Chennai: Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A Amalraj on Friday urged parents not to allow or encourage their underage children to drive vehicles. He warned that road accidents could have serious consequences for children and their parents.Amalraj was speaking at an event held at Broadway, honouring police personnel, ambulance drivers, nurses, auto-rickshaw drivers, students and members…
City campuses embrace foreign languages to provide better career prospects to students Chennai: Megeshwaran A, a BE civil engineering graduate from a city college, was offered a job at a Japanese company that pays ₹30 lakh per annum. He also got offers from Indian companies willing to pay ₹10 lakh a year. What attracted employers…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt’s decision to give equal sales opportunities to liquor from all breweries and distilleries is a strain on Tasmac outlets, as many shops are running out of storage and refrigeration capacity due to arrival of new liquor brands to their shelves.Last week, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) directed outlets to…
Chennai: If you live in a gated community, run a hotel or restaurant, own a shopping mall, hospital or marriage hall, make sure your waste is being segregated and processed at source. Otherwise, you could be the next stop in the Greater Chennai Corporation’s surprise inspection drive, with violations attracting fines and legal action.The Greater…
CHENNAI: The central govt has set Dec 2026 as the revised deadline for completing the ongoing modernisation of Chennai airport, attributing the delay to the Covid-19 pandemic, cyclones and unusually heavy rainfall.Union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) was carrying out the expansion and modernisation project…
Chennai: Six people, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed in two separate accidents in Kancheepuram and Chengalpet districts on Friday.In Kancheepuram, a car veered off the carriageway and crashed into a minivan on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway after its driver, Manohar, dozed off near Keelambi. The car’s four other occupants — Kalaiselvi K, 39, Selvaganapathi…
Chennai: Highlighting the aggressive recruitment drive undertaken by the Karnataka govt, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has urged the Tamil Nadu govt to announce the recruitment of 1.5 lakh public sector positions in its upcoming revised budget for 2026–27.In a statement issued on Friday, Anbumani criticised the state administration for failing to address the growing vacancy…
Students from Loyola College took out a procession in solidarity with Delhi protesters inside the college campus on Friday Chennai: Hundreds of students from city colleges, including Loyola College, Presidency College and School of Excellence in Law (SOEL), have boycotted their classes and protested in support of Delhi protesters. They also carried banners against the…
Chennai: Divya Shree, a Class IV student of Bala Vidya Mandir (BVM), no longer brings fried or processed food to school for lunch. Instead, her tiffin box has three mandatory items — a vegetable, curd and a fruit — alongside chapatis or rice. For short breaks, she brings a can of boiled peanuts or cooked…
Chennai: A man was arrested for trespassing into the house of a 33-year-old woman and sexually harassing her while she was alone at home in Thoraipakkam.Police said the woman, who resides with her family, became acquainted with Altaf Hussain, 52, of Perungudi. They exchanged phone numbers. Altaf began calling the woman frequently and sent obscene…
