Chennai: MNM president and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan requested engineer-turned-education reformer Sonam Wangchuk to end his fast demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan following the NEET paper leak.Wangchuk began an indefinite fast from June 28 at Jantar Mantar to extend support to the protest launched by Cockroach Janata Party demanding Pradhan’s…
IMA flags pressure on doctors in Karaikudi case Chennai: The state wing of the Indian Medical Association said a senior member of TVK from Karaikudi convened a kangaroo-court-style settlement, forcing two doctors accused of medical negligence to pay ₹50 lakh to the patient’s family. At the same time, the case remains pending before the court.A…
TNGECL starts giving NOC for stalled solar plant projects Chennai: In a relief to investors in solar plants in the state, Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has started issuing no-objection to projects that were kept in abeyance since the TVK govt took over.Electricity and law minister R Nirmalkumar had alleged malpractices in granting approvals…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s urban centres are staring at water shortage due to poor monsoon and prolonged heat. Water managers, however, said Chennai and most southern urban centres are in a relatively comfortable position for now.Chief secretary Sai Kumar and municipal administration and water supply additional chief secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi held a video conference with…
Chennai: A Right to Information (RTI) application by a 66-year-old retired professor has brought to light how his private patta land in Kanyakumari district had been mistakenly classified as a temple property in the (HR&CE) department’s online ITMS database. The State Information Commission has now ordered a departmental inquiry and a show-cause notice proposing the…
Chennai: A software professional died by suicide after recording and sending a video to her relatives and friends, accusing her husband of physically abusing her in Poonamallee, on Wednesday night.Shalini, 33, had been living with her husband Selvin, 36, also a techie, in an apartment at Poonamallee. Married about eight years ago, they have a…
Chennai: Signs of deepening unrest within the AIADMK emerged on Thursday as former minister and Coimbatore strongman S P Velumani skipped the Assembly election review meeting chaired by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. The party suffered another setback with former Coimbatore Lok Sabha candidate Singai G Ramachandran quitting.Velumani’s supporters also stayed away from the…
KK Nagar, Tambaram, Maduravoyal, Adyar and Valasaravakkam are among the micro-markets expected to record the highest rental appreciation Chennai: The search for affordable homes with better connectivity is reshaping the city’s rental map. As tenants move beyond traditional residential pockets, the western suburbs, deeper parts of south Chennai and the GST Road corridor have emerged…
Chennai: A couple wanted in connection with an armed robbery in West Bengal was arrested by a joint team of the West Bengal Police and the Maduravoyal police while they were hiding at their relative’s house.The accused were identified as Aleem Khan, 45, and his wife, Seema Khan, 32. The West Bengal police arrested a…
In Tamil Nadu, too much sun, too little solar Tamil Nadu’s got an abundance of sunshine. But harnessing its power is apparently where the state is lacking.Two-and-a-half years after the Union govt launched the PM Surya Ghar rooftop solar scheme to turn one crore homes into miniature power stations, Tamil Nadu has yet to cross…
