An environment researcher shares his personal project that has today become a regular feature at Kuppai Thiruvizha events in Chennai
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Saturday, 30 November 2019
Residents irked by tardy pace of SWD
Dug-up soil dumped in front of houses, say residents
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Meet TARA
The Team for Accessibility and Reasonable Accomodation, an initiative by Vidya Sagar to create a team of professionals that would make personal and wo
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‘Museum of possibilites’ coming up on Kamaraj Salai
Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are presenting initiatives that lie in the past, present and the immediate future
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A resident’s fight to make her apartment accessible
It took two years for Swarnalatha to persuade the association to construct ramps connecting all blocks and common areas at the complex
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Centre tells TN govt to maintain vigil on dams
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Notorious gangster Balaji alias ‘Kakkathoppu’ detained under the Goondas Act for the 10th time
The gangster has more than 40 criminal cases against him
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TN: 600 tonnes temple hall lifted off ground
The hall of an over 100-year-old temple at Palanganatham in Madurai weighing more than 600 tonnes was lifted five feet off the ground on Friday. Residents pooled in money to pull up the Mulaipari hall of Arulmigu Kaliamman temple on South Street which was located below the road level. The cost of lifting the structure was Rs 6 lakh.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/34zoyWR
Women hit by note ban get Rs 1,000 pension
It was not yet another day for K Rangammal, 75, and her younger sister P Rangammal, 72, of Boomalur on Friday. The septuagenarian sisters who were in despair after realising their hard earned and painstakingly saved money over years to the tune of Rs 46,000 was in demonetised currency had some cheerful news.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/35Nz8tw
Five arrested for hunting deer in Trichy
Five people were arrested and three others including a cop and a deputy block development officer booked by Pudukottai town police on Friday in connection with the poaching of a spotted deer in Thuvarankurichi forest range in Trichy district. Three licensed weapons used for poaching the wild animal have also been recovered.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Rb2VIB
11 TNLA men get 10 yrs for attack on police stn
Two decades after the now defunct Tamil Nadu Liberation Army (TNLA) attacked a police station at Andimadam, Ariyalur, a special court for bomb blast cases here has sentenced 11 members of the group to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Dxi9j2
Canals in Cauvery basin to be restored at Rs 750 crore
Facing criticism from a section of farmers that the government has done nothing to set right dilapidated irrigation systems, the state government has embarked on a massive extension, renovation and modernisation of irrigation systems in the Cauvery basin in Trichy, Karur and Namakkal districts.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OyZo4X
Chennai police get SKOCH award for clean stations
The Union government’s award was given on Friday, following the police’s efforts in returning or auctioning off all abandoned and unclaimed vehicles from station premises
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TN State Commission for Women summons director Bhagyaraj over remarks on Pollachi rape case
The Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women has directed him to appear before it on December 2
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Pattinampakkam beach turns white with foam
The shores of Pattinampakkam beach have been witnessing white foam, rolling in along with the waves, for the past two days. “During evenings, it have
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Schools in Chennai closed due to heavy rain
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Chennai: Gang kills man to find hidden treasure
A construction worker’s drunken boast that he had stumbled on some ‘treasure’ and his Rs 2,000 tip to a waiter at a TASMAC bar on Mudichur road triggered a film-style abduction that ended in him being beaten to death by a 10-man gang trying to make him reveal its whereabouts.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XYJGmV
Audio-video recorders must in all TN courts
All investigating officers must record the statements of complainants and witnesses during investigation under CrPC 164 through audio-video means in crimes punishable with imprisonment of 10 years and abovefrom Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y1whKK
100 e-autorickshaws to hit roads soon in Chennai
You can soon book through an app and zip around the city in an environment-friendly vehicle. Around 100 M-electric autorickshaws, mostly driven by women and transsexuals and fitted with CCTV cameras,from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R3Bct3
'At IIT-Madras, SC/ST faculty, students harassed'
Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees at Indian Institute of Technology Madras faced discrimination and mental harassment, said Swaraj Vidwaan, member, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Friday.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/34yHpkT
BJP, AIADMK like ‘hubby and wife’: Muralidhar Rao
