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Chennai: If you live in Chennai’s suburbs or on the outskirts and believe driving to work is the quickest option, the numbers challenge that assumption.A TOI analysis of journey times and costs across five prominent routes found that cars were never the fastest mode of transport. It covered Tambaram–Guindy, Central–Tambaram, Tambaram–Koyambedu, Velachery–Tambaram and Kilambakkam–Central.The analysis…

Chennai: The ongoing expansion of Sardar Patel Road from the Raj Bhavan point up to the IIT-Madras signal junction has been stuck with no sign of progress for the past couple of months. This highways department’s ₹48-crore road-widening project, which began last year, has effectively stalled, with several stretches still awaiting work.Result: The IIT-M junction…

Sanitation workers barge into Ripon building on Tuesday evening (Tarika Story) Chennai: Tense moments ensued after a flash protest by more than 50 sanitation workers at the Ripon Building on Tuesday. They entered the civic headquarters, sat on the floor and raised slogans demanding regularisation of their jobs.According to police, the sanitation workers sought permission…

Chennai: Unidentified men cut open an ICICI bank ATM using a welding machine and escaped with ₹10 lakh at Pudupedu near Somangalam in the early hours of Tuesday. The burglars sprayed a chemical substance on the CCTV camera inside the kiosk in an attempt to conceal their identities, police said. They also disabled the alarm….

A representative image shows the Madras High Court building with a judge’s gavel in the foreground, symbolizing legal proceedings and judiciary decisions in Chennai, India. Chennai: Madras high court warned chief minister C Joseph Vijay and public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna that it would be constrained to impose ₹50,000 each as exemplary cost on…

Grand Anicut Canal system in Tamil Nadu This year too, failure to open Mettur dam on the customary date, June 12, has impacted paddy cultivation in Cauvery delta districts and caused substantial drinking water shortage in districts. This is reportedly the 57th time in the 83-year history of the dam that water was not released…

Rs 345 daily wage only on paper, TN VB-G RAM G workers get less VB-G RAM G scheme may have raised Tamil Nadu’s rural employment wage from `336 to `345 a day from July 1, but workers are taking home far less. According to govt records, the average wage paid to workers is `278 under…

Chennai: A state forest department accountant in Tiruvarur, K S Sivakumar, has been charged in a case and placed under suspension for allegedly forging treasury challans and bank seals to divert at least ₹48 lakh of department funds into private bank accounts.According to a senior forest official, income from the department is usually remitted in…

Chennai: For core city residents travelling 10km-20km round-trip, cheap tickets do not ensure savings, as 5km auto feeders can exceed MTC fares by 250% to 900%.TOI analysed costs on five city routes: Anna Nagar–T Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur–Thoraipakkam, T Nagar–Velachery, Porur–Vadapalani and Velachery–Taramani.For those living within 5km of a bus stop or railway station, one-end costs range…

Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay flags off new buses at Fort St George on Tuesday Chennai: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday flagged off 250 new buses procured at ₹290 crore for Metropolitan Transport Corporation and Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation.Of the 250 buses, 130 are low-floor AC electric buses for the city. These…