Chennai: After years of relying on private tankers and borewells for drinking water, more than four lakh residents in Perungalathur, Peerkankaranai, Thiruneermalai, Chitlapakkam, Madambakkam and Sembakkam are set to get piped supply under a proposed ₹500-crore project by the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.The project is part of a wider plan to extend piped drinking water…
He consumed alcohol, barged into a house and sexually assaulted a 48-year-old woman who was asleep. Chennai: A 29-year-old Nepalese national was arrested by Choolaimedu police after he was accused of trespassing into a house and molesting a 48-year-old woman while she was asleep on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Kesavan, is a native of Nepal…
(Photo credit: AI) Thousands of students and professionals seek paying guest accommodation in Chennai annually CHENNAI: Three years ago, S Hameed, 24, stepped out of Chennai Central with a backpack, a job offer and the hope of building a better future. He had come from Puttur in Andhra Pradesh, after his UG. But finding a…
His modus operandi was to stand beside the railway tracks and use a stick to knock the phones down before fleeing with them. Chennai: Perambur railway police on Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old man who used a stick to knock mobile phones from the hands of passengers travelling on the footboards of Chennai suburban trains.Police identified…
Krishna Chivukula, CMD, Indo MIM Ltd Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is set to gain up to Rs 112 crore from the initial public offering (IPO) of Indo MIM Ltd by partially offloading shares it received as a donation.The institute is expected to receive Rs 106 crore at the lower end of the…
CHENNAI: From Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar to senior minister K A Sengottaiyan and several of his younger cabinet colleagues, governance briefly took a back seat on Thursday as the ruling establishment queued up for the first day, first show (FDFS) of Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s much-awaited film Jananayagan.Even as anti-NEET…
Sudarshan Venu, chairman of TVS Motor Company Chennai: Sudarshan Venu, CMD of TVS Motor Company, said on Wednesday that the company is evaluating strategic options for its financial services business, including a potential carve-out or separation, as it continues to expand through both acquisitions and organic growth.The financial services business has emerged as a key…
CHENNAI: Public sympathy rightly demands a humane response, but constitutional govt insists that compassion remain subject to law. The interim order of the Madurai bench of Madras high court permitting the Tamil Nadu govt to issue temporary appointment orders to legal heirs of those who lost their lives in the Karur tragedy has opened an…
CHENNAI/INDORE: Students and people from across society joined protests in multiple cities Wednesday, demanding accountability over examination irregularities and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation — defying police curbs, preventive detentions and heavy deployment.In Ahmedabad, police detained nearly 125 student protesters outside Gujarat University. Protests also spread through Hyderabad, Patiala and Haryana’s Bhiwani. In Chennai,…
CHENNAI: The Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi against NEET irregularities have found resonance in Tamil Nadu, with various groups reviving the demand to ban the medical entrance exam. In Chennai, a gathering of youngsters at CPI office got a groundswell of support from various sections. In Madurai, groups defaced signboards at Sholavandhan railway station.And political…
