A nesting site for species such as crows, pigeons, and cuckoos, the tree continues to face threats to its survival, say environmentalists In 1966, Sundara Ramaswamy’s Tamil novel ‘Oru Puliyamarathin Kathai’ told the tale of a tamarind tree that stood at a busy crossroads of a small town in Tamil Nadu, a silent witness to…
Chennai: At a meeting of state university registrars last week, higher education minister P Viswanathan proposed forming a new recruitment board to hire faculty members for state universities and govt colleges in the future, saying that they have been functioning with nearly 50% vacancies in teaching and non-teaching staff posts. The higher education department recently…
Chennai’s urban area is said to have at least 15 frog species, and yet no proper studies have been done on these creatures, their role in the ecosystem or the threats they face In 1981, American biologist Paul Ehrlich proposed the ‘rivet-popper’ hypothesis, likening species in an ecosystem to the thousands of rivets that hold…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has imposed a three-month ban, with immediate effect, on the transportation of rough stone and its aggregates, including M-sand, metal jelly and other construction material, to the neighbouring states. The ban, however, exempts consignments to Puducherry, including Karaikal.This could adversely affect neighbouring states such as Kerala and Karnataka that are reliant…
Anti-defection proceedings Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami was yet to decide whether to appear before speaker J C D Prabhakar on July 30 in connection with the anti-defection proceedings against four rebel MLAs, senior party leader Agri S S Krishnamurthy said on Monday.After meeting the speaker, Krishnamurthy said the AIADMK chief would take…
Previous enmity suspected Chennai: Two first-year students of Pachaiyappa’s College were injured after they were attacked by a group of armed youths in the subway connecting Chennai central railway station and Park railway station in broad daylight on Monday morning.Meanwhile, police solved the attack by apprehending seven students when they were at a commercial mall…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday said that TVK govt commenced its fight against corruption on a strong footing but has slowed down.Releasing PMK’s 24th shadow budget in Chennai, Anbumani said TVK should speed up its action against corruption. “People chose TVK govt as an alternative to DMK. It was was initially swift in…
Chennai: A 48-year-old DMK functionary was found dead with multiple injuries on the roadside near Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district. Police are probing if he was murdered or killed in a road accident.The deceased was identified as Rajini, a power loom weaver and former DMK branch secretary of Pothadoorpet near Pallipattu. His father, Subramani, is the…
Chennai: A 45-year-old man employed as a supervisor at a private steel company has lodged a complaint saying he was robbed of ₹18.8 lakh by four unidentified men at knifepoint in Korattur on Saturday.According to police, Ranjith Kumar, a resident of MMDA Colony in Arumbakkam, works as a supervisor at a private steel company in…
Chennai: The proposed 52.94km metro rail extension from Poonamallee to Parandur has not been shelved despite uncertainty over the proposed greenfield airport. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) is moving ahead with approvals for the first phase from Poonamallee to Sunguvarchatram, covering 27.9km.The move comes even as the Parandur airport project remains in limbo. While the…
