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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…

AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran calls Tamil Nadu Governor R V Arlekar on Tuesday. CHENNAI: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Tuesday called on Tamil Nadu Governor R V Arlekar and submitted a representation seeking his intervention in the alleged horse-trading of his party MLA by the ruling TVK.Dhinakaran said his efforts were…

Vinosha Ravi (left) said that the woman being questioned over her attire is not the minister but herself. CHENNAI: A Malaysian woman, identified as Vinosha Ravi, has come forward to clarify that she, and not Tamil Nadu industries minister S Keerthana, is the person seen in a viral video that sparked a political row over…

Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Madras high court has warned Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna that it will be constrained to impose Rs 50,000 as exemplary cost on each of them if they fail to file their response to the petitions challenging their…

HMIL plans to expand its proprietary DC fast-charging network from 183 stations to 600 stations by 2030 Chennai: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) and Jio-bp have partnered to integrate their electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, giving users access to more than 37,000 charging points across India through the myHyundai app.The integration adds over 7,000 Jio-bp…

The DMK leader accused Vijay of trying to appease farmers whom he “cheated”. CHENNAI: DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan on Tuesday strongly criticised the TVK government and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay over the decision to drop the proposed Greenfield International Airport at Parandur, accusing the chief minister of trying to appease farmers.Elangovan said Tamil Nadu…

School education minister Rajamohan CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday unanimously urged the BJP government at the Centre to permanently exempt teachers appointed before August 23, 2010, from the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), citing their long years of service and job security.Moving a government resolution, School Education Minister Rajmohan said teachers appointed under the…

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay on Tuesday launched 130 new AC electric bus services at the state secretariat as part of the second phase of Chennai city’s electric bus initiative.Earlier on Monday, CM Vijay announced the expansion of the fare-free bus travel scheme for women, making services such as deluxe and express buses free…

The Tamil Nadu government has dropped the proposed Parandur airport project. (File photo) CHENNAI: With the Tamil Nadu government dropping the proposed greenfield airport at Parandur, the focus has now shifted to three key questions: what happens to the land already acquired for the project, where will Chennai’s second airport now come up, and how…