Vs Venus come together on June 9 | Chennai News

Chennai: Skywatchers have a striking celestial display awaiting on June 9 as Jupiter and Venus appear unusually close together in the evening sky.The two brightest planets will seem around just 1.6° apart in a conjunction, although they will actually be separated by hundreds of millions of kilometres. They have been approaching each other for weeks.In…

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Will go to Delhi and negotiate if Tamil Nadu’s education funds are withheld due to two-language policy: Education minister Rajmohan | Chennai News

Chennai: School education minister Rajmohan said the state remained firm on the two-language policy. The statement comes in the wake of state govt not taking a clear stand on implementation of the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme despite the education ministry calling for the implementation of the scheme in Bengal, Kerala, and…

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Will go to Delhi and negotiate if Tamil Nadu’s education funds are withheld due to two-language policy: Education minister Rajmohan | Chennai News

Chennai: School education minister Rajmohan said the state remained firm on the two-language policy. The statement comes in the wake of state govt not taking a clear stand on implementation of the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme despite the education ministry calling for the implementation of the scheme in Bengal, Kerala, and…

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Annamalai to disclose his future course of action during a social media interaction at Friday noon | Chennai News

CHENNAI: Former BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai is expected to disclose his future course of action during a social media interaction on Friday, intensifying speculation that he might launch a new political party.Taking to social media, Annamalai posted: “Tomorrow at 12 noon, I eagerly look forward to interacting with you all on social media…

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Vijay’s TVK has brought about a change that leaders like Moopanar, Vaiko and Vijayakanth could not: Durai Vaiko | Coimbatore News

Durai Vaiko speaking to reporters at Coimbatore airport on Thursday. COIMBATORE: MDMK principal secretary and Lok Sabha member Durai Vaiko on Thursday said Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) had created an attraction that was drawing cadres from other parties, and it could not be termed a mistake.Speaking to reporters at Coimbatore airport, Durai said TVK…

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Plastic waste catches fire at Chennai’s Perungudi dump yard; Massive GCC op averts major incident | Chennai News

(Photo credit: X/@Greater Chennai Corporation) CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Thursday doused a fire that broke out in plastic waste stockpiled at the old dump yard in Perungudi in two hours of the incident being reported.A total of nine water bowsers, three recyclors, three JCB excavators and 30 tanker loads of water were deployed…

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Unsafe, unoccupied, undemolished: Why hundreds of Chennai’s dangerous buildings still stand | Chennai News

CHENNAI: Ownership disputes, lack of consensus on redevelopment, and bureaucratic delays have kept several unsafe buildings from being razed, more than a year after Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) identified them for demolition. Ahead of every northeast monsoon, GCC officials survey and identify dilapidated structures and issue notices to owners. In 2025, the civic body identified…

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Tamil Nadu firm on 2-language policy; won’t let funds slip, says education minister Rajmohan | Chennai News

CHENNAI: Staying non-committal on the implementation of PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) in Tamil Nadu, school education minister Rajmohan reiterated that the state remained firm on the two-language policy.“However, if the Centre denies us our funds citing this, we will directly go to New Delhi to get our share,” he told media persons…

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