Chennai: The exodus from AIADMK gathered pace on Saturday as former ministers Udumalai K Radhakrishnan, Kadambur C Raju, N R Sivapathi and M C Sampath, along with around six former MLAs and hundreds of supporters, joined the ruling TVK at its headquarters in Panaiyur on Saturday.The leaders arrived with sizable contingents of cadres in a…
Chennai: The school education department has asked chief and district education officers to ensure that physical education (PE) lessons for Classes VI-XII are conducted without fail. It also sought details of schools where playgrounds are not utilized properly.The instructions come in the wake of a recent review meeting chaired by school education secretary B Chandra…
Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted four former cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) for allegedly harbouring proclaimed offenders linked to the 2019 murder of Ramalingam.In a chargesheet filed before the Special NIA Court in Poonamallee on Saturday, the agency named K Mohideen, Mohamed Imran, Thameem Ansari and Asmath. The…
Chennai: The Govt Railway Police and the Greater Chennai Police have constituted eight special teams to investigate the recovery of a male torso from an abandoned suitcase at Perambur Railway Station. Despite extensive efforts, investigators have not yet identified the victim or traced those responsible for the crime.The body, without the head or limbs, was…
Chennai: The outskirts remained hotter than core city areas on Saturday as Chennai continued to sizzle despite the onset of the southwest monsoon over neighbouring Kerala. Nungambakkam recorded 39.9°C and Meenambakkam 40.4°C, both around 2.4 degrees above normal.Relief from the summer heat, however, may be around the corner. Meteorologists said there is a possibility for…
Chennai: Every year, thousands of Class X and XII state board students in Tamil Nadu receive their provisional marksheets only to find their names misprinted—and then spend weeks navigating a correction process that school officials say is entirely avoidable.The problem is transliteration. Sanskrit-derived name prefixes like “Shri” or “Sha” are routinely garbled into “Ri,” “Siri”…
Police officers and personnel across Chennai participated in a cleanliness drive at 105 police stations on Saturday morning following instructions issued by Greater Chennai Police commissioner A Amalraj to improve the upkeep and hygiene of police station premises Police officers and personnel across Chennai participated in a cleanliness drive at 105 police stations on Saturday…
Chennai: Tambaram corporation has announced plans to build a modern sports arena near the Tambaram-Maduravoyal Bypass at a cost of ₹40 crore. The facility will come up on nine acres of land acquired by the corporation and is expected to become one of the largest public sports complexes in the city.The proposed arena will include…
Chennai: Local body elections will be held in eight months, public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna has said, challenging DMK to “win even a single mayoral post in the upcoming local body elections”.Aadhav, while addressing a public meeting at RK Nagar on Friday night, said TVK had taken on the challenge after Chennai mayor R…
Chennai: Madras high court has quashed as “unconstitutional and illegal” a 2024 order issued by the regional transport authority ordering all south bound omni buses to operate only from Kilambakkam bus terminus (KCBT). The order also prohibited south bound omni buses from entering Chennai city with passengers beyond KCBT.Justice V Lakshminarayanan passed the order on…