BJP national general secretary Muralidhar Rao on Friday said the relationship between his party and AIADMK was like that of “husband and wife” and matters between them could not be discussed or disclosed in a public forum.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2q3XQq9
Friday, 29 November 2019
CM launches distribution of Pongal gift hamper
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday launched distribution of Pongal gift hampers, a financial support of Rs 1,000 each and free dhotis and saris to family cardholders in the state.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OwDcsc
Bomb threat to DMK headquarters, suspect arrested
The police control room received the call on Thursday night and dispatched a squad to Anna Arivalayam, but the call turned out to be a hoax
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On India’s missing footpaths
Why are footpaths, a mandatory infrastructure, designed as an afterthought to vehicles and commercial establishments? asks Nidhi Adlakha
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Situation in IIT Madras grave when it comes to SC/ST students and faculty, says NCSC member Swaraj Vidwaan
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes Member said employees from SC, ST and even OBC communities faced discrimination and mental harassment at the institution
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General election 2019: BBC complains to Tories over Facebook advert
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Baby among 3 crushed to death in house collapse
Three of a family, including a baby, were crushed to death when their tiled house collapsed due to incessant rain at Kammiampettai in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Friday.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/33r6TPL
Workshop on water security inaugurated in Chennai
Remote sensing as a technology to help find solutions for water scarcity, is among the topics to be discussed
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Ramadoss demands removal of toll fee for badly-maintained national highways in Tamil Nadu
The PMK leader said the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway was not maintained properly
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TN: Teen dies as rope of swing encircles neck
A 14-year-old girl studying in Class X died after the rope of a swing got entangled around her neck while she was playing when her family members were away, at Ambattur on Tuesday.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L4XsyU
TN: 3 govt secys summoned over CRZ violations
The Madras high court on Thursday summoned three senior secretaries of the state government in addition to the commissioner of the Chennai Corporation to explain rampant violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in construction of luxury bungalows along East Coast Road (ERC).from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OvMzbC
Gang damages several vehicles at Virugambakkam
Police on Wednesday arrested two members of a gang of four who had been terrorising Sheikh Abdullah Nagar in Virugambakkam for the past week, damaging parked vehicles and threatening passing two-wheeler riders in drunken rampages at night.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OvzMpO
Exploited in Yemen, 9 steal boat to reach India
Nine Indian fishermen – seven from Tamil Nadu and two from Kerala – who were allegedly harassed and not paid by their employer in Yemen for nearly a year, have reportedly stolen his boat and set out on a more than 3,000km-long daring expedition to Kochi. Families of the fishermen said they started their journey on November 19.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/35IhpDv
Heavy rain in Trichy; schools, colleges shut
Following heavy rainfall on Friday morning, the administration has declared holiday for schools and colleges in Trichy area of Tamil Nadu.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/34qRtw5
NH-4: Madras HC notice to NHAI, state govt
The Madras high court on Thursday issued notice to the NHAI and the state government on the poor condition and improper maintenance of NH-4 between Maduravoyal and Walajahpet, though toll is being collected from road users.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2rF81Sn
Drunk banker takes away cop’s bike ‘by mistake’
Police arrested a 27-year-old bank executive on Thursday, four days after he took away a policeman’s bike from the Guindy police station, believing it was his friend’s two-wheeler astride which he had been caught for drunk driving.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Doy8Q7
Chennai: Woman, 64, falls to death from 12th floor
A woman trying to fetch an apron blown away by the wind fell through the window of her 12th floor apartment on Trunk Road in Porur on Wednesday afternoon.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/37Ly2jv
TN: Fake cop extorts money from shopkeepers, held
A conman who had been extorting money from shopkeepers and hawkers in Thirumullaivoyal for several weeks posing as a policeman was finally arrested on Thursday on a complaint from a scrap merchant.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R0Np1R
DMK may rope in Prashant Kishor for success formula
The DMK is likely to sign up poll strategist Prashant Kishor , who is working with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, to help it script a successful formula for the 2021 assembly election.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qXVmKi
Jet suit man flies off Royal Navy ship and other news
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Amazon: What does 'peak season' mean for employees?
