S Valli and her husband are one of several thousand homeless in Chennai, who live under bridges and flyovers; most are either street performers or guest workers Every few minutes, a train rattles past Velachery railway station as passing vehicles kick up clouds of dust into S Valli’s “home”. The 40-year-old lives under the flyover…
CHENNAI: Getting admitted in a medical college in Tamil Nadu will be harder and more expensive this academic year. At least 650 MBBS seats will be removed from the state’s seat matrix in 2026, as three colleges have been conferred deemed university status. Officials in the health department said the number could double, as at…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging Union govt to reconsider the proposed amendment to the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, saying it would reduce foodgrain allocation to the state’s poorest households and undermine food security for nearly 70 lakh beneficiaries.In his letter, Vijay…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay also visited the 110 MLD and 150 MLD desalination plants in Nemelli . CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu C Joseph Vijay on Monday inspected the under construction 400 million litre per day (MLD) desalination plant at Perur in Chengalpet district and asked officials to complete the work in the stipulated time to…
Government Ambedkar Higher Secondary School in education minister Rajmohan’s constituency, Egmore Chennai: Garbage is the first thing that students see on entering Government Ambedkar Higher Secondary School in education minister Rajmohan’s constituency, Egmore. From plastic waste to liquor bottles and construction debris, a portion of the school grounds is perpetually occupied by discards. But the…
Chennai: A 54-year-old woman, Mathura, of Pulianthope, died of injuries on Sunday a week after she was knocked down by a minor riding a motorcycle. Police arrested the 17-year-old’s father, Amirjan, 42, on charges of allowing the boy to ride the bike.The Pulianthope traffic investigation wing altered the case to causing death by rash and…
According to police, pilots Vishal Bhaskar and another officer detected the technical glitch around 9.05 am while flying the helicopter (ZA 1420) and safely landed it in a farmland at Keerapakkam, near Vandalur. CHENNAI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Chetak helicopter made an emergency landing in an agricultural field in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district on…
Chennai: Less than 24 hours after Greater Chennai Corporation claimed to have cleared encroachments in a late Saturday night eviction drive, the T Nagar Pedestrian Plaza slipped back into its old ways. By Sunday evening, vendors reclaimed the stretch and vehicles were once again parked across the pedestrian zone – indicating that the entire eviction…
Chennai: From screening Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan blockbusters to the latest Bollywood releases, Theyagaraja Theatre in Thiruvanmiyur has been the hub for generations of Chennaiites for watching movies. Now, after decades as a neighbourhood landmark, the theatre is set to make way for a ₹500-crore mixed-use commercial development, bringing the curtain down on one of…
Chennai: Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday alleged that TVK was levelling false charges on DMK out of frustration that it was unable to break DMK just like the way it was splitting AIADMK.Taking a dig at chief minister C Joseph Vijay for his earlier statement that he would not let any corrupt go…
