Chennai: To sensitise students in both govt and aided schools and educate them on the dangers of consuming tobacco and related products, school administrations have been instructed to put up posters on their campuses and paint roads leading to schools with an anti-tobacco message.The oral guidelines, issued by respective chief/district education officers, also mandate school…
Chennai: Two days after a man died by jumping in front of a moving train near Tambaram Sanatorium railway station, his 52-year-old mother killed herself at her residence in Thiruneermalai on Saturday.Gayathri lived on South Mada Street and earned a livelihood through a flower business. Her husband had died six years ago due to an…
Chennai: State govt on Saturday appointed acclaimed cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa the president of the Tamil Nadu Government MGR Film and Television Institute in Taramani. He succeeds Trotsky Marudu, who was appointed for the post by the DMK govt in 2024.He has worked as a cinematographer in 25 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam industries, including…
Chennai: Commuters taking the South Usman Road via CIT Nagar to reach Nandanam pass through a 10-minute ordeal every day during peak hours at one specific intersection.Buses, autorickshaws and motorists come from all sides, leaving the intersection at South West Boag road under the T Nagar steel flyover chaotic and dangerous spot for motorists and…
Chennai: Commuters taking the South Usman Road via CIT Nagar to reach Nandanam pass through a 10-minute ordeal every day during peak hours at one specific intersection.Buses, autorickshaws and motorists come from all sides, leaving the intersection at South West Boag road under the T Nagar steel flyover chaotic and dangerous spot for motorists and…
Chennai: Two students—one studying in a college, and the other in a school—were killed in two separate road accidents near Tambaram on Friday evening, triggering public protests over the roadside encroachments, narrow roads and poor road discipline in the area.In the first incident, Kaushika, 21, a student of a private college near Kattankulathur, was riding…
Chennai: Three men, including a key suspect in a drug peddling case racket, were arrested by the Kannagi Nagar police after a raid at Masjid Nagar on Saturday. Police seized 1.5kg of ganja and 40 narcotic tablets.Based on a tip-off, a police team led by inspector S Saravanan conducted a raid and arrested Vignesh alias…
DMK organising secretary R S Bharathi Chennai: DMK organisation secretary R S Bharathi said on Saturday there was nothing wrong in DMK joining hands with AIADMK. His remarks come in the wake of CPM alleging that DMK held talks with AIADMK after the state assembly election to probe the possibility of forming a govt.Speaking to…
pattabiram road overbridge Chennai: At least one lakh commuters and motorists continue to face daily traffic congestion on the Pattabiram Road Overbridge (ROB) on the busy Chennai–Tirupati National Highway, as only one arm of the bridge remains open even nearly three years after the project began.The ROB, which connects the Pattabiram–Thiruninravur stretch and serves as…
In a major reshuffle in the Tamil Nadu police department, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Prem Anand Sinha and ADGP T. Senthilkumar assumed charge as the Commissioners of Police for Tambaram and Avadi respectively on Saturday. Chennai: Tambaram and Avadi police commissionerates got new commissioners in a reshuffle of officials on Friday. While additional…
