Govt cancels tenders to study privatisation of waste mgmt in 12 corpns Chennai: The TVK govt has withdrawn its tenders to study outsourcing solid waste management operations in 12 corporations across the state, following political backlash from its allies. The tenders were floated last week for a detailed feasibility report for the 12 corporations for…
CHENNAI: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday appointed Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore as the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president. He replaces K Selvaperunthagai.The appointment comes in the wake of Selvaperunthagai insisting AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to relieve him from the post. Tagore was one of the key Congress functionaries responsible for the…
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital is one of the five AHA certified hospitals in India, and the first in Tamil Nadu. COIMBATORE: The American Heart Association (AHA) has certified Coimbatore’s Sri Ramakrishna Hospital as a Comprehensive Chest Pain Centre.Sri Ramakrishna Hospital is one of the five AHA certified hospitals in India, and the first in Tamil Nadu….
Chennai: Tiruvallur police on Friday arrested the labour contractor accused of recruiting minor workers with forged identity documents for the seafood processing factory where an ammonia gas leak killed 14 workers earlier this week. A total of four people have been arrested in the case so far. The arrested man, identified as Suresh, recruited guest…
CHENNAI : A 27-year-old kabaddi coach from Kannagi Nagar was booked for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old player three times over the past few months. The accused is absconding and police have launched a search.According to police sources, the accused had been running a girls’ kabaddi club in the locality for several years. The young girl,…
Tamil cinema titan K Bhagyaraj passes away at 73 (File Photo). CHENNAI: Tamil cinema lost its one-man studio, K Bhagyaraj, on Saturday. The director, actor, screenwriter, composer, ad novelist, who was 73, was brought unconscious to Apollo Hospitals, where doctors declared him dead.His death, which comes two weeks after the passing of his mentor K…
Woman dies after panic over monkey attack at Kalugumalai Temple hilltop in Tamil Nadu. TUTICORIN: A 24-year-old woman, who got married a month ago, died after falling off the hilltop of the Kalugumalai Ucchi Pillayar temple on Friday evening in the Tuticorin district.The deceased was identified as Anitha, 24, wife of Suresh, an abroad worker…
Tamil Nadu govt to withdraw SC appeal against ED inspections at Tasmac HQ (File Photo). CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has decided to withdraw its appeal in the Supreme Court against inspections by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at Tasmac headquarters, multiple sources have told TOI.“Tamil Nadu govt has decided to withdraw the appeal as the ED…
Chennai: City traffic police have announced traffic diversions on L B Road from Saturday in view of underground metro rail construction work.The stretch between Indian Oil Petrol Bunk signal junction and L B Road-M G Road junction will remain closed to traffic from June 27. Buses and other heavy vehicles travelling from Thiruvanmiyur towards Thiru…
Surrogacy: HC frames guidelines to clear child custody applications Chennai: Madras high court has issued guidelines for magistrates who deal with custody and parentage applications in surrogacy cases. The court has said that such applications must be disposed of in four weeks unless a deeper scrutiny is required where fraud, fabrication of documents, involuntary consent…
