Chennai: A 31-year-old guest worker from Assam died and another worker suffered injuries after a material-lifting hoist trolley fell from the fifth floor of a building under construction on Taramani Link Road on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Ashraful Alam, 31, a native of Bongaigaon district in Assam. He had been living in Chennai…
Chennai: Three days after a 17-year-old juvenile illegally driving an earthmover fatally knocked down a 21-year-old college student in Kotturpuram, the city police detained the juvenile and arrested the owner of the earthmover.While the juvenile has since been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and admitted to a govt observation home, the earthmover’s owner,…
Chennai: Even as Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) waits for the Centre to fix an inauguration date for the operationally ready Poonamallee Bypass-Vadapalani corridor, six stations on the stretch remain months away from completion, extending delays to a project that was originally scheduled to be opened in phases during the first half of 2026.The stations…
Chennai: Courts exercising their discretion to enhance interest on belated pension settlements will open a Pandora’s Box as many pensioners would line up to claim higher interest and cause loss to the state exchequer, said the Madras high court.“ The rule 45A of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978, in clear terms stipulates that a…
CHENNAI: MNM president and Rajya Sabha member Kamal Haasan on Saturday urged the Union govt to establish a national commission on education and examination reform, with a three-month roadmap to restore trust in examinations, reduce academic stress and modernise education. In a post on X, he said the commission must hear Tamil Nadu’s voice, where…
Stalin flays Vijay over custodial deaths Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday criticised chief minister C Joseph Vijay for remaining silent on alleged custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu and asked when he would “open his mouth” on the issue.In a post on X, Stalin accused the TVK govt of refusing to accept accountability…
Chennai: The flagship AIIMS Madurai, which admitted its first batch of 50 MBBS students for the 2021–2022 academic year at a temporary campus in Government Medical College and Hospital in Ramanathapuram, is now facing severe staff shortage among the country’s functional AIIMS, says data by the Union health ministry in Lok Sabha.A response in Lok…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Selection Committee will reopen on Sunday the online application window for MBBS and BDS admissions for candidates who have not yet submitted their applications for the 2026-27 academic session. The portal — tnmedicalselection.org — would remain open from 10am on July 26 to 3pm on July 27, a notification said.The committee…
A comic-style illustration shows a fire erupting at a trenching site, with flames and smoke rising from the excavation area during an emergency incident. Chennai: A panchayat secretary and three sanitation workers have been booked after a fire from burning garbage destroyed a thatched hut in Karani village near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district.The complainant, Senthil,…
Kayalvizhi visited the bank branch on July 20, got into an argument with the branch manager and slapped him on the cheek. CHENNAI: The Adyar police in Chennai registered a case against Kayalvizhi Alagiri, daughter of former Union minister M K Alagiri and granddaughter of late Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, on charges of…
