Indian Bank launches Rupay Kisan credit card

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Firm owner cheats depositors of Rs 1.3cr; jailed

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Speed up Chennai bus terminus projects: OPS

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Watch | These e-autos can be turned into shops

A video on Mauto’s custom-made e-autos which can help micro entrepreneurs set up business on wheels

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Temple theft accused flees from hosp, nabbed

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Chennai-Madurai Tejas Exp to resume services

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London Marathon 2020: Athletes to wear social-distancing tech

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Sculptor thanks Chennai police for recovering gold chain

The sculptor, N. Karunamoorthy and his wife Geetha, met senior police officers and presented them with a memento

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Guest worker falls into abandoned well, rescued

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Kylie Jenner's make-up firm warns of Shopify data breach

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Train station tech helps passengers to socially distance

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Why not open Marina beach to public: Madras HC

Consider reopening the ‘beautiful’ Marina beach for public, the Madras high court on Tuesday told the Chennai corporation. When everything else is being opened up, why not the beach, the court wondered.

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'SWD project on ECR will destroy aquifer'

Hydrogeologists have red-flagged the ongoing storm water drain (SWD) project along East Coast Road (ECR) as it has emerged as a threat to the fragile natural groundwater recharge system. While the Greater Chennai Corporation has stressed that the ₹300 crore project was meant to drain excess runoff water to prevent flooding and recharge rainwater, experts fear that artificial intervention would cause irreparable loss to the unique aquifer.

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Amazon expands in TN with new fulfilment centre

Amazon India has expanded its presence in Tamil Nadu by ramping up its fulfilment centres (FC).

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Chennai: Fake call centre busted, 14 held

After coming out of prison in 2019, white collar offender J S R Gopi Krishna has again been arrested for conning about 100 people on the promise of getting them bank loans and collected money ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 35,000.

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Chennai: Parents worried about board exams

The government has reversed its order allowing students of Class X, XI and XII to visit schools from October 1 on a voluntary basis, but schools and parents say online classes may not be enough to complete portions before boards.

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Broadband 'so bad I work from my friend's shed'

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Coronavirus doctor's diary: Trying out tech that may help make worship Covid-secure

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Tamil Nadu rules out partial reopening of schools

The Tamil Nadu government has gone back on its decision to allow students of Classes X, XI and XII to go to school voluntarily from October 1 and extended the Covid-19 lockdown to October 31while relaxing several curbs.

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Chennai: More wet days in the offing

The city could achieve its average rainfall levels for the July-September period, as weathermen have forecast patterns of light rain with thunderstorms to continue in the city for the next 48 hours due to a cyclonic circulation or swirling winds over south Andhra Pradesh and its neighbourhood and the resulting convective activity. Chennai has a 5% deficit so far with 409.3mm rainfall registered against a normal 431.9mm with only a day left for the July to September season to end.

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Rift widens in AIADMK as OPS skips EPS’s meet

Political jousting in the AIADMK gathered pace as O Panneerselvam skipped a video conference Edappadi K Palaniswami called with top officials on Covid management on Tuesday, a day after they sparred over announcing a CM candidate for the 2021 assembly election.

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Film director loses Rs 10k to fake senior cop

A Malayalam film director lost Rs10,000 to an online fraudster who approached him using a fake Facebook profile of his friend, an assistant commissioner in the city.

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TN in the running for Rs 4k crore furniture hub

Tamil Nadu is one of the three states in the running for a Rs 4,000 crore furniture hub to be set up by the central and state governments and the private sector.

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History-sheeters rehabilitation programme held

Kumaresan, 45, and Kathir (name changed), 50, have a police history sheet against them in Gummidipoondi. The two have now mended ways and want to tur

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Covishield vaccine trials commence in Chennai

A total of 300 volunteers are to be involved in the trial

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Amazon India launches specialised Fulfilment Centre in Ponneri

Amazon India has opened a specialised Fulfilment Centre (FC) in Ponneri Taluk, Kancheepuram, along with the expansion of an existing FC at Tiruvallur

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DRI seizes 25 kg of banned drugs in Chennai

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Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District 'could save lives'

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'I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots'

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Flightradar24 hit by third cyber-attack in two days

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Two women, including a document writer, held for land fraud in Chennai

Police said the women had forged documents and sold property belonging to a Singapore-based businessman

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Kanagasabapathi resigns from BU syndicate

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Coimbatore girl tops TN engineering rank list

Sasmitha M S of Coimbatore got the highest cut-off marks in the state at 199.67 in the engineering rank list released on Monday, with centums in maths, physics and near-perfect marks in chemistry.

