Vijay said the days after Karur tragedy were the most painful period in his life for which people have defeated DMK in the assembly election. KARUR: In his first visit to Karur after the Sept 2025 stampede, chief minister C Joseph Vijay sharpened his attack on the previous DMK regime for the tragedy, calling it…
Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium CHENNAI: It’s official. The MA Chidambaram Stadium will host the opening match of Big Bash League (BBL) between defending champions Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades on Dec 12. It will be the first time a match from a foreign franchise league is held in India. The game is scheduled to begin…
Chennai: Three days after TOI reported on the pitiable condition of the playground at Govt Ambedkar Higher Secondary School, which was littered with garbage, including empty liquor bottles, construction debris, and wet and dry waste, the Greater Chennai Corporation cleared the premises by Thursday.The school, located on Gandhi Irwin Road, adjoining the Buckingham Canal, falls…
Chennai: Madras high court has sought police response in two habeas corpus petitions challenging detention of YouTuber Mukthar Ahmed and political commentator under Goondas Act, who were arrested for their derogatory remarks against a BJP functionary.Admitting the petitions on Friday, the division bench comprising Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice Sunder Mohan directed the Chennai police…
Chennai: Power troubles continued for a third straight day on Thursday, as residents of Tiruvottiyur and Tambaram spent the night without electricity following major failures in the city’s distribution network. The outages came a day after similar disruptions struck Palavakkam and TondiarpetIn Tiruvottiyur, men and women blocked the high road that night, staging a protest…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s announcement in Karur that his govt had cancelled the tender for a flyover in Chennai as the project cost had been inflated to nearly double the actuals has left civic officials guessing as which project was he referring to.As of July, Chennai had only two major flyover tenders in…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Friday floated a tender to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), worth ₹48 lakh, for an area development plan for chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency. The proposal includes organised parking, cycling tracks, wider footpaths, cleaner drains, more parks, better drinking water supply and a flood resilience plan….
Porur, Maduravoyal, Kodungaiyur, Chepauk, Chennai airport, and Panaiyur are sinking by up to 15mm a year, a new study has found. The authors attribute this to a gradual compression of soft clay, silt, and sand beneath the ground, local geological conditions and urban infrastructure loading.The worst subsidence was recorded across an 18sqkm stretch between Porur…
Chennai: An RTI reply has exposed an alleged irregularity in promotions in the department for the welfare of differently abled persons, revealing that 17 employees with only Class X or Class XII were promoted as junior rehabilitation officers (JROs) and later rose to senior positions, including assistant director and deputy director.The promotions were given based…
V. Vaikunda Venkatachari, often called as Vaikunth, a 1960-batch IPS officer and former Chennai Police Commissioner and Director General of Police (Law and Order), died at his residence in Bishop Garden, Raja Annamalaipuram, on Friday following age-related illness. He was 89. Chennai: V Vaikunda Venkatachari, often called Vaikunth, a 1960-batch IPS officer and former Chennai…
