Chennai: TVK election campaign management general secretary Aadhav Arjuna on Saturday petitioned chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik, urging the Election Commission to strengthen security arrangements in and around the 62 counting centres ahead of counting on May 4 to prevent unlawful activities and ensure safety of party candidates and agents.In his petition, Arjuna said his…
Chennai: A history-sheeter, Ajith Kumar, 24, and a juvenile were arrested for stealing gold jewellery from a house in Vyasarpadi last month. Police recovered 78g of the stolen gold jewellery. Ajith Kumar alias ‘Speed’ Ajith, of Pulianthope, was arrested after Kanimozhi, 29, reported the burglary. Kanimozhi and her family had left for her native village…
Chennai: A 31-year-old man died after getting trapped in slush while bathing with friends in Vallur dam on the Kosasthalaiyar River near Minjur in the city on Friday.Aravind Prakash, 31, of Pammal, worked at a private finance company. He went to the dam in the Seemavaram area with friends on his day off on Friday….
Chennai: Students and working professionals staying in hostels and paying guest (PG) accommodation across the state may now have to pay more, as operators have increased rents by around 10%, citing a steep rise in commercial LPG cylinder prices and cooking costs.The Tamil Nadu IT hostel & PG owners welfare association has issued a circular…
Chennai: A 36-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for setting his wife on fire following a quarrel at Pulianthope on April 28. Gomathi, 34, a housekeeping staffer at LIC Guest House, suffered burn injuries to her face, neck and chest.Her husband, Vijay Kirubanandam, a slaughterhouse worker from Pulianthope, was arrested on May 1. According to…
Chennai: In Tamil Nadu’s flagship govt hospitals, monitors in cardiac theatres beep with relentless urgency. Patients keep coming, waiting lists keep growing. But the surgeons who are supposed to be there are missing.At the Govt General Hospital in Chennai, five of six chief cardiac surgeon posts are vacant, along with six of 14 assistant positions….
Chennai: Avadi cybercrime police arrested two men, including the manager of a private bank, for facilitating an online trading fraud in which a man from Thiruverkadu was cheated of 59 lakh. The complainant, S Karthikeyan, 38, was lured through a WhatsApp message earlier this year. He transferred money between Jan and April to bank accounts…
Chennai: Members of the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) have raised concerns over a limitation in bulk train ticket bookings that restricts flexibility for passengers. Under Indian Railways rules, a person can book up to six tickets at once under a single PNR and select one boarding station. However, all passengers in that booking…
Chennai: Meena Muthiah, an educationist who turned Chettinad Vidyashram into one of Chennai’s most influential private schools and used her title, wealth and clout to promote education, arts and philanthropy, died in Ooty on Saturday. She was 92.Minutes after her death, Chettinad Vidyashram, the institution she founded and led as correspondent, called her a “visionary,…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday launched a career guidance helpdesk for students who completed Class XII. The DMK students’ wing has been entrusted with the task of helping students with career guidance. After Stalin launched the help desk, DMK students’ wing secretary Veeramani Jayakumar told reporters, “The help desk will help students…