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Thursday, 28 November 2019
Illumination of WWI memorial: Trial run held
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Tamil Nadu: ECR and OMR to go FASTag way
Following National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which is all set to enforce the electronic toll collection (ETC) programme from December 1, the state highways department is working to replicate the same at its toll plazas, including the ones on ECR and OMR, in a bid to ease traffic.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/37KUSba
TN: Gang of 3 transsexuals robs woman of Rs 47k
Though Parimala rejected the offer, two more transsexuals arrived and started following her, said police.Parimala gave them .from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/35Ktf0e
Trichy cops unearth ganja crop amid flowers
A police team from Trichy district secured two people involved in illegal plantation of ganja after identifying a substantial plantation on about 72 cents of land in Thennilai village in Karur district on Wednesday. The total value of the ganja grown at the centre of about 7 acres of land was worth Rs 12 lakh, according to rough estimates by the police.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/33sUyu4
Chennai airport: Gold worth Rs 88 lakh seized
Customs officials at the city airport detected seven cases of gold smuggling since Tuesday and seized 2.5kg of gold, worth more than .from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L3jDWh
Slush and debris make Tamilar Street a dreaded stretch
Debris on both sides, slush in between - this is the condition of Tamilar Street, Padmanabha Nagar in Choolaimedu
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Pegasus: India may cite WhatsApp breach to store data locally
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General election 2019: Why we all see politics differently on social media
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Customer who says bajji is not good stabbed
Chennai City Police arrest Bihar worker
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TN: 5 held for killing man who married minor
Five people aged between 20 years and 26 years were arrested by the Tirunelveli police on Wednesday on charges of murdering a youth who married the sister of one of them.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DoqOEj
TN: Man found with slit throat in train toilet
A 35-year-old man from Telangana was found lying in a pool of blood with his throat slit inside the toilet of an express train at Jolarpet in the early hours of Wednesday. He was rescued by railway officials and is being treated at Salem government hospital.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L1Y8oP
Centre’s nod for 3 more medical colleges in TN
The Centre on Tuesday cleared new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu at Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur in addition to the six cleared last month. Each will have 150 MBBS seats.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DqlwrL
Former Mayor and DMK MLA appears before city court in land grab case
According to the complainant, the petitioners had illegally grabbed two plots belonging to Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) in Guindy in 1996.
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This Chennai place lets you play neon cricket
Neon makes everything better. Well at least cricket, as we discover during a three-over match at the first neon cricket venue in town
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Chennai likely to get heavy spells of rain during the weekend
According to the 24-hour rainfall data collated by Kancheepuram district till 6 a.m. on Thursday, Tambaram received heavy rains of 15 cm and Sriperumbudur received 9 cm
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TN rains: Holiday declared for schools, colleges in Kancheepuram and Vellore
There would be a steady increase in rainfall from Friday, says IMD
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'62% paid bribe to get govt work done in TN'
Nearly two-thirds of respondents of a survey conducted by Transparency International (TI) said they paid bribes to get their work done in government offices in Tamil Nadu.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KZRMGA
All TN schools to have 15 mins exercise break
State school education minister K A Sengottaiyan on Wednesday announced that fifteen minutes will be set aside for physical exercise for students in all schools in the state.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KVufGL
Chennai set to get light rain starting today
After mild rain in the city over the past two days, the monsoon seems to be picking up pacewith the weathermen forecasting light to moderate spells in the next two days. Staring this weekend, they say, heavy rain is likely across the state including in Chennai.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2rtGnrI
Man buys ‘iPhone’, gets glass shreds inside pack
A software engineer at Nandambakkan who thought he had got a great bargain when a man offered him a brand new iPhone for Rs 20,000 on Tuesday was dumbstruck when he opened the sealed pack and found only shards of glass inside.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2L1k0k4
Stabbed, held hostage by neighbour, TN woman dies
A 69-year-old woman from Thirumangalam near Madurai died hours after resisting a neighbour’s attempt to snatch her gold chain even as she was stabbed and taken hostage in the process.from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/33ndz1j
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
TN govt schools: 1 period for spoken Eng training
From the third term starting in January next year, government schools will dedicate one period every week to train and enhance the English speaking skills of students. from Chennai News, Latest Chennai News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/35CNJrt