The 121-year-old Ranade Library in Mylapore houses at least 8,000 books and rare periodicals, but lending has been discontinued for nearly a decade. Chennai: A copy of the March 1964 edition of National Geographic magazine, featuring a cover story on the man’s moon-landing plan; a Mandarin learning guide; epics in Tamil and English from the…
A sea of commuters anxiously wait to board the suburban trains at Tambaram after an hours-long wait, as the railways partially cancelled trains from 11 am to 3pm owing to track inspection work in Chennai on Sunday Chennai: Thousands of commuters relying on suburban train connectivity continued to suffer for the second consecutive weekend as…
Chennai: Union home minister Amit Shah is set to visit Puducherry by the end of this month to present President’s Colour Medal to Puducherry police for their initiatives to protect law and order.Puducherry SP B Ranganathan said Puducherry police had launched three key initiatives – ‘Makkal Mandram’, Operation ‘Trishul’ and Operation ‘Punnagai’ to improve law…
Spot where a three-year-old boy was killed after a concrete sewer pipe being lifted by a crane slipped and fell during underground drainage work near Puzhal on Saturday night. He was walking with his father to buy sweets when the accident took place. A crane engaged by the contractor was lowering one of the giant…
Police said Gautham and his friend Jothish, 15, were swimming near Ennore Periyakuppam when the wave dragged them into deeper waters. Chennai: A 15-year-old schoolboy drowned and his friend was rescued after a giant wave swept them into the sea while they were swimming off the Ennore coast on Saturday evening.Police identified the deceased as…
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay inspected Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children, Egmore. Chennai: To tighten monitoring of govt hospitals, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has appointed 50 nodal officers to oversee compliance with directives issued to medical institutions across Tamil Nadu.Officers will monitor corrective measures,…
Chennai: A 42-year-old woman handed over a parcel containing banned painkiller tablets to the police after it was delivered to her house by courier. Police have arrested her son and two others in connection with the case..The woman, identified as Sampoorna, received the courier at her house on Saturday. Police investigation revealed that Sampoorna’s son…
A ministerial meeting for the students was held at Government Higher Secondary School, Kovalam, on Friday Chennai: Students in govt schools will get a role in campus administration this academic year, with the school education department introducing a mock parliamentary-style ministerial system.Integrated with the existing Magizh Mutram house system, the initiative will see schools elect…
Chennai: DMK will complain to governor Rajendra Arlekar against TVK for “indulging in horse-trading”, party organisational secretary R S Bharathi said on Sunday.The complaint is based on former AIADMK minister M R Vijayabaskar who recently joined TVK that the ruling party had approached him to cross over. Chief minister C Joseph Vijay’ had denied horse-trading,…
NMC has approved a 50-seat increase in MBBS intake at two govt medical colleges in TN, marking the first expansion in five years. Chennai: The National Medical Commission has approved a 50-seat increase in MBBS intake at two govt medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, raising capacity at each from 100 to 150 seats starting with…
