For families in the city, it’s not just chopping onions that brings tears to their eyes. The retail prices of essential commodities such as rice, dhal, pulses, cooking oil, and spices rose by nearly 20% in Aug. This has left families across income groups spending more on the same basket of everyday staples, forcing some…
HC flays HR&CE; orders immediate eviction of temple land encroachers Kesavaperumal temple land encroachment HC flays HR&CE; orders immediate eviction of temple land encroachers Kesavaperumal temple land encroachment HC flays HR&CE; orders immediate eviction of temple land encroachers Chennai:Madras high court on Thursday censured Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department for permitting 18 encroachers…
CHENNAI: A 35-year-old man, who was attacked on Aug 29 by a gang after his younger brother had earlier confronted the men for harassing a college student in Tiruvottiyur in Chennai, died in a hospital on Thursday.The deceased, Muniswaran of Charles Nagar in Sathangadu, lived with his younger brother Sunil, 22. Police said the dispute…
IIT-M, CMC develop AI tools to catch kidney disease early Chennai: Artificial intelligence tools that could help doctors assess kidney disease risk, interpret CT scans, and measure kidney tumours have been developed by researchers at IIT Madras in collaboration with doctors at Christian Medical College, Vellore.Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, is the loss of the…
Chennai: A day after suspending 67 sales personnel for overcharging consumers, Tasmac management suspended 150 more salesmen across the state on Thursday, based complaints that they demanded Rs 10 extra for each liquor bottle.The staff hit back at Tasmac for continuing its suspension drive by closing the retail liquor shops in many suburban areas on…
Loop road fish market in Chennai (Tarika story) Chennai: Two years after the ₹9.97-crore Loop Road fish market in Pattinapakkam opened, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to make layout changes to the stalls at a cost of ₹48.18 lakh as vendors stay away, citing lack of space.Three existing stalls will be merged into two…
CHENNAI: The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department may consider waiving the Rs 5 mobile phone deposit fee at temples and introduce alternative arrangements if devotees face inconvenience, said HR&CE minister C Ramesh on Thursday.Ramesh said temple administrations had been instructed to ensure that devotees did not have to stand in long queues or…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay moved the resolution after question hour CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to take steps to make Tamil the primary language of proceedings, judgments, decrees and orders in the Madras high court.Chief minister C Joseph Vijay moved the resolution after question hour…
(Representative image) Search operations by Enforcement Directorate officials are underway throughout South India, targeting properties tied to drug traffickers Nizaruddin and Syed CHENNAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have been conducting searches in Chennai, Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram at properties linked to three accused in narcotics and drug-smuggling cases investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), as…
CHENNAI: A new integrated complex housing the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and Secretariat will be constructed in Chennai at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay said in the Assembly on Thursday.The complex will cover 2 million square feet and is planned to meet the administrative requirements of…
