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Chennai: The Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU) dismantled a drug distribution network in north Chennai on Tuesday, arresting six suspects and seizing 54g of methamphetamine. The operation, centred around Chinnandimadam junction in Kodungaiyur, busted a supply chain involving a jewellery showroom accountant, a fast-food eatery owner, and a history-sheeter.The crackdown commenced on Monday after ANIU sub-inspector…

Chennai: Wildlife officials in Chennai released 46 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings from nests nurtured at the forest department’s Besant Nagar hatchery during the ongoing nesting season.The hatchlings emerged from a clutch of 94 eggs, and officials said the remaining young turtles were expected to break free of their shells within a day, with more likely…

Chennai: Doctors can thrive without hospitals, whereas a hospital can never exist without doctors rendering their services. Therefore, by no means can a hospital treat a doctor like a workman in a factory, a technical person, or a regular employee, Madras high court said.Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observations on Monday, while dismissing an…

Girish Chodankar (File Photo) CHENNAI: Congress has demanded 35 seats in the upcoming election, while alliance leader DMK is willing to give only “two or three seats” more that its 2021 allocation of 25 seats, multiple sources told TOI.A day after AICC general secretary K C Venugopal met chief minister M K Stalin, AICC in-charge…

Chennai: A total of 28.3 lakh voters will be eligible to vote in the 2026 assembly elections as per the final electoral roll released by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Monday after the special intensive revision (SIR). One-third of city voters’ names have been deleted from the previous electoral roll, which was frozen at 40…

CHENNAI: Doctors can thrive without hospitals whereas a hospital can never exist without doctors supporting such institutions by rendering their services. Therefore, by no stretch, a hospital can treat a doctor like a workman in a factory or a technical person or a regular employee, the Madras high court has said.Justice N Anand Venkatesh made…

Chennai: A 32-year-old woman died by suicide after jumping in front of a suburban electric train between Singaperumal Koil and Paranur railway stations on Saturday night, following a family dispute. The deceased was identified as Anusuya, wife of Rajadurai, a native of Tiruvarur district. According to police, the couple argued frequently. On Saturday at 9pm,…

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has a total of 5,67,07,380 electors — 28,960,838 women and 27,738,925 men, according to the final electoral roll of the Special Intensive Revision 2026 released on Monday.Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu, Archana Patnaik, released the final electoral roll.Post the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the state saw 97.37 lakh voter deletions, with…

Chennai: Nearly a third of the wet waste will soon stop being sent to the dumpyard, as Greater Chennai Corporation plans three windrow composting centres in the city. The first one, a 1,000-tonne plant, will be set up in a 20-acre reclaimed space at Perungudi dumpyard on the biomined land. The funds for this will…