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Chennai’s waste management to go hi-tech

Several residents have all these years had to complain to get streets swept, sometimes paying money. Others have found diligently segregated waste dumped with other garbage in landfills. Come October, the corporation has promised, these woes will disappear when Urbaser-Sumeet takes over solid waste management in Alandur, Adayar, Valasaravakkam, Perungudi, Sholinganallur, Teynampet and Kodambakkam zones in October.

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Puducherry: Lodge police complaints via WhatsApp

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Nokia clinches 5G deal with BT to replace Huawei in EE network

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Palaniswami, Panneerselvam spar at AIADMK party meet

AIADMK rift over Chief Minister face widens.

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TikTok ban: How did TikTok stay online in the US?

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'If you steal music, you aren't a real music fan'

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US 2020 election: Social media's nightmare scenario

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Chennai: No proof, CBI drops case on Sekar Reddy

A special court for CBI cases in Chennai on Monday has closed all cases registered against industrialist J Sekar Reddy and five others for allegedly causing ₹247.13 crore loss to the government by illegally converting demonetised currencies, citing lack of evidence.​

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Chennai: More rain with thunderstorms for 2 days

Ahead of the northeast monsoon, which accounts for more than 60% of Chennai’s annual rainfall, residents can rejoice in some early showers, weathermen have said.

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Bomb threat call to Suriya ‘office’ turns hoax

Assuming that Tamil actor Suriya’s office was still in Alwarpet, a miscreant made call to the police control room on Monday stating that a bomb had been placed in the actor’s office.

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Passive income: Chennaiites turn to cryptocurrency

Chennai’s gen Z workforce seems to have taken a liking to investing in cryptocurrencies, especially this year, with the pandemic having wreaked havoc in the stock and job markets.

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Drive-in, virtual kutcheris to mark this Margazhi

All roads head to Chennai during December when the city celebrates the annual Margazhi festival. But, probably for the first time, with the pandemic and social distancing, the music and dance extravaganza will feature drive-in kutcheris as well as recorded kutcheris shot for a virtual audience.

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Cop found dead, enmity with relatives suspected

A 29-year-old policeman posted at the Puzhal prison was found murdered on Monday morning when he went to his native place near Chengalpet. Police suspect the murder was committed due to an enmity with his relatives.

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NHS Covid-19 app: 10m downloads - and lots of questions

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Covid: Coimbatore hosp to get exclusive OT

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C'tore: Woman wants to self-immolate; probe on

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TN: MKU, Velammal Medical College sign MoU

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AIADMK to announce its CM candidate on Oct 7

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Doctors perform brain surgery on Covid-19 patient

Doctors at a private hospital in Madurai have successfully performed brain surgery on a 43-year-old Covid-19 positive patient with grievous head injury. The patient has now made full recovery and has shown no signs of ill health even in follow-up.

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No power supply in Tambaram area on Wednesday

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TN assembly polls: AIADMK vows to stay united

The AIADMK executive committee led by O Panneerselvam and Edappadi K Palaniswami met at party headquarters and passed 15 resolutions.

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Uber secures right to continue operating in London

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TN: Many Mgnrega workers found Covid +ve

With the number of Covid-19 cases in Thanjavur district crossing 10,000, cases are now emerging among Mgnrega (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme workers in the district. Health department officials say many of the workers have hardly been adhering to safety norms as they avoid getting tested fearing loss of jobs and quarantine.

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Man stabs landlord’s wife to death in Chennai

In yet another incident of a house owner-tenant standoff turning violent, a man stabbed the wife of his landlord to death at Radhakrishna Nagar, Choolaimedu, on Saturda

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