Chennai: Ahead of the local body elections, the state govt has asked state election commissioner Jothi Nirmalasamy to resign, sources told TOI.The move comes days after the govt asked chairpersons and members of several other state bodies to step down, fuelling criticism that C Joseph Vijay’s govt is seeking to purge institution heads appointed by…
Auto driver arrested for abusing minor Chennai: A 37-year-old autorickshaw driver was arrested for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl with an intellectual disability in Kolathur. On July 3, the seven-year-old girl was playing near her house when the man sexually abused her. The girl’s grandmother filed a complaint at Kolathur All-Women Police Station. Police conducted…
Chennai: Former minister and DMK MLA V Senthilbalaji moved Madras high court seeking anticipatory bail, apprehending arrest in connection with the alleged ₹35 crore horse-trading attempt to destabilise the TVK govt. The plea is likely to be taken up for hearing on Thursday.Earlier, the Chennai principal sessions court reserved its order on the application moved…
SALEM: A DMK member was hacked to death while he was sleeping outside his house near Thalaivasal in Salem district in the early hours of Tuesday.The murdered man has been identified as Manickam, 56, of Vellaiyur village. Manickam’s second wife, Indira, who came out of the house in the morning, saw him lying in a…
Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO of Mercedes-Benz India Chennai: Mercedes-Benz India said more than half of its sales in the country now come from cars priced above Rs 1 crore, while nearly one in three vehicles sold costs more than Rs 1.4 crore, as the German luxury carmaker is doubling down on a strategy centred…
CHENNAI: More than one lakh patta holders across South Chennai have been pushed into an ownership and house development crisis after the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) froze planning approvals around the Pallikaranai Ramsar site in Oct last year, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) said on Tuesday.At a news conference,…
NAMAKKAL: An illegal liquor racket is operating round-the-clock in Namakkal district’s Pallipalayam, around 600 metres from the local police station and close to Avaranggadu Krishnaveni Girls Higher Secondary School, residents and activists have alleged.They said the network ran a “24/7 door delivery” model that targeted working class residents despite the govt’s measures to curb illicit…
Track Damage at Nungambakkam Delays Chennai Beach–Tambaram Suburban Trains Chennai: A day after suburban train services resumed following scheduled track maintenance, a crack on the railway track at Platform 1 of Nungambakkam station caused delays in peak-hour services on the busy Beach-Tambaram suburban corridor on Tuesday morning.Railway officials imposed a speed restriction after the crack…
There are a few unrecognised schools functioning at Pudupet Chennai: Building code violations and unsafe conditions prevail at several schools. Three institutions have even admitted students without approvals. While every school functioning in the country must have a Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) code, which is proof of their recognition, a TOI verification…
Commercial taxes and registration minister T Logesh Tamilselvan CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu registration department will make its ‘Anywhere registration facility’ system mandatory for the first sale of plots and flats starting August 17. This will allow builders and developers to register documents digitally without visiting sub-registrar offices.The announcement was made by commercial taxes and registration…
