Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to expand composting infrastructure to strengthen solid waste management across the city. A 1,000-tonne windrow compost plant will be set up on 20acres of biomined land at Perungudi dump yard under a public-private partnership model.In north Chennai, two additional composting plants, each with a capacity of 50 tonnes a…
TIRUPATTUR: A 17-year-old minor girl driving her father’s car lost control of the vehicle after she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and crashed into a motorcycle, causing the death of a 14-year-old pillion rider near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district on Friday evening. Tirupattur superintendent of police Shyamala Devi said the minor girl…
KALLAKURICHI: An elderly couple were found murdered at their home in Kalrayan Hills in Kallakurichi district on Friday. The crime came to light after the elderly couple, identified as Ramasamy, 70, and his wife R Ponammal, 65, did not come out of their house on Friday for a long time. The neighbours entered the house…
The Tirukoilur police have registered a case and are investigating the circumstances of the accidental fall. KALLAKURICHI: A 65-year-old man and his son died after they slipped into a 90-foot farm well while fixing an electric motor pump to drain water at a village near Tirukoilur in Kallakurichi district. The deceased were identified as Ayyannar,…
Chennai: A 21-year-old man from Ramapuram killed his girlfriend by slitting her throat and later died by suicide at a lodge in Periamet on Friday morning, police said.According to police, Bhavya, 21, a native of Sivaganga district and Bharathi Perumal, son of Murugan, were in a relationship. Investigators said that the couple had checked into…
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified Tamil Nadu Co-operative Marketing Federation Limited (TANFED) falls under the purview of the RTI Act as it functions as the implementing agency of TN govt’s policies. The court added that TANFED cannot be compared to primary cooperative societies, which are not public authorities.“The policy note issued by the state…
Chennai: As Election Commission of India eased the model code of conduct (MCC) in TN, bringing an end to vehicle checks by flying squads, the security personnel tightened sharply elsewhere — inside strong rooms where electronic voting machines were sealed and guarded for the counting day.ECI moved 1,60,418 ballot units, 75,064 control units and an…
Chennai: Officials last month excused themselves from attending to dug-up roads, stalled flyover works and missing links in drains, on account of “poll work”. One day after voting, civic agencies are yet to recover from the hangover of the election.None of the civic contractors were seen at work at key junctions such as Anna Nagar…
Chennai: After many struggled to leave the city to cast votes, the transport department on Friday announced 14,508 buses, including special services, to help passengers return to Chennai and travel to other towns over the weekend. This was 4,339 services in addition to the 10,169 buses operated for the outbound rush between April 21 and…
Chennai: Income tax (I-T) department has informed Madras high court that a suo motu verification of all election affidavits filed by candidates will commence once election results are announced as per the SOP.“The investigation directorate is accorded 150 days from the date of initiation to complete the entire verification,” said senior standing counsel for the…
