Chennai: Three persons have been arrested by the city police in connection with the murder of an 80-year-old home-alone woman in a T Nagar apartment on Friday. Police recovered about eight sovereigns of gold and diamond jewellery, silver articles and ₹2,000 in cash and seized the two-wheeler used in the crime.The victim, Radha, wife of…
Chennai: Less than a day after announcing a ban on 11 varieties of liquor at Tasmac outlets, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) revoked the ban on Saturday. FSSAI had banned the sale of 10 varieties of brandy and one rum brand by an order dated Aug 11. The revocation decision came after…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt is likely to provide cars to all MLAs, irrespective of party affiliation, sources told TOI. Legislators will also receive monthly allowances for fuel and drivers.The proposal follows a request made in the assembly by Kattumannarkoil VCK MLA L E Jothimani. “Several MLAs, particularly first-time legislators, travel by bus or hire private…
The school once landed in soup two years ago after TOI flagged substance abuse and poor campus infrastructure Liquor bottles strewn around campus grounds, salty domestic water, unclean drinking water filters and frequent mixing of sewage with Metrowater lines plague the Chennai corporation’s higher secondary school at Kalyanipuram, Vyasarpadi, falling under chief minister C Joseph…
State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday courted a controversy with a personal remark against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, recalling the latter’s recent “father’s missing” comment in the assembly.Ministers and TVK leaders condemned Nagenthran’s remarks, dubbing them “uncivilised.”…
CHENNAI: Nearly a week after taking over the probe into the murder of BSP leader K Armstrong, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Saturday visited the crime scene in Venugopal Street in Perambur, where he was hacked to death, and reconstructed the sequence of events.A team of three officials led by the DIG Raguramarajan…
Only 26 of 77 Tamil Nadu Stations Redeveloped Under Amrit Bharat Scheme Chennai: Only 26 of the 77 railway stations in Tamil Nadu, including Chennai Park and St Thomas Mount stations, identified under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) have been upgraded and redeveloped, with work at stations, including Chennai Egmore at different stages of…
Investigators said that the Class XI student and his friends confronted Dhanush in a vacant plot behind Thiruvottiyur bus terminus, where the assaulted him Chennai: Twelve juveniles were detained and questioned in connection with the murder of a Class XII student, who was assaulted by a gang of schoolmates in Thiruvottiyur. Police said the juveniles,…
Sholinganallur’s Sathyavani Muthu Pond, once reduced to a waterbody choked with invasive weeds, garbage and silt, has been restored by Greater Chennai Corporation and Environmental Foundation of India Chennai: Sholinganallur’s Sathyavani Muthu Pond, once reduced to a waterbody choked with invasive weeds, garbage and silt, has been restored by Greater Chennai Corporation and Environmental Foundation…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre (TNSTC) in the city is organising a math and science talent test this year, open to students of Classes VI-IX from across boards.The test will be held on Oct 4 for math and Oct 11 for science. Each exam will have 100 questions without negative marking, and…
