The Centre’s flagship PM Surya Ghar rooftop solar scheme has benefited about 48 lakh households since its launch in February 2024 Chennai: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide an $850 million loan to accelerate the rollout of the Government of India’s flagship rooftop solar programme.The Centre’s PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY)…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has created two administrative zones under the HR&CE department and delegated powers to two additional commissioners sanctioned in Trichy and Chennai. The duties of the officers will include preparation of basic registers, annual verification of registers, inspection of property and documents, assessment and levy of contribution, audit fees and recovery of…
Chennai: A spate of accidents at Mappedu Junction on the Tambaram Eastern Bypass has raised concerns over the absence of basic traffic infrastructure at the busy intersection. Motorists are forced to negotiate fast-moving traffic without functioning signals, adequate lighting or a proper roundabout.The 9.3km Tambaram Eastern Bypass is a key link connecting Velachery and Perungalathur…
Chennai: When Pachiyammal E, 40, walked away from an abusive marriage three years ago, she wanted to build a safe future for herself and her children. As a domestic worker at the time, she struggled persistently to keep the household running. All that is behind her now.“After leaving my alcoholic husband, I started working as…
A bronze idol being restored at the lab Tucked away in an obscure, rundown building far from the galleries of the Government Museum in Egmore is the oldest conservation laboratory in India and the fourth oldest in the world.Established in 1930, the Chemical Conservation and Research Laboratory is tasked with preserving the collection of 50…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Union govt’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on the proposed Mekedatu dam.Vijay wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narenda Modi contending that the response ignored settled legal principles governing inter-state…
Inspector Manimaran was arrested by the Velachery police for groping a woman while he was under the influence of alcohol. CHENNAI: A traffic police inspector posted with the Traffic Enforcement Wing in Ranipet district was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman in Chennai’s Velachery while under the influence of alcohol, police said.The accused, identified as…
A multi-vehicle collision on the Aiyayur Agaram flyover resulted in two fatalities VILLUPURAM: Two people were killed and several others critically injured in a multi-vehicle collision on the Aiyayur Agaram flyover near Villupuram on Tuesday morning, police said.The accident occurred after a two-wheeler lost control and skidded before crashing into an oncoming luxury bus.A speeding…
The Madras High Court has overturned the provision of government jobs to 31 family members of the victims of the Karur stampede MADURAI: In a sharp rebuke to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led govt’s orders giving govt jobs to 31 family members of the people killed at a TVK meeting in Karur, Madras high court on…
Sangam literature also mentions shell ornaments and most of the early historic sites including Kodumanal, Keeladi, Alagankulam, Korkai and Arikamedu have yielded shell objects. CHENNAI: Excavators from Tamil Nadu state archaeology department have unearthed an ancient shell industry that once spread over 200 acres at Pattanamarudur, off the Gulf of Mannar, in Tuticorin district. They…
