Chennai: The Chennai Traffic Police announced traffic diversions and parking arrangements in Besant Nagar for the Annai Velankanni Church festival, scheduled from Aug 29 to Sept 8.The flag-hoisting ceremony and Chariot Procession will be held on Aug 29 from 4.30pm, while the Grand Chariot Procession will be held on Sept 7 at 7.30pm. The flag-lowering…
Chennai: Inmates of Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai had a special visitor on Friday—chief minister C Joseph Vijay.After interacting with some of them, Vijay told the authorities to provide the inmates opportunities for rehabilitation, education and vocational training based on their interests. He stressed the importance of reading, and asked officials to ensure that prisoners…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s 108 ambulance network has identified 70 road accident “super-hotspots” across the state—busy stretches where crashes occur so frequently during morning and evening rush hours that one ambulance cannot reliably meet demand.The designation has prompted the emergency service to add vehicles or create standby clusters around the most congested locations, including Koyambedu CMBT…
Enumerators conduct a population census survey in a residential neighborhood in Tamil Nadu, India, documenting household data for official demographic records. Chennai: War of words over the 10.5% reservation for vanniyars continued in the assembly on Friday. “We have urged Union govt to conduct a caste census along with the census. Our govt will conduct…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday congratulated R Praggnanandhaa for becoming the first Indian to win the Grand Chess Tour title, lauding his “extraordinary talent and unwavering perseverance”.“Praggnanandhaa scripted a stunning comeback in St Louis, defeating American Fabiano Caruana 15-13 in the final to clinch his maiden Grand Chess Tour title,’’ Vijay said…
Chennai: Facing a united opposition over rise in prices of essential commodities, Tamil Nadu govt on Friday promised to roll out measures within three days to ease the burden on consumers. It attributed the surge partly to the war in West Asia and the resultant fuel crisis.Food, civil supplies, consumer protection and price control minister…
Chennai: Social Justice minister Vanni Arasu on Friday thanked leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, for campaigning for him ahead of the assembly election this year. In response, Udhayanidhi said VCK chief Thirumavalavan was his political mentor.“During the campaign, the LoP said that my victory was more important than his own. I thank every DMK…
Chennai: On the day he stepped into his ninth year as president of DMK, former chief minister M K Stalin announced restructuring of the party, increasing the district units from 77 to 110.Chennai will now have 10 district units instead of six, while Coimbatore, Madurai and Salem, which had three district units all these years,…
Chennai: A day after opposition and treasury benches argued over contribution of Dravidian parties to dalit welfare, a war of words erupted in Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday between minorities welfare minister A M Shahjahan and DMK MLA M Thamimun Ansari over the contribution of DMK and AIADMK to minority welfare. Ansari accused TVK govt…
Chennai: There seems to be no end to electricity consumers’ woes in and around the city. The new Fuse Off Call (FOC) mobile numbers issued to section offices of the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) to receive grievances are either inactive or not reachable.Consumers across the city complain that they are unable to…
