Chennai: Parts of the city and suburbs are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning today. The sky may be partly cloudy with temperatures around 35-36°C during the day and about 27°C at night, an IMD bulletin said.Across the state, the IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall at a few…
VILLUPURAM: Intense drama and high tension prevailed outside the AIADMK district headquarters on Villupuram-Chennai Highway on Saturday as a scuffle broke out between the supporters of ousted district secretary and MLA C Ve Shanmugam and the police. The confrontation occurred after police locked the party office to prevent a violent showdown between the supporters of…
Chennai: School managements across the state will be buried in work over the next ten days as students are all set for the reopening day on June 1. From readying warehouses, removing electricity cables and closing septic tanks to painting school name boards and stocking rations, the school education department has instructed school heads to…
Association general secretary N Subramanian has written to the divisional railway manager of the Salem Railway Division highlighting the difficulties faced by passengers travelling from Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Salem regions to Ambattur and nearby areas. Source link
Chennai: In the second major crackdown in two weeks, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in co-ordination with the Telangana police, busted another attempt to smuggle 465kg ganja worth 2.32 crore from Odisha to Tamil Nadu and arrested two key operatives.NCB sleuths of Chennai zone intercepted a container truck at Nallur plaza in Tiruvallur on Tuesday. The…
Chennai: Domestic, commercial and other low-tension electricity consumers in the state can now enable auto-debit facility to ensure timely payment of power consumption charges and avoid penalties. TNPDCL has introduced the feature in collaboration with Federal Bank through the National Automated Clearing House (NACH) platform.Officials said that all low-tension consumers, including household services, can register…
Chennai: Wheels India, a leading manufacturer of auto parts, reported a strong performance in FY26, driven by robust demand across domestic automotive segments and resilient export growth, even as the company flagged inflationary pressures and uncertainty stemming from the West Asia crisis.“We have had two successive years of growth and improved profitability, and we should…
Chennai: A police ministerial staff has said a woman deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police assaulted him and threw footwear at him at the Armed Reserve headquarters at Kilpauk, following a dispute over an e-office file number.The Tamil Nadu Police Ministerial Staff Association condemned the incident and adopted a resolution demanding action against the DIG, M…
Chennai: A crime inspector attached to the Tiruvottiyur police station has been suspended for failing to act on repeated complaints alleging that liquor was being sold illegally at the bar attached to a Tasmac outlet at Tiruvottiyur.Sources said a departmental inquiry revealed that the Tiruvottiyur law and order inspector was on leave for the past…
Chennai: Tasmac bar owners association on Friday protested in front of the Tasmac headquarters, claiming that officials have arbitrarily chosen liquor shops to be closed in a hurried manner, without conducting a proper study. The association’s president, Anbuselvan, told reporters that the liquor shops are currently functioning in line with the existing rules — liquor…
