Chennai: Madras high court on Friday directed the Union govt to respond to a public interest writ petition challenging the circular directing playing of the national song and national anthem before Tamil Thai Vaazhthu in functions attended by the state governor.Admitting a plea moved by Ananya Radhakrishnan, the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind…
TRICHY: Tamil Nadu govt on Friday announced a Rs 134.83 crore kuruvai special package to support paddy cultivation, but it failed to enthuse farmers as water for irrigating the crop could not be released as scheduled (customarily on June 12) from Mettur dam due to low storage. This has left thousands of farmers in the…
Chennai: There was a time when monsoon meant putting travel plans on hold. Families waited for the summer, and tour operators treated the rainy months as a lull between peak travel seasons. That seems to be changing—welcome to the era of flip climate tours and coolcations, where people travel to destinations with change in weather…
Chennai: Assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar issued a show-cause notice to four former AIADMK MLAs who resigned from their posts and joined the ruling TVK. He has sought their explanation on the charges levelled against them by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami under the provisions of the anti-defection law.Addressing the media in his…
Chennai: Nearly two weeks after the state information commission and a week after the school education department ordered private schools to display their fee structures on their notice boards, compliance remains patchy.A TOI visit to city schools on Tuesday and Wednesday, coinciding with chief and district education officials sharing a compliance report with the private…
TNNChennai— Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M) have built a three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem, charting more than 200 structures at the resolution of individual cells — a feat that experts say could transform how doctors diagnose and treat neurological diseases.The brainstem, a stalk-like structure connecting the brain to the…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has stepped up surveillance for the Nipah virus following another case reported in Kerala. The Directorate of Public Health (DPH) directed officials to closely monitor fever cases at primary health centres and govt hospitals across the state for any signs of clustering. Health authorities said the enhanced surveillance aims to ensure early…
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Chennai: More than a decade after Ambattur was merged with the Greater Chennai Corporation, over 2,000 residents of Padmavathi Srinivasa Nagar continue to live without an underground drainage (UGD) network, forcing them to depend on septic tanks and private sewer lorries.The residential locality, which has over 350 houses, remains one of several areas in Ambattur…
Chennai: The Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) is likely to release the results of assistant professors’ recruitment exam within two weeks. The board has already released the results of five subjects, and the results for the remaining 43 subjects, along with the shortlisted candidates, are expected to be released by the end of June.More than 42,000…
