Aadhav Arjuna (File photo) CHENNAI: Public works minister Aadhav Arjuna on Thursday rejected AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami’s charge that the proposed Tambaram-Chengalpet elevated corridor was shelved after a change in govt, saying a more comprehensive eight-lane highway plan linking Chennai and Kanyakumari was being pursued instead.Raising the issue in the assembly, AIADMK general secretary…
Hosptial records altered to show one of accused as biological mother Chennai: Police rescued a two-day-old girl sold to a childless couple from Andhra Pradesh for ₹4 lakh and arrested seven people, including the baby’s mother.Police identified the arrested as Pavithra, 23, the baby’s mother; Selvarasi, 30, and Gnanasekaran, 35, of Andhra Pradesh; mediators Dhanam,…
Accused dismantled motorcycles and sold them as parts to avoid detection Chennai: A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with a series of motorcycle thefts around Maraimalai Nagar railway station near Chengalpet. Six two-wheelers and a cellphone were seized from him.Police identified the accused as Kesavan, a resident of Guduvanchery. The arrest followed a series…
Chennai: Two men from Arunachal Pradesh were arrested for smuggling 36g of heroin by train at Chintadripet.The accused were identified as Bimal Chakma, 38, and Bhaskar Gayan, 30. Both were employed at a private company in Kundrathur in Chennai.According to police, the duo travelled to Assam, procured heroin and brought it to Chennai by train….
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu school education minister A Rajmohan said on Thursday that 103 Tamil pilgrims were stranded in Nepal after the flash floods in Bhote Koshi river. Of these people, the whereabouts of 34 Tamils were not known, Rajmohan told the assembly.Chief minister C Joseph Vijay held an…
CHENNAI: Use of children in election campaigns cannot, by itself, constitute a ground to invalidate one’s victory in an election, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay has said. He added that even violation of the directives of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) does not disclose a…
Premallatha Vijayakanth CHENNAI: Upset over Tamil Nadu assembly’s proceedings being disrupted by repeated verbal clashes between treasury and opposition benches, DMDK legislator Premallatha Vijayakanth on Thursday wondered whether the House was turning into a “fight club.” Former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami also expressed concern over the loss of the valuable time of the assembly.The…
Over the years, residential apartments, roads and other buildings have steadily come close to the beachm resulting in environmental degradation. Photo B A Raju Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has asked residents of 21 sea-facing bungalows, houses, and other structures in Neelankarai, Injambakkam and Uthandi to vacate within 15 days, because of violations of Coastal…
Representative image | AI Chennai: Paediatricians in the city are reporting an unusually early seasonal surge of influenza cases among schoolchildren, with infections spreading rapidly from children to other family members.Doctors said they were seeing more cases than last year, with July and Aug witnessing a substantial rise. “However, if the symptoms are mild, we…
Vijay also tasked ministers Aadhav Arjuna, A Rajmohan, K Thennarasu and R Vinoth with setting up a command centre at Tamil Nadu House in New Delhi. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday directed a senior IAS officer to travel to Kathmandu and ordered four cabinet ministers to camp in New Delhi to coordinate…
