Travelling by air conditioned private buses has become expensive for Diwali. Fares to Madurai, Coimbatore, Tuticorin and other popular routes from the city have touched Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. Return fares are more or less the same for days soon after the festival.
A husband and wife who conspired together and murdered the parents and younger brother of the man to gain ownership of the family property, by throwing petrol bombs inside the house in Tindivanam, Villupuram district have been sentenced to death by a special court for bomb blast cases.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to set up a facility to guide passengers who arrive and depart the city. The meet-and-greet counter and its staff, popular in other airports, will assist departing passengers to fasttrack check-in formalities while assisting those who arrive with baggage, transport options to the city.
Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced that July 18 will be observed as Tamil Nadu Day. He also said the state government would present Rs1 lakh cash prize each to 110 ‘Border Saviours’ on November 1 to honour their struggle to safeguard the border of Tamil Nadu when the states were formed on linguistic basis in 1956.
Water resources minister S Duraimurugan on Saturday said Tamil Nadu water resources department was in full control of Mullaperiyar dam and it has been regulating water level in the dam as per the monthly-storage approved by the Central Water Commission and as per the orders of the Supreme Court. He sought to put to rest the controversy over allegations that Kerala government had forcibly opened the sluice gates of the dam.
In view of Diwali, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC), State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) and private operators are set to operate extra buses from Chennai to various destinations. To ease congestion and confusion at the boarding points, the State has decided to operate services from six terminuses namely Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT), Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus (MMBT), Poonamallee bus stand, Tambaram Sanitorium bus stand, Tambaram railway station bus stand and KK Nagar bus depot. The special services will be from November 1 to 3 and November 5 to 8.
Two lakh staff, thousands of volunteers, 50,000 vaccination camps, more than 8,000 vehicles in addition to public campaigns and door-to-door canvassing by nurses could bring less than 20 lakh people to the seventh mega vaccination camp on Saturday.
Arterial Anna Salai witnessed chaos all day on Saturday as Thevar Jayanthi revellers brought traffic to a halt at many places. Intervention by the traffic police added to the problem.
Madras high court on Friday directed the director general of shipping, deputy conservator of Mumbai port trust and commandant of Indian Coast Guard to detain the Panama-flagged cargo ship M V Navios Venue, now lying at Mumbai port, for three weeks.
The huge haul of antiquities, which were traced as part of the long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme, were handed over to the Indian authorities during a ceremony at the Indian Consulate in New York city.
Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad has been appointed as an additional Judge of the high court for a term of two years.
The sad truth is that parking management in the area remains shoddy despite progressive projects such as the pedestrian plaza, on-street parking management system and the much vaunted multilevel car parking management system.
Doctors attending on Rajini said the doctor's physician referred him to the emergency room after complaints of weakness in the hands, headache and giddiness. He was diagnosed with ministroke, also called the transient ischemic attack (TIA) -- a temporary period of symptoms like those of a stroke.
Leaders from political parties and various outfits will assemble at Anna Salai-Chamiers Road junction to pay floral tributes to the statue of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at Nandanam signal.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that the group were fighting over 'route supremacy' in trains from Chennai Central to Gummidipoondi, akin to the rivalry that exists in bus routes.
Police have launched a hunt for four others in connection with the incident.
On Friday, the southern suburbs of the city received good rain because of the impact of the low pressure. This is the first spell of heavy rain for the city after the northeast monsoon was declared five days ago.
In these times of fad diets and quick weight loss programmes, diabetes reversal has become a topic of hot discussion, especially on social media platforms. While such a reversal is possible for some people with type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes is not reversible. However, there are many facets about reversal of diabetes, which people are not aware of.
The fire and rescue department have received 6,810 applications from traders across the state to put up cracker shops for Diwali. Of these, the department has issued no objection certificates to 6,111 applications after scrutiny.
Denouncing unconditional and omnibus religious rights, Madras high court has directed Tamil Nadu government to crack down on all religious institutions found violating noise pollution and building control norms.
Come summer, tourists can take the East Coast Road (ECR) to lunch or dine at a floating restaurant at Muttukadu or drive on to Mudaliarkuppam to stay overnight on a houseboat
600 Train Services Cater To 20 Lakh Commuters — Making It Work Remains A Challenge
A team of doctors led by Dr Govini Balasubramani at Fortis Hospital, Vadapalani, successfully performed a lung transplant surgery on a 34-year-old man from Punjab, who suffered from disorders that caused scarring of lung tissues
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has transferred two cases registered against two Tamil Nadu ministers -- fisheries minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan and electricity minister Senthil Balaji -- from its Madurai unit to Chennai for 'administrative reasons'. The ED officials based in Delhi confirmed the transfer of the cases to Chennai.
Five common ostriches (Struthio camelus) dropped dead in their enclosure at Arignar Anna Zoological Park on Wednesday. According to the forest department, the flightless birds were keeping unwell and were under treatment.
With the 're-induct Sasikala into AIADMK' slogan getting louder, AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami attempted some quick damage control to rein in their supporters.
In a setback to the state government’s plan to melt and monetise ‘unused’ gold donated to temples, the Madras high court on Thursday restrained the HR&CE department from deciding on the matter saying it should await for appointment of trustees to temples.
Tamil Nadu will add 11 new government medical colleges and 1,450 MBBS seats for admissions in the current year as the Centre has given its nod for 150 undergraduate seats in Ariyalur, Dindigul, Nagapattinam and Krishnagiri medical colleges after virtual inspection.
For Diwali, Rajnikanth’s Annatthe, produced by Sun Pictures, is expected to release in 900 screens across the state. This is a ray of hope for single-screen theatres on the brink of extinction.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh decided to vacate the interim order dated October 25, as the Council of Architecture, the statutory body to regulate the profession, informed the court that the Tamil Nadu government denied permission for JEE students to participate in the counselling only as per the instructions of the Council.
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The minister said the state would soon have a wild animal rescue centre. “We have sent a proposal to the government in this regard.”
A little over a month ago, Rashmi was able to remember the name of the village she came from - Baghera village in Nayagarh district, Orissa.
Singapore has allowed transit passengers but people are not able to use it because there is only one flight from Chennai
While the previous DMK regime led by M Karunanidhi passed resolutions to revive the council, the subsequent AIADMK governments resisted successfully.
MGR's grandson and AIADMK MGR youth wing deputy secretary G Ramachandran joined in, saying the party was being steered efficiently by the dual leadership and other leaders should stay calm instead of speaking to journalists and creating disorder.
The accused, Sukar Ganjhu, was working at a construction site in Ennore for the last six months. He was involved in one murder cases and an attempted murder case in his native place. Ganjhu escaped and reached Chennai and found work in Ennore.
This is primarily due to the low pressure over Bay of Bengal and is likely to move towards Tamil Nadu. Private forecasters said the city could also receive heavy spells over some places.
The CM said TN was already drawing maximum water (2,300 cusecs) from Mullaperiyar dam through a tunnel to Vaigai dam as requested by Vijayan in his letter last week.