Chennai: Southern Railway has fast-tracked passenger infrastructure modernisation works worth 24 crore at Tambaram railway station to improve commuter movement and accessibility at one of the city’s busiest rail terminals. The station handles nearly 1.67 lakh passengers daily, including suburban commuters and long-distance travellers.As part of the project, Chennai Division has commissioned a new 8m-wide…
Chennai: As school and college admissions are in full swing, a new ‘scholarship fraud’ targeting parents has surfaced across the state. The fraudsters pose as ‘officials’ offering student scholarships and dupe parents.Govt scholarships for school and college students are disbursed directly into dedicated bank accounts opened in the students’ names. However, taking advantage of this…
Chennai: A 28-year-old man died of electrocution at the shooting spot of upcoming Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Jailer 2′ near Panaiyur on East Coast Road (ECR) on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as T Karthikeyan, a member of the film crew. Sources said a few scenes for the movie were being shot near Kanathur. According to police, Karthikeyan…
Chennai: Two AIADMK factions, one led by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and another led by former ministers S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam, met Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar on Thursday and sought action against MLAs of the rival group. The EPS faction said it had also submitted a complaint to…
Chennai: All five Congress MLAs, who met Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday, are seeking ministerial positions as the party prepares to share power in Tamil Nadu after six decades, sources told TOI.“The party has sought two cabinet berths from the TVK leadership. Now every MLA is trying to secure the backing of the…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt issued a gazette notification declaring Trichy East constituency as vacant in the wake of chief minister C Joseph Vijay resigning the seat. Vijay who won from Trichy East as well as Perambur chose to retain the latter. He had submitted his resignation letter to former peaker M Appavu. According to the…
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin said the TVK-led govt might collapse any time and asked his party cadres to be prepared for it. He was speaking to DMK district secretaries at a meeting held in Chennai to take stock of the party’s poll defeat.“TVK govt can collapse anytime and you (DMK functionaries) should be…
Puducherry: Tensions flared in the Puducherry town on Thursday as members of various Tamil outfits staged a massive agitation over the alleged disrespect shown to the state anthem, Tamil Thai Vaazhthu, during the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister N Rangasamy. They registered their stringent protest over the new practice of rendering Vande Mataram, followed by…
Chennai: More than a week after model code of conduct was lifted, the tenders section of key govt departments, including GCC, Metrowater, Highways and PWD, lie in limbo as there is no active ministry in place to approve and fund projects.Besides a few small emergency projects involving road cuts, govt departments haven’t floated any initiatives…
Veeramani P, burial ground in-charge at Otteri, says the only thing that helps him cope with the physiological and psychological strain of the job is alcohol. “I drink myself to sleep every night,” says the 31-year-old. Rajesh Ravichandran punctures the soil with a long iron rod, pulls it out, examines it for a few seconds,…
