CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin, TVK president C Joseph Vijay and other prominent politicians cast their votes at their respective polling booths across the state. Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik cast her vote at a special booth at TAISHA in Virugambakkam. Stalin, along with Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and family members,…
CHENNAI: TVK president C Joseph Vijay on polling day urged the ECI to extend voting hours by two hours, citing transport disruptions and slow polling that left voters stranded and queues moving slowly across parts of Tamil Nadu.In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Vijay said thousands of voters were unable to reach polling…
MK Stalin (L), TVK Vijay (R) After five weeks of intense campaigning by four contending sides in Tamil Nadu, one question remains: will the disruptor help the incumbent, the opposition or himself ? Conventional analyses still give the M K Stalin-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) an edge over Edappadi K Palaniswami’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA),…
Chennai: For the second time this summer, Tamil Nadu’s peak power demand breached the 21,000-MW mark, touching a new high on Tuesday. Unlike earlier peaks recorded during the day, the latest surge of 21,060MW came at 10.30pm, pointing to a sharp rise in air-conditioner use as nights turn increasingly hot. The previous high of 21,010MW…
Chennai: As counting of votes for election to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is on, a controversy has erupted over the presence of 47 excess votes found inside a sealed ballot box from Tirupur district.A group of lawyers staged a protest near the Madras high court on Tuesday, demanding an inquiry into…
Chennai: The city will soon provide commuters with image-based guidance on directions to landmarks and cautionary warnings for accident-prone stretches, school zones, pedestrian crossings and speed breakers across 300 key roads.Greater Chennai Corporation officials say the 20-crore initiative will improve road safety and commuter convenience by offering clear directions, visually intuitive symbols, and timely warnings…
Chennai: A 24-year-old man, S Rexith Regim, died after stray cattle hit his two-wheeler on the Tharapakkam service road near the Maduravoyal bypass on Tuesday night.Police said the accident occurred around 11.30pm, when Rexith was riding to a relative’s house at Pallavaram. Stray cattle darted across the road and hit his bike. Rexith sustained severe…
Chennai: A partially paralysed elderly woman was tied up and threatened at knifepoint by unidentified men who decamped with gold jewellery from her house at Varadarajapuram near Mudichur in the wee hours of Wednesday.Police said the victim, Kausalya, 65, stayed with her son Padmanaban, his wife Indhumathi and their 11-year-old son at Rayappan Nagar. Indhumathi…
Chennai: Public libraries in the city will host month-long free summer camps for students, offering art workshops, interactive games, storytelling contests, puzzles and language lessons.The camps will be held as part of the annual ‘Kodai Kondattam’ festivities of the directorate of public libraries, in collaboration with readers’ circles. Staff at full-time libraries have been asked…
CHENNAI: As counting of votes for election to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is on, a controversy has erupted over the presence of 47 excess votes found inside a sealed ballot box from Tirupur district.A group of lawyers staged a protest near the Madras high court on Tuesday, demanding an inquiry into…
