CHENNAI: Not too long ago, Tamil Nadu javelin thrower T Dharanidharan represented India in the U-20 World Athletics and finished a creditable sixth. But that’s just a case in isolation as the state throwers find themselves in a tight corner — having to run from pillar to post just to attain permission for training at…
Storm water drain work on East Avenue Road, Korattur in Chennai. Chennai: The storm water drain project in East Avenue Road in Korattur, funded by Asian Development Bank, has remained sluggish for the past month. This has affected commuters on the stretch due to bad roads and traffic.Though the ₹39 crore worth project in the…
Chennai: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Thursday criticised the TVK govt for changing its stand on delimitation within a week of passing a resolution in the Tamil Nadu assembly demanding that the Union govt freeze the current strength of Lok Sabha.Dhinakaran stated that Vijay’s speech at Southern Zonal Council indicating a change in…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has asserted that disqualification of 21 AIADMK MLAs, who voted in favour of TVK govt in the Tamil Nadu assembly defying the whip issued, does not arise as the general secretary of party has condoned the violation. Therefore, the speaker has rightly dropped the disqualification proceedings, the first bench of Chief…
The Assembly Rooms in Ooty. A picture from 1922 Shantha ThiagarajanIn 1922, Lord and Lady Willington bought Ooty’s ‘Assembly Rooms’ and placed it in a trust for the public, a gesture meant to keep the space open to the town, not to any private owner. But now, more than a century later, a proposal by…
State taking efforts to bring body of deceased fisherman from Saudi Arabia- Aadhav Chennai: PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said on Thursday that the state govt was making efforts to bring the body of the fisherman, who was shot dead by pirates, from Saudi Arabia. The fisherman, P Maveeran from Mayiladuthurai district, was shot dead by…
CHENNAI: Southern Railway has announced temporary changes to suburban train services from Aug 25 to Sept 7 due to redevelopment work at Chennai Egmore railway station. The five-hour line and power block, for launching foot overbridge girders, will be in force from 11.15pm to 4.15am in this period.On weekdays from Aug 25 to Sept 5,…
AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran CHENNAI: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Thursday unleashed a scathing attack on TVK govt for changing its stand on delimitation within a week of passing a resolution in the Tamil Nadu assembly demanding that he Union govt freeze the number of seats in Parliament at the existing…
Chennai: The state will create 6,098 new seats across nursing, pharmacy and paramedical courses at govt institutions, including seven new nursing colleges, chief minister C Joseph Vijay announced in the assembly on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu has set aside ₹351 crore for building the colleges and creating the additional seats.The state will add 2,585 nursing seats,…
Chennai: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Wednesday searched 60 locations across Tamil Nadu as part of its probe into suspected cartelisation and irregularities in TANGEDCO’s procurement of more than 2.07 lakh km of aluminium conductors between 2021 and 2023.The searches covered the residences of Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL) officials and…
