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Chennai: Citing procedural irregularities involving selective and delayed grant of sanction, Madras high court on Wednesday transferred to CBI the probe into the alleged 397-crore transformer procurement scam, involving former minister V Senthilbalaji. “…the procedures adopted by both the state and the DVAC are so heavily marked by unfairness that they fail to inspire any…

Chennai: Madras high court has ordered a survey of all the encroachments in Chennai and their systematic removal. The court has also directed the traffic management wing of Chennai police to procure more towing vehicles and deploy them strategically for immediate removal of illegally parked vehicles.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice…

Chennai: Police arrested a 24-year-old man for smuggling liquor from Puducherry to Chennai in an SUV, on Wednesday. The arrest followed a surveillance operation conducted by a team from the CMBT police station on April 28 near the Koyambedu metro railway station. Acting on a tip-off, police attempted to stop a suspicious car for inspection….

Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that the govt order (GO) permitting possession of 4.5 litres of liquor for personal use does not apply to liquor procured from Puducherry and other states.Justice M Nirmal Kumar made the clarification in view of a submission made by state public prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah.The issue pertains to a…

Chennai: An elderly couple were drugged and robbed of gold jewellery weighing 51 sovereigns at their home in Kolapakkam near Kilambakkam. Police suspect the role of their live-in domestic worker from Nepal, who was hired a week ago.According to the complaint, the worker served milk to Rajendran, 61, and his wife Usha Rani, 57, before…

Chennai: A 19-year-old man was arrested at Central Railway Station on charges of murdering a 79-year-old woman and stealing her gold jewellery in Karur district on April 26. The accused, who was absconding, was traced to a Chennai-bound train and apprehended upon arrival.Police said the woman, Thayarammal, who was alone at home when murdered, was…

Chennai: Patients and attendants at Govt Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital are being forced to endure unsanitary conditions, as washrooms in the hospital’s new tower block frequently run dry for hours. With no regular water supply, patients and caregivers have no option but to share poorly maintained toilets, risking infections. Despite repeated complaints, attendants said…

Chennai: Residents queue up with buckets and cans, waiting for water lorries. Not far away from their houses are five big waterbodies. For decades that’s how it’s been in Tambaram. These lakes were never used to supply water and now it could be too late. Reason: they have shrunk by 44% over the years because…

Chennai: A govt order issued by state govt restricting maternity leave for third pregnancy to 12 weeks is unjustifiable and against the law settled, ruled Madras high court on Wednesday.“This kind of restriction made by govt is against the dictum of the Supreme Court as well as this court. The same cannot be approved by…

Chennai: This year, the seat matrix for the state’s undergraduate medical programme is unlikely to see an increase in govt medical colleges compared to 2025. Plus Max Medical College and Hospital, a new private college in Salem has applied to start the MBBS programme, while some existing colleges have sought higher intake. Officials at the…