Chennai: Two men died and an another man sustained critical injuries in a road accident near Tiruttani. One of the deceased, Chandran, 43, a construction supervisor from TV Puram village, was returning to Tiruttani with his assistant, Padmanaban, on a motorcycle after completing construction work at R K Pet. When they reached Agur village, Chandran…
Chennai: Madras high court has dismissed an appeal moved by Sun TV Network in 2015 challenging a decree passed by a civil court ordering payment of ₹10 lakh as damages to actor R Sukanya for broadcasting an interview of Nakkheeran R Gopal with forest brigade Veerappan in 1996 containing allegations against her.Justice K Kumaresh Babu,…
Chennai: As part of a special anti-crime and anti-drug operation at the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) in Koyambedu, Chennai city police deployed drone surveillance and continuous CCTV tracking to monitor suspicious activities and to enhance public safety. The operation was aimed to deter theft, robbery and drug-related offences at the transport hub.As directed by…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has suspended two more engineers in connection with the suspected irregularities in granting multi-crore worth approvals for wind and solar projects.Superintendent engineer RG Prasad and executive engineer K Radhakrishnan of non-conventional energy sources wing of the Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation have been placed under suspension.The suspension comes…
Chennai: Every year, Class 12 state board students applying for re-totalling in biology pay more than those applying for other subjects — even though the revaluation cost remains the same.The reason, officials say, is due to the way in which the subject is structured. While the subject is classified as ‘biology’ and has only one…
Chennai: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has once again begun clearing encroachments along NSC Bose Road, removing around 50 shops and another 20 shops on Wall Tax Road with police support on Monday. However, within minutes after the vendors were evited, autorickshaws and pushcarts took over the stretch, further narrowing the carriageway.The eviction drive comes…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation has asked owners to remove vehicles, idling for months and years, from roadsides in three days or face seizure and auction. Officials have so far removed 279 abandoned vehicles. Another 236 are to be removed before June 15.The corporation notices, giving owners a 72-hour ultimatum to claim their vehicles, have been…
Residents of Kamaraj Nagar and TNHB quarters in Avadi have been complaining of power outages for the past one week Chennai: TNPDCL has lodged a police complaint saying bike-borne individuals had been stealing power fuses from electricity distribution pillar boxes, leading to power outage in Avadi area.Residents of Kamaraj Nagar and TNHB quarters in Avadi…
The lesser fish eagle was among the raptor species documented in Tamil Nadu From the forests of the Western Ghats to the grassy lowlands, Tamil Nadu’s first-ever raptor census documented 68 species of birds of prey across the state to establish baseline data for long-term conservation monitoring.Conducted simultaneously as diurnal and nocturnal surveys, the exercise…
The price of RMC has increased by ₹300 to ₹500 per cubic metre depending on the grade. The widely used M20, M25 and M30 grades have gone up by at least ₹500. The prices of construction aggregates have also increased by ₹300-₹500 A house for ₹1 crore may get 10% costlier, with prices of construction…
