Chennai: Calling the detention of a private builder under the Goondas Act ‘draconian’, the Madras high court has directed former Chennai city commissioner of police, A Arun, to appear in person next week during the hearing of a habeas corpus case challenging the detention. A division bench comprising Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan…
Chennai: Five inspectors of police, who had earlier served in stations under Kolathur and Harbour police sub-divisions and were shifted before the Model Code of Conduct came into effect duringelections, were transferred fromtheir present positions on Wednesday. The transferred officers S Ramesh of Otteri, G S Pushparaj of Meenambakkam, I Khader Meera of Madhavaram, and…
Chennai: A chief engineer and director in-charge of Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has been placed under suspension for clearing solar and wind projects without the knowledge of the senior officials.The suspension of P Chandrasekaran comes a day after electricity minister C T R Nirmalkumar held a maiden review meeting with all the officials…
Chennai: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has directed corporations and municipalities to use local body funds to improve Amma Canteens in the city. An order issued by the municipal administration and water supply (MAWS) department said the CM had directed local bodies, including the GCC, to use their own funds to procure vessels, carry out…
Chennai: India retained its position as the world’s second-largest electric two-wheeler market in 2025 after China, amid single-digit growth, as reduced subsidies and tighter localisation requirements weighed on demand, according to the latest Global EV Outlook report by the International Energy Agency.Global electric two-wheeler sales rose 15% year-on-year to nearly 10mn units in 2025, accounting…
SLIP OF THE TONGUE: Most Irula speakers are bilingual or multilingual and often mix Tamil or Kannada with their daily speech When languages are silenced, a process called phonocide, the passing down of knowledge is broken, and much oral wisdom is lost forever, says K Ganesh, former head of the department of English at Madras…
Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates from the Netherlands were returned to India in May 2026 S Vijay KumarFor more than a decade, I have campaigned for the return of the two sets of Chola copper plates held by Leiden University Library in the Netherlands. Their handover is a moment of immense satisfaction, for Tamil Nadu, for…
Chennai: City’s suburban network between Arakkonam and Chengalpet will soon get an additional line as Indian Railways has approved a 993 crore doubling project. The 68km project under Southern Railway forms part of the Chennai suburban circular rail network connecting Chennai Beach, Tambaram, Chengalpet and Arakkonam.Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the project would ease…
Chennai: Tambaram corporation will open a ‘Mudhalvar Padaipagam’ (study centre) at Perungalathur’s ward 56 and knowledge centre at Thiruneermalai’s ward 31 by June, to improve access to education resources for students preparing for competitive examinations. The facilities, built at a total cost of 4.5 crore, are expected to benefit at least 2,000 residents from surrounding…
Chennai: Southern Railway’s Chennai division has commissioned a multi-level vehicle parking facility at Egmore railway station on the Gandhi-Irwin Road side as part of the ongoing 842 crore station redevelopment project.The new parking facility can accommodate nearly 200 cars and 100 two-wheelers.Southern Railway said the facility has been equipped with 22 EV-charging stations, automated parking…
