Puducherry: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) has cautioned applicants not to be cheated by touts promising admission to the central institute.In a statement, the institute said admissions to all its academic programmes are conducted through a transparent and merit-based process. Admissions to undergraduate, postgraduate and super speciality courses are made exclusively…
Stray cattle frequently cause significant traffic jams and disruptions on the busy Velachery-Tambaram Road, particularly in areas like East Tambaram, Sembakkam and Selaiyur in Chennai. Chennai: On Thursday, 20-year-old Dinesh was riding along Camp Road when a cow suddenly strayed onto the road. He braked hard, but his motorcycle skidded on the mud-covered stretch, throwing…
CHENNAI: In a daylight murder for gain, unidentified men stabbed a 55-year-old woman to death inside her house and escaped with her 15 sovereigns of gold jewellery near Pulicat in Tiruvallur district on Monday afternoon. Police have launched a search for the assailants.The victim, Vanaja, 55, lived with her husband Radhakrishnan near the old bus…
Chennai: A British Airways flight suffered a bird strike in the wee hours of Monday just moments before it landed at Chennai airport, leading to cancellation of its subsequent flight to London.It happened around 3.30am when the flight was on the landing path at the St Thomas Mount end to touch down on the city…
Chennai: The long-awaited Adambakkam MRTS station is expected to open, with reduced platform gap, in a month, Southern Railway officials have said.The station is part of the 4.5km Velachery–St Thomas Mount MRTS extension, which was inaugurated on March 14. But, trains passing through have not been halting at Adambakkam after chief commissioner of railway safety…
Chennai: A 53-year-old Chennai woman nearly died after a chickenpox infection triggered a rare brain disorder and a potentially fatal blood clot. Doctors at Dr Mehta’s Hospitals performed emergency procedures and treated her over 40 days before she was discharged in stable condition.She was admitted in January after her family found her incoherent. Investigations showed…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu state budget 2026-27 would be presented in the first week of August, highly placed sources said on Monday. They said the state cabinet would meet on July 16 to grant approvals to the financial statements prepared ahead of the budget. The meeting, to be chaired by…
KRISHNAGIRI: The Hosur police carried out surprise raids at courier stations in the town for the second day on Monday to check for banned narcotics. They deployed trained sniffer dogs for the operation. The operation was led by Hosur deputy superintendent of police Balakrishnan after intelligence inputs suggested that contraband substances and tablets were being…
KRISHNAGIRI: Five people, including four teenagers, were arrested on Monday on charges of attacking and kidnapping two tollgate employees at Mathur in Krishnagiri district. According to the Mathur police, the incident happened on Sunday evening. Around 30 people, who were returning after participating in a manjuvirattu event (bull-taming and chasing sport) in Tiruvannamalai, demanded passage…
PALANI: The Palani Adivaram police have registered an FIR and launched an investigation into the alleged fraudulent registration of a 1.4-acre land parcel worth around Rs 100 crore belonging to the Arulmigu Dhandayudapani Swami mutt in Palani in the names of two private individuals.The FIR was registered based on the complaint by a trustee of…
