lashes out at TN govt over woman techie’s death (2nd Lead)
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Slamming Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK government, its officials and politicians for not implementing its orders on illegal banners, in wake of the …
Madras HC slams TN govt over techie’s death
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Friday came down heavily on the Tamil Nadu government and politicians for not implementing its orders …
TN asks SC to let Madras HC hear Facebook matter further
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Government has moved the Supreme Court seeking to allow the Madras High Court to continue hearing in …
Madras lawyers boycott courts over Chief Justice’s transfer
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) Advocates practicing at the Madras High Court, here on Tuesday, boycotted courts and tribunals in protest against transfer of Chief Justice …
Madras HC lawyers urge CJI to reconsider Tahilramani transfer
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Madras High Court lawyers have written a letter to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi urging him to …
DU, IITs Madras, Kharagpur declared Institutions of Eminence
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has declared five institutions, including IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, Delhi University, Banaras Hindu …
SC Collegium for swap of Madras, Meghalaya Chief Justices
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court collegium has recommended transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani to the Meghalaya High Court. …
IIT-Madras proposes national facility on cancer genomics
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Monday said it has proposed to establish a national facility on cancer genomics …
IIT-Madras researchers working on power from estuaries
Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) are working on ‘Osmotic Power’ or power from estuaries, an alternative source of …
IIT Madras develops robot with good grasping capability
Chennai, Aug 14 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) have developed a Multimodal Robotic System with good grasping, manipulation and locomotion …
UGC recommends IoE tag for DU, Madras, Kharagpur IITs
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday recommended that Institutes of Eminence (IoE) be granted to IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur …
IIT Madras students win Elon Musk’s heart with HyperLoop Pod
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) They may not have won the competition, but they definitely won the hearts of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Virgin …
Vaiko gets relief from Madras High Court
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday suspended the one year jail term awarded to MDMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Vaiko …
Madras HC dismisses Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s petition
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the assassination …
Jailed Saravana Bhavan owner can be sent to private hospital: Madras HC
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed Saravana Bhavan owner P. Rajagopal, who is undergoing a life term for murder, to …
Madras HC dismisses TN government petition against NGT penalty
Chennai, July 12 (IANS) In a setback for the Tamil Nadu government, the Madras High Court on Friday set aside as not maintainable the government’s …
IIT-Madras scientists launch ‘AI4Bharat’ to boost AI innovation
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) In a bid to accelerate innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, scientists from IIT-Madras on Wednesday launched a platform called …
Madras HC orders land acquisition by TN government as illegal
Chennai, July 4 (IANS) In a set back to Tamil Nadu government’s industrialisation development plans, the Madras High Court has quashed all the land acquisition …
Madras HC allows Rajiv killing convict to argue her parole case
Chennai, June 25 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict S. Nalini to argue her parole case in person and …
Madras HC to Centre: End trauma of 65 Sri Lankan Tamils
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The Madras High Court has passionately argued for grant of citizenship to 65 Tamils who fled Sri Lanka after the 1983 …
Rape victims shouldn’t be forced to move court for abortion: Madras HC
Chennai, June 22 (IANS) The Madras High Court has said that rape victims should not be unnecessarily compelled to “knock doors of the court” to …
IIT Madras developing new techniques for methane extraction
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) on Tuesday said its researcheers are developing new techniques for extracting methane from natural …
SC declines to stay Madras HC order on Chennai-Salem corridor
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Madras High Court order quashing of the land acquisition process for …
Plea filed in SC against Madras HC order on Chennai-Salem highway
New Delhi/Chennai, May 31 (IANS) A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Madras High Court order that cancelled the land …
TN challenges Madras HC’s order against Chennai-Salem Expressway
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order that cancelled the land …
Madras HC adjourns Kamal’s anticipatory bail petition
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday adjourned the anticipatory bail petition filed by actor-politician Kamal Haasan. The …
SC issues notice on Madras HC’s Puducherry LG order
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on the Madras High Court order that curbed the powers of Puducherry …
Puducherry LG seeks hearing to challenges Madras HC verdict
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court regarding a Madras High Court decision curbing the …
Madras High Court curbs Kiran Bedi’s powers
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down the Union Home Ministry’s clarification order giving Lt. Governor …
Madras HC suggestion on consensual sex between minors hailed
Chennai/New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Madras High Court’s suggestion to exclude consensual sex with girls above 16 from rigours of the Protection of Children …