Chennai: The district consumer disputes redressal commission, Chennai (North) has ordered Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd to pay ₹9.27 lakh with interest to a Chennai woman for denying the claim for her husband’s cancer treatment on contradictory grounds. It also pulled up the insurer for deficiency in service.The comprising President D Gopinath and…
Chennai: The Pinakini Express running between Vijayawada and Chennai Central was halted between Athipattu and Ennore stations on Wednesday afternoon after a fault developed in its pantograph. Railway officials said the pantograph, a device mounted on electric trains to draw power from overhead wires, developed a defect while the train was en route to Chennai….
Chennai: The state’s year-old water bell initiative for schools, launched with much fanfare to keep students hydrated, has now hit a roadblock. Teachers and students show little interest in keeping the activity alive even as the city has seen searing heat over the last few weeks.As per the school education department’s circular issued in June…
Chennai: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed and his parents sustained serious injuries after a motorcycle crashed near Thiruporur in Chengalpet district on Tuesday evening. The accident happened as the mother’s dupatta got entangled in the vehicle’s rear wheel.The toddler was identified as Visagan, son of Pushparaj ,29, and Pavithra ,23, residents of Ammanambakkam village near…
Chennai: Former director-general of police Shankar Jiwal resigned as the first chairman of the Tamil Nadu Fire Commission on Wednesday. The DMK govt newly created the post and accommodated him in Sept 2025.Along with Jiwal, three members of the Tamil Nadu Fire Commission — Vikraman, Sathyamurthy and Namachivayam — also submitted their resignations.In a separate…
Chennai: The Bureau of Indian Standards has granted four international ISO Management System Certifications to Osmania University, Hyderabad, according to a release issued on Wednesday. The certifications — ISO 21001:2018 (Educational Organisations Management System), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System), ISO 50001:2018 (Energy Management System) and ISO 22000:2018 (Food Safety Management System) — were awarded after…
On Tuesday, a number made news: 13.18 lakh crore. That, in rupees, is Tamil Nadu’s combined debt and financial liability, said finance minister Marie Wilson. Some gasped, some frowned; economists just paused to ponder.The promised document of C Joseph Vijay’s govt has sparked a debate over the state’s debt levels, revenue performance and fiscal management….
Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday restrained Tamil Nadu police from filing the final report in a criminal case registered against Ponraj, political commentator and former scientific advisor to the late President A P J Abdul Kalam, for alleged derogatory remarks against women followers of TVK. Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan passed the interim order on…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University on Wednesday released the cut-off marks for five-year integrated law courses. At the School of Excellence in Law, BCom LLB course has the highest cut-off for open competition with 98.25 marks while BA LLB and BBA LLB had 97.75. BCA LLB has the lowest cut-off of 96 marks….
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 28 launched a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign for 14-year-old girls from Ajmer in Rajasthan Chennai: Four months into India’s Swastha Nari HPV vaccination drive, Tamil Nadu has inoculated barely 65,000 of its 7.7 lakh target girls — using less than 12% of the 5.3 lakh doses sitting in cold…
