Chennai: In order to eradicate corruption in tendering and procurement, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to train around 2,000 officials on floating, scrutinising and evaluating tenders.The civic body floats more than 300 tenders, ranging from works worth a few lakh rupees to projects costing several hundred crore. every month. Over the past two…
Chennai: After 86 days of voting, the results of election conducted to elect 23 members to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry was declared by the Supreme Court-appointed high-power committee on Tuesday.Those who elected include former chairman of the council P S Amalraj, and 17 others including advocates K Balu, R C Paul…
Chennai: Four men were arrested by the Egmore police for cheating a gold wholesale dealer of ₹63 lakh by promising to supply gold at a cheap price. The prime accused remains absconding.Police said Anmol Jain runs a wholesale gold business with his relative, Namith. On learning a person was willing to sell gold at a…
Chennai: Police have arrested three more accused, including the prime suspect, in connection with the attack on a sub-inspector from Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU) near Minjur. Sub-inspector Venkatesh was attacked with a machete on the head two days ago when he and a police team went to Athipattu near Minjur to arrest drug trafficking suspect…
Supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party and members of the Communist Party of India (CPI) stage a protest at the CPI state office in Chennai on Monday in support of the agitation being held in Delhi by the Cockroach Janata Party and social activists against the NEET examination. Chennai: Students and professors have assembled at…
Killed while playing outside house Chennai: A three-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a two-wheeler while playing outside her house near Chengalpet on Tuesday.The victim, identified as Magizhini, daughter of Jayakumar, was playing near her residence on Roshini Amman Koil Street at Irungundrapalli when a passing two-wheeler knocked her down.She suffered severe injuries…
A 25-year-old man, an Indian passenger, was arrested at Chennai International Airport after Customs officials seized 4.076 kg of suspected hydroponic ganja, valued at about ₹4 crore, from his checked-in baggage on his arrival from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, in the wee hours on Monday. A 25-year-old man, an Indian passenger, was arrested at Chennai…
Good Samaritans helped put out fire Chennai: Panic gripped Kovur near Kundrathur on Tuesday evening after a school bus carrying students caught fire near a gas filling station. However, all the children were safely evacuated before flames spread and gas station employees helped extinguish the fire using extinguishers.According to sources, a private school in Kovur…
Chennai: After remaining closed to the public for more than three years, the four-acre Muthurangam Park, one of the largest parks within Tambaram City Municipal Corporation limits, is set to be restored and upgraded at a cost of ₹11.20 crore – with a glow garden.The park in West Tambaram falling under Zone 4, will be…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has emerged as the country’s biggest employment generator under Centre’s production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles, creating nearly one in four jobs generated under the programme.The scheme for textiles has contributed to employment generation by encouraging investments in the manufacture of MMF apparel, MMF fabrics and technical textiles.The scheme has generated…
