Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt’s decision to give equal sales opportunities to liquor from all breweries and distilleries is a strain on Tasmac outlets, as many shops are running out of storage and refrigeration capacity due to arrival of new liquor brands to their shelves.Last week, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) directed outlets to…
Chennai: If you live in a gated community, run a hotel or restaurant, own a shopping mall, hospital or marriage hall, make sure your waste is being segregated and processed at source. Otherwise, you could be the next stop in the Greater Chennai Corporation’s surprise inspection drive, with violations attracting fines and legal action.The Greater…
CHENNAI: The central govt has set Dec 2026 as the revised deadline for completing the ongoing modernisation of Chennai airport, attributing the delay to the Covid-19 pandemic, cyclones and unusually heavy rainfall.Union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) was carrying out the expansion and modernisation project…
Educational institutions are duty-bound to provide students a safe and fear-free environment. Chennai: Madras high court on Friday upheld the expulsion of two law students from Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, saying educational institutions are duty-bound to provide students a safe and fear-free environment.A division bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari…
Students from Loyola College took out a procession in solidarity with Delhi protesters inside the college campus on Friday Chennai: Hundreds of students from city colleges, including Loyola College, Presidency College and School of Excellence in Law (SOEL), have boycotted their classes and protested in support of Delhi protesters. They also carried banners against the…
Chennai: Divya Shree, a Class IV student of Bala Vidya Mandir (BVM), no longer brings fried or processed food to school for lunch. Instead, her tiffin box has three mandatory items — a vegetable, curd and a fruit — alongside chapatis or rice. For short breaks, she brings a can of boiled peanuts or cooked…
Chennai: Visitors to Greater Chennai Corporation park in Padmagiri Nagar in Madhavaram have raised safety concerns as iron rods are placed carelessly near slides and construction debris is strewn all around. Also, the park has insufficient lighting. Residents have criticised GCC for carrying out development work without proper safety measures or without restricting public access.“It…
Four arrested for petrol bomb attack on history-sheeter’s house in Vanagaram Chennai: Four suspects were arrested on Friday in connection with a petrol-bomb attack on a history-sheeter’s house in Vanagaram on Wednesday. A six-member bike-borne gang hurled two petrol bombs at the house of Rajkumar of Thundalam, against whom multiple criminal cases are pending. No…
A fan ate ‘mann soru,’ a ritual of eating food from the floor, while a few walked on their knees for the success of chief minister C Joesph Vijay’s Jana Nayagan Chennai: Governance briefly took a back seat on Thursday as the ruling establishment —including Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar, senior minister…
The conclavewas inaugurated by Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar. CHENNAI: The two-day Tamizhar 4.0 Business Conclave, organized by the Confederation of Tamil Agriculture, Commerce, Industry and Services (CTACIS), began in Chennai on Friday. The conclave was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar.The two-day event is expected to facilitate…
