Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday set aside a single judge order that prohibited any new acquisition of elephants by temples and private individuals in Tamil Nadu. The court also set aside another direction of the single judge that a call should be taken on shifting all captive elephants, temple-owned and privately owned, to govt…
Chennai: In a major push to meet the growing water demand in north Chennai and the city’s suburbs, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will set up a 400mld desalination plant at Minjur.Now, infrastructure for a 100mld desalination plant exists in the area but has remained non-operational amid court litigation. As a result,…
CHENNAI: Madras high court on Wednesday set aside a single judge order that prohibited any new acquisition of elephants by temples and private individuals in Tamil Nadu. The court also set aside another direction of the single judge that a call should be taken on shifting all captive elephants, temple-owned and privately owned, to govt…
Unfinished stormwater drain construction and clogged roadside drains during the monsoon in Chennai highlight urban flooding risks and delayed civic infrastructure work. Chennai: With the northeast monsoon weeks away, dug-up roads, unfinished stormwater drain (SWD) work and clogged existing drains in parts of Avadi and Tambaram have raised concerns over the suburbs’ preparedness for heavy…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has doubled accident insurance cover for registered gig workers to ₹10 lakh and unveiled a new programme to train construction workers for overseas jobs. Labour welfare minister J Mohamed Farvas announced the measures in the assembly on Tuesday. Under the new scheme titled ‘Vettri Karangal’, 1,000 registered construction workers will be…
Chennai: A bill seeking to remove the requirement for district collector’s prior concurrence for development of wetlands in non-planning areas drew opposition from AIADMK and Left parties in the Assembly on Tuesday. DMK and PMK sought a detailed discussion on the bill before it could be passed.Housing and Urban Development Minister B Rajkumar, who introduced…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The CB-CID cybercrime wing has registered a case after an AI-generated deepfake video of Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay appeared on Facebook and other social media platforms.The video showed a person resembling Vijay speaking in Hindi and asking people seeking financial assistance to contact a…
Chennai: Software-as-a-service company Zoho aims to grow its share of the cloud development market by updating its platform with AI coding assistants. It has added features to integrate with popular AI coding tools like Anthropic’s Claude and Cursor. These AI assistants convert everyday language into software code, becoming one of the most useful applications of…
Chennai: Former DMK minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday rejected Congress floor leader Tharahai Cuthbert’s charge that the then DMK govt had denied land on Marina Beach for former chief minister K Kamaraj’s memorial. He said there was no request raised for Kamaraj’s memorial in Marina and termed Cuthbert’s charge as ‘factually incorrect’.Thennarasu cited the statement…
Chennai: TVK govt will overhaul previous DMK govt’s mini-stadium project for all 234 Assembly constituencies, raising the likely cost of each facility from ₹3 crore to ₹8 crore-₹12 crore, minister Aadhav Arjuna told the Assembly on Tuesday.The revised model will retain the locations already identified and will be funded by the state govt. If implemented…
