Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Saturday launched a 40-day door-to-door campaign across five south Chennai zones to encourage households to segregate waste at the source, with field workers using stickers on houses to track compliance. The civic body said it will enforce penalties under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 for violations from next…
Chennai: A 37-year-old contract worker was buried alive when one side of a 10ft-deep pit caved in during sewage work at Gramam Street in Thiruvottiyur early Saturday.The deceased, Bhoominathan of Tiruvannamalai district, was among four workers digging a sewage tank meant for four houses in the locality.Around 4am, Bhoominathan was inside the pit, removing soil…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The Left parties have put Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay in a political bind over controversial govt circulars directing officials to monitor students linked to Left organisations, demanding the removal of chief secretary C Sai Kumar, a probe into the orders and a personal explanation…
From East Tambaram to Selaiyur and West Tambaram, shoppers and visitors park along busy stretches and outside residential areas, while commercial establishments have increasingly turned public spaces into informal parking lots. This leaves cars lining up on streets around Tambaram’s commercial hubs, eating into road space meant for traffic and pavements meant for pedestrians. Chennai:…
Chennai: Periyar Self Respect Propaganda Institution has moved Madras high court seeking ₹1 crore in damages against the authors of a book on delimitation, alleging that they have wrongly attributed certain statements to Periyar in the publication.Admitting the plea on Friday, Justice Govindarajan Thilakavadi directed the authors of the book Gautam R Desiraju, Deekhit Bhattacharya,…
Chennai: Former minister V Senthilbalaji appeared before the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in Alandur on Saturday for questioning in connection with a case involving alleged irregularities in the functioning of Tasmac. Investigators questioned him about the alleged irregularities, documents collected during the searches and his links with the other accused.The DVAC FIR names…
Chennai: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday alleged a possible Centre-state conspiracy to target Left parties, citing a govt directive against students participating in protests organised by them and the Gujiliamparai tahsildar’s move to collect details of Left functionaries in Dindigul district.Addressing a protest in Chennai, Shanmugam referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent…
Chennai: Former DMK minister V Senthilbalaji on Saturday accused the TVK govt of turning the Assembly into a platform for political confrontation, alleging that ministers were evading questions from the opposition and resorting to provocative remarks instead of providing answers. He also dared the govt to file any number of cases against the opposition, saying…
Chennai: Former chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday urged party members to regain the confidence of young people and women and continue working for the public even while in opposition. “We are specialists in making a comeback. We will make a strong comeback,” Stalin said while addressing the party’s executive committee…
Chennai: In a major organisational overhaul following its setback in the 2026 assembly polls, DMK on Saturday capped the maximum age of district secretaries at 70 and limited their tenure to three terms. The move is expected to see several former ministers, including E V Velu, Anitha R Radhakrishnan, S Muthusamy, S Regupathy and R…
