Chennai: MGM Healthcare and MGM Cancer Institute have launched a master health and vaccination package for blood donors to encourage blood donation and monitor the donors’ health. The initiative was made during the observance of World Blood Donor Day 2026. The package was launched by managing director Dr Prashanth Rajagopalan along with the hospital’s chief…
Chennai: For 49-year-old housewife E Devi, caring for her ailing mother-in-law at home lasted less than two days.When Bhagya Ammal, 84, had slipped and fallen in her bathroom more than a month ago, she was taken to a private hospital, where doctors found nine cancerous tumors in her body.When doctors told her she was too…
CHENNAI: State PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna on Wednesday alleged that there was severe corruption’ in the public works and highways departments during the ‘previous regimes’ and sought those affected by the corruption to lodge complaints. The complaints can be sent to the police or mailed to ‘minister.pwd.hd.tn@gmail.com.’“Identity of the complainants would not be disclosed and…
Chennai: Leaders of CPM and CPI skipped the meeting of `friendly parties’ convened by TVK on Wednesday, but called on chief minister C Joseph Vijay at the secretariat prior to the meeting reaffirming their support to the TVK govt. The left leaders rejected former chief minister M K Stalin’s remark that TVK govt would collapse…
Chennai: In line with last year’s trend, which saw students of core engineering courses — electronics and communication engineering (ECE), electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) and mechanical engineering — attracting more job offers during campus placements, these courses are likely to draw more applicants this counselling season.Experts say CSE and ECE may be the most…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) will soon shift all its services and property sales to online platforms. Housing and urban development minister B Rajkumar directed officials to digitise the board’s operations to improve transparency and make services more accessible to the public.Chairing a review meeting at Tamil Nadu Housing Board headquarters on Tuesday, the…
A representative blood donation camp in Tamil Nadu shows donors seated on medical cots with healthcare staff and sterile equipment in a clean community hall, illustrating public health and voluntary blood donation efforts. Chennai: Calling for a shift away from replacement blood donation in hospitals, health minister K G Arunraj on Wednesday said that Tamil…
Chennai: A 56-year-old shareholder of Neo Max Properties Pvt Ltd, accused of defrauding depositors of nearly ₹8,000 crore, was rescued from a farmhouse in Sivaganga after he was abducted by a gang from the Kelambakkam-Navalur stretch and held for a ₹1-crore ransom. Thalambur police arrested four members of the gang. The same group had kidnapped…
Chennai: A 20-year-old nursing college student was arrested in Tiruttani for morphing a photo of a woman and posting it on social media along with her mobile phone number. The accused was assaulted by villagers before police intervened.Police said the accused, Naresh, of a village near Tiruttani, has been locked in a long-standing land civil…
NAMAKKAL: A truck loaded with hay caught fire after coming in contact with a high-voltage electric line at Idayarpalayam in Namakkal district on Wednesday.Alerted by locals, the driver stopped the vehicle and tried to extinguish the fire. “He sustained burn injuries while trying to extinguish the fire and was admitted to Tiruchengode Government Hospital for…
