Chennai: Southern Railways’ decision to close a secondary access point at Avadi railway station, citing safety concerns, has triggered protests from residents, who are demanding an additional entry and exit from Thirumalairajapuram side to ease congestion at the main entrance.The second access, located about 100metres from the main entrance on the Thirumalairajapuram side, had helped…
Chennai: Tambaram city police announced traffic diversions for heavy vehicles on April 26 and 27 in Tambaram limits to manage increased vehicular movement as voters return to the city after casting their votes in the assembly elections.According to the traffic plan, heavy vehicles travelling from Chengalpet towards Chennai will be diverted via Kancheepuram Road, Walajabad,…
Chennai: Anna University has come out with 10-digit faculty identification number (FIN) to fight the fake faculty issue from the 2026-27 academic year. The university has directed all engineering faculty to register their personal, academic credentials along with a geotagged picture within the campus to get the new ID before April 30.The university also asked…
Chennai: Students who have created portfolios on platforms such as ‘GitHub’ and ‘Behance’ are likely to get weightage for admissions to computer science-related courses and creative courses such as visual communication. Some colleges wanted to conduct one-to-one counselling with students before the admissions to give them an idea about the programmes started in emerging areas.With…
TIRUPATTUR: A 17-year-old minor girl driving her father’s car lost control of the vehicle after she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and crashed into a motorcycle, causing the death of a 14-year-old pillion rider near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district on Friday evening. Tirupattur superintendent of police Shyamala Devi said the minor girl…
KALLAKURICHI: An elderly couple were found murdered at their home in Kalrayan Hills in Kallakurichi district on Friday. The crime came to light after the elderly couple, identified as Ramasamy, 70, and his wife R Ponammal, 65, did not come out of their house on Friday for a long time. The neighbours entered the house…
The Tirukoilur police have registered a case and are investigating the circumstances of the accidental fall. KALLAKURICHI: A 65-year-old man and his son died after they slipped into a 90-foot farm well while fixing an electric motor pump to drain water at a village near Tirukoilur in Kallakurichi district. The deceased were identified as Ayyannar,…
While some posed for photos with him, a tourist insisted that he repeat the ‘over’ gesture he made after seat-sharing talks with Congress at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam on March 4. Stalin responded positively. CHENNAI: After days of hectic election work, chief minister M K Stalin took a break, arriving in Kodaikanal on Saturday with…
Chennai: Madras high court has refused to direct National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai, to expeditiously dispose of an application moved by Sivaganga MP Karti P Chidambaram to free his personal salary account that was frozen by the serious fraud investigation office (SFIO).A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice K Surender passed…
Chennai: A 27-year-old man was arrested for strangling his father to death following a quarrel at their house in Vandalur on Wednesday night. The deceased, Perumal, 51, was a roadside vendor from Otteri in Vandalur. Police said that his son Ajith Kumar had returned home inebriated at around 11pm. When an argument broke out between…
