Chennai: It’s been four years since the formation of Tambaram corporation. But, the basic civic grievances — water shortage, poor drain maintenance, lack of overhead tanks, encroachments, and stray dog menace — remain unresolved, councillors said at the corporation council meeting on Thursday.The first council meeting since the new state govt assumed office saw heated…
Chennai: Several areas will face a 24-hour disruption in piped drinking water supply for two days as Metrowater undertakes a major pipeline interconnection project.The disruption will affect areas including Kolathur, Jawahar Nagar, Sembium, Ayanavaram, Perambur, Korattur, Anna Nagar West Extension, Villivakkam and Anna Nagar West that fall within three zones—Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Ambattur and…
Chennai: Several areas will face a 24-hour disruption in piped drinking water supply for two days as Metrowater undertakes a major pipeline interconnection project.The disruption will affect areas including Kolathur, Jawahar Nagar, Sembium, Ayanavaram, Perambur, Korattur, Anna Nagar West Extension, Villivakkam and Anna Nagar West that fall within three zones—Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Ambattur and…
Chennai: Chennai recorded an all-time high electricity demand of 5,014 megawatts on Wednesday — surpassing the 5,000 MW mark for the first time — even as large parts of the city continued to reel under power cuts.According to TNPDCL, the peak demand was logged at 10.30 pm, breaching the previous record of 4,809 MW set…
Preliminary inquiries revealed that the deceased was aged around 30. Chennai: A guest worker died by suicide at a construction site in Porur on Thursday after slitting his throat using a power saw.According to police, construction work was underway at a house in Subbaiah Nagar, Ayyappanthangal, near Porur. A group of workers engaged in shuttering…
Chennai: The decomposed body of a railway employee was found inside his locked house in Kolathur on Thursday.Raghupathi, 52, a resident of Bhagavathy Amman Temple Street in Kolathur, worked as a locomotive driver. While his wife Priyanka was living in Salem, his daughter Sophia was staying with their relatives. Police said Raghupathi was seen last…
Chennai: Growing disconnect with grassroots workers, over dependence on inhouse and external poll strategy agencies, and failure to grasp the magnitude of support for TVK were among the key factors that led to DMK’s defeat in the assembly poll, according to DMK panels formed to identify reasons for the debacle.A total of 19 committees, each…
Mercy Stephen, 33, gave birth to a stillborn baby at 8 months Chennai: Days after a 33-year-old woman gave birth to a stillborn baby at 8 months at Govt Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children following an hour-long delay at the Urban Community Health Centre (UCHC), GCC commissioner G S Sameeran made spot inspection…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday condemned the recurring power cuts in Tamil Nadu, alleging that the TVK govt had failed to plan adequately for the state’s growing electricity demand. In a statement, EPS said unannounced outages were affecting households, small industries, farmers and students across the state. With temperatures crossing 40℃…
The accident occurred around 7.40 am on the Kancheepuram-Arakkonam Road Chennai: A 30-year-old man was killed and 12 others injured when their tractor collided with a private company van near Kancheepuram on Thursday morning.The accident occurred around 7.40 am on the Kancheepuram-Arakkonam Road. Daily wage labourers in the tractor were heading to Parandur where they…
