Sylendra Babu said all the flaws in policing would be recorded soon.
After the arrest of a key suspect, the city police got an in-depth understanding of the operations of ATM thieves.
Chrompet residents are up in arms against a government proposal to construct a pedestrian subway near SDNB Vaishnav College and instead demand a vehicular underpass at the railway level crossing (LC no26) so they need not wait everytime the gates are closed for local trains.
A man on Monday night set fire to a woman’s house in Velachery after she failed to repay the money she had borrowed from him.
Tamil Nadu added 4,512 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, and number of deaths crossed the 100-mark to 118 after reporting 91 deaths on Sunday and 98 on Monday. After discharge of 6,013 patients, the state had 39,335 people undergoing treatment for the viral infection. Cumulative case tally touched 24.75 lakh while the toll reached 32,506. Director of public health Dr TS Selvavinayagam said fresh cases and positivity rate have been steadily dropping across Tamil Nadu.
Construction of the 2,000 megawatt (2 X 1000) units 5 and 6 at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) commenced with the ‘first pour of concrete’ on Tuesday. The project, to be completed at an outlay of Rs 49,621 crore, was launched by chairman of the atomic energy commission and secretary of the department of atomic energy Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas through videoconference.
Tamil Nadu electricity minister V Senthil Balaji plans to avoid ‘extravagant’ spending on power purchase and strengthen the state-run power utility within three years. In an interview with Julie Mariappan he talks about his plans to transform Tamil Nadu from a power-deficit state to a power surplus one. Excerpts:
The Madras high court on Tuesday questioned the Tamil Nadu government over its decision to set up a committee to look into the impact of NEET in medical admissions, asking it whether it had obtained the permission of the Supreme Court and whether the move would not violate the apex court ruling.
Tamil Nadu’s DGP-designate C Sylendra Babu will win popularity contest hands down among police personnel and campuses across the state. Such is his stature, every time he attends police and non-police events, his entry triggers an audience-applause that takes a full two minutes to subside.
Fresh cases of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu dropped below the 5,000-mark on Monday after 81 days. There were 4,804 new cases, 98 deaths and after discharging 6,553 people from the Covid registry, the state had 40,954 active cases. The cumulative case tally crossed 24.7 lakh and the death toll touched 32,388.
Several vaccination centres in Chennai and other parts of the state were closed on Monday as there was no vaccine stock, health minister Ma Subramanian said. Though the state received two lakh additional doses in the evening, officials said many vaccine centres may not operate on Tuesday too.
In a freak event, a passenger in a cab was burned alive when the vehicle suddenly caught fire on the Koyambedu flyover on Monday.
All colleges in Tamil Nadu should start admissions only after July 31 after declaration of Class XII results, higher education minister K Ponmudi said on Monday.
The city bustled with activities on Monday in a welcome sign, but it was at the cost of Covid-19 protocol.
Despite a blanket ban on operation of illegal bars attached to Tasmac liquor outlets due to Covid-19 measures, such facilities continue to thrive in the city. Moreover, the state run liquor outlets in Chennai have not been following any Covid-19 norms since they reopened a fortnight ago.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged discrepancies in preparing estimates and awarding contracts for civic work such as road construction, through collusion of contractors and engineers, resulting in a loss of 1.41 crore to the Greater Chennai Corporation.
While the incident occurred on Friday, CCTV camera footage of the incident went viral on WhatsApp on Sunday. The showroom on the Bengaluru-Chennai highway belongs to a man named Sushi Kumar, said a police officer.
Tamil Nadu housing minister S Muthusamy on Sunday said that discussions are under way to constitute flying squads in Chennai Metropolitan Area to check buildings to ensure that they are constructed as per approved plan and violations are curtailed at the construction stage itself.
Health minister Ma Subramanian will inaugurate the centre, which will also act as a referral centre that links and refers people to the nearest hospital and other resources. It will also follow up with patients who are quarantined at home.
Three years ago, the Periya eri and Sitheri in Siruseri, spread over 100 acres behind the SIPCOT industrial area, were bone dry and were used to dump garbage. Now, ecologically restored by Auroville-based Pichandikulam Forest Consultants, the two lakes are clean and have more than 12 feet of water.
Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam recorded 18.8mm and 33.1mm of rain.
A 45-year-old techie working at a leading company near Tambaram ended her life after a domestic dispute with her husband at their house in Kolathur on Saturday.
For the first time in 61 days, the number of daily Covid-19 deaths dropped below the 100-mark. On Sunday, 91 people across Tamil Nadu died of the viral infection, taking the cumulative toll to 32,290.
What was initially thought to be a case of people paying with their lives for turning to a quack for a Covid remedy has turned out to be murder most foul in Erode. On Saturday, four of a family took ill after taking ‘naattu marundhu’ (native medicine) and one of the women died.
More than 50 days after All India NR Congress founder-leader N Rangasamy assumed charge as chief minister of the Union territory of Puducherry, his cabinet was expanded on June 27 with the induction of three AINRC MLAs – K Lakshminarayanan, Theni C Djeacoumar and Chandira Priyanga and two BJP MLAs – A Namassivayam and J Sai Saravanan as ministers.
New, “violation free” model towns are proposed near Vandalur, Madurai, Coimbatore and Trichy and an independent planning authority, on the lines of CMDA, is under discussion, for Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy, minister for housing and urban development S Muthusamy tells Yogesh Kabirdoss in an interview. Excerpts.
Low demand due to the pandemic has left room tariff in star hotels in the city lower than that in other cities. Industry sources said this is going to be an advantage at a time when travel or staycations may resume as the state government has relaxed restrictions.
Tamil Nadu continued to register a steady decline in daily Covid-19 cases as only 5,127 were added afresh on Sunday, pushing the aggregate to 24.65 lakh.
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TNGDC) has planned to take up emergency maintenance work in the Trichy on Monday between 9.30am and 12.30pm.