Chennai: After more than 3.22 lakh travelled in metro trains daily in March, ridership dropped to around 3 lakh in April.Chennai Metro Rail Limited, in a release on Saturday, said that 90.18 lakh passengers travelled in metro trains last month. In March, 1.01 crore people travelled, averaging 3.22 lakh daily. Feb saw a total of…
Chennai: A sessions court in Chennai has sentenced a 32-year-old man to imprisonment for life, after finding him guilty of murdering his 70-year-old grandmother. He had hit her with a hammer and slashed her with a shaving blade because she demanded he return her 5 sovereigns of gold jewellery that was pledged by his mother.On…
Chennai: Almost two weeks after the commencement of admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act to private matriculation schools this year, school education department has received only 18,000 applications—20% of the 80,000 seats available across the state.Some officials officials said the slow progress is due to last year’s disruption — already admitted students were…
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday launched a career guidance help desk for students, who completed Class XII. DMK students’ wing has been entrusted with the task of helping students with career guidance.DMK students’ wing secretary Veeramani Jayakumar said, “The help desk will help students choose the best course. Three DMK students’ wing…
Chennai: TVK election campaign management general secretary Aadhav Arjuna on Saturday petitioned chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik, urging the Election Commission to strengthen security arrangements in and around the 62 counting centres ahead of counting on May 4 to prevent unlawful activities and ensure safety of party candidates and agents.In his petition, Arjuna said his…
Chennai: A history-sheeter, Ajith Kumar, 24, and a juvenile were arrested for stealing gold jewellery from a house in Vyasarpadi last month. Police recovered 78g of the stolen gold jewellery. Ajith Kumar alias ‘Speed’ Ajith, of Pulianthope, was arrested after Kanimozhi, 29, reported the burglary. Kanimozhi and her family had left for her native village…
Chennai: A 31-year-old man died after getting trapped in slush while bathing with friends in Vallur dam on the Kosasthalaiyar River near Minjur in the city on Friday.Aravind Prakash, 31, of Pammal, worked at a private finance company. He went to the dam in the Seemavaram area with friends on his day off on Friday….
Chennai: Students and working professionals staying in hostels and paying guest (PG) accommodation across the state may now have to pay more, as operators have increased rents by around 10%, citing a steep rise in commercial LPG cylinder prices and cooking costs.The Tamil Nadu IT hostel & PG owners welfare association has issued a circular…
Chennai: A 36-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for setting his wife on fire following a quarrel at Pulianthope on April 28. Gomathi, 34, a housekeeping staffer at LIC Guest House, suffered burn injuries to her face, neck and chest.Her husband, Vijay Kirubanandam, a slaughterhouse worker from Pulianthope, was arrested on May 1. According to…
Chennai: In Tamil Nadu’s flagship govt hospitals, monitors in cardiac theatres beep with relentless urgency. Patients keep coming, waiting lists keep growing. But the surgeons who are supposed to be there are missing.At the Govt General Hospital in Chennai, five of six chief cardiac surgeon posts are vacant, along with six of 14 assistant positions….
