Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Friday floated a tender to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), worth ₹48 lakh, for an area development plan for chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency. The proposal includes organised parking, cycling tracks, wider footpaths, cleaner drains, more parks, better drinking water supply and a flood resilience plan….
Porur, Maduravoyal, Kodungaiyur, Chepauk, Chennai airport, and Panaiyur are sinking by up to 15mm a year, a new study has found. The authors attribute this to a gradual compression of soft clay, silt, and sand beneath the ground, local geological conditions and urban infrastructure loading.The worst subsidence was recorded across an 18sqkm stretch between Porur…
Chennai: An RTI reply has exposed an alleged irregularity in promotions in the department for the welfare of differently abled persons, revealing that 17 employees with only Class X or Class XII were promoted as junior rehabilitation officers (JROs) and later rose to senior positions, including assistant director and deputy director.The promotions were given based…
V. Vaikunda Venkatachari, often called as Vaikunth, a 1960-batch IPS officer and former Chennai Police Commissioner and Director General of Police (Law and Order), died at his residence in Bishop Garden, Raja Annamalaipuram, on Friday following age-related illness. He was 89. Chennai: V Vaikunda Venkatachari, often called Vaikunth, a 1960-batch IPS officer and former Chennai…
Rain clouds hang over Chennai’s skyline. Chennai: Cloud cover kept daytime temperatures in check on Friday, a day after intense evening thunderstorms brought relief from the summer heat. Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam recorded 34.2°C and 35.3°C, around 1.4°C and 0.5°C below normal. While IMD forecast light rain and a slight rise in daytime temperatures on Saturday,…
Chennai: A man died while trying to rescue his brother’s family from electrocution at their residence in Gummidipoondi SIPCOT, near Chennai, on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as R Nagarajan (37), a native of Gorimedu. Police said Nagarajan and his elder brother, R Sekar (40), were construction workers and lived with their families in adjacent…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday refused to stay the release of the Atharvaa-starrer ‘Idhayam Murali’, directed and produced by Aakash Bhaskaran.Film director Sudha Kongara had approached the high court seeking to restrain the movie’s release on Friday, citing pending payment of ₹8.39 crore from Dawn Pictures for the movie ‘Parasakthi’ she had helmed for…
DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi CHENNAI: DMK leaders on Friday came down heavily on chief minister C Joseph Vijay for blaming the previous DMK regime and its leader M K Stalin for the Karur stampede incident.Rebutting Vijay’s remarks during his visit to Karur on Friday, DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi said people knew well who…
Chennai: A 25-year-old man was arrested on charges of assaulting and threatening to kill a woman whom he had earlier promised to marry. The police said the complainant, 25, said she became acquainted with Tamilarasan of Chitlapakkam in 2023 and later formed a relationship. The woman claimed that Tamilarasan initially promised to marry her, but…
CHENNAI: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Friday defended chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s silence on the Union govt’s various policies against the state autonomy and the Mekedatu issue, stating that the CM is following a “talk less and work more” formula. He added that the CM is not restricting him or the leaders of alliance…
