Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abandon plans for a NEET re-examination and allow states to fill medical seats based on Class XII marks through an emergency ordinance.In a letter to the Prime Minister, Stalin said the cancellation of NEET 2026 following the question paper leak left…
Chennai: Clutching her medical reports and medicines, a 52-year-old woman waited outside the radiology ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) for nearly four hours, exposed to the stench from the toilet spreading through the crowded corridor. A few blocks away, dialysis patients spent the entire day waiting for machines to function.At the state’s…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday held a series of meetings at the Secretariat with industry bodies, automobile manufacturers, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and agriculture department officials, focusing on industrial growth, investment expansion, logistics, exports, irrigation and Kuruvai cultivation planning.The first meeting was held with office-bearers of the Confederation of Indian Industry,…
Chennai: The rebellion within AIADMK is gathering momentum, with a faction led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani exploring provisions in the party bylaws to challenge the leadership of general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. The dissident group is considering invoking the AIADMK by-law under which the general secretary is bound to convene a…
Chennai: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the formation of a joint committee comprising Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and state fisheries department to remove ‘garbage islands’ from the east coast beaches from Kasimedu till Ennore.“The main concern is thermocol and other waste, which are disposed of at various points along…
Chennai: Amidst the internal rift, AIADMK legislator S P Velumani appeared to strike a reconciliatory note on Friday, saying dissident leaders were still ready for talks with AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to discuss the way forward. “Even now, if you call us, we are ready to talk. Let all of us together analyse…
Chennai: A youth wearing a helmet posed as an electricity board employee and carried out a series of thefts at houses in a residential locality near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district.The incidents were reported from Adithya Garden, a residential area in Krishnapuram near Ponneri, where more than 100 houses are located. According to residents, the suspect…
Chennai: VCK MP D Ravikumar on Friday urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay not to offer ministerial berths to AIADMK rebel MLAs who backed the TVK govt during the trust vote, warning that such a move would raise serious questions of political morality and ethical propriety.In a post on X, Ravikumar said that the 25…
Chennai: A massive fire broke out at a godown storing discarded electronic equipment at the Tech Mahindra campus in Sholinganallur on Friday evening. No casualties were reported.The warehouse is located inside the Tamil Nadu Electronics Corporation Special Economic Zone on Chennai’s Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), where several IT and automobile companies operate with nearly 6,000…
Chennai: Domestic, commercial and other low-tension electricity consumers in the state can now enable auto-debit facility to ensure timely payment of power consumption charges and avoid penalties. TNPDCL has introduced the feature in collaboration with Federal Bank through the National Automated Clearing House (NACH) platform.Officials said that all low-tension consumers, including household services, can register…
