Chennai: School managements across the state will be buried in work over the next ten days as students are all set for the reopening day on June 1. From readying warehouses, removing electricity cables and closing septic tanks to painting school name boards and stocking rations, the school education department has instructed school heads to…
Chennai: In the second major crackdown in two weeks, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in co-ordination with the Telangana police, busted another attempt to smuggle 465kg ganja worth 2.32 crore from Odisha to Tamil Nadu and arrested two key operatives.NCB sleuths of Chennai zone intercepted a container truck at Nallur plaza in Tiruvallur on Tuesday. The…
Chennai: A police ministerial staff has said a woman deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police assaulted him and threw footwear at him at the Armed Reserve headquarters at Kilpauk, following a dispute over an e-office file number.The Tamil Nadu Police Ministerial Staff Association condemned the incident and adopted a resolution demanding action against the DIG, M…
Chennai: A crime inspector attached to the Tiruvottiyur police station has been suspended for failing to act on repeated complaints alleging that liquor was being sold illegally at the bar attached to a Tasmac outlet at Tiruvottiyur.Sources said a departmental inquiry revealed that the Tiruvottiyur law and order inspector was on leave for the past…
Chennai: Tasmac bar owners association on Friday protested in front of the Tasmac headquarters, claiming that officials have arbitrarily chosen liquor shops to be closed in a hurried manner, without conducting a proper study. The association’s president, Anbuselvan, told reporters that the liquor shops are currently functioning in line with the existing rules — liquor…
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abandon plans for a NEET re-examination and allow states to fill medical seats based on Class XII marks through an emergency ordinance.In a letter to the Prime Minister, Stalin said the cancellation of NEET 2026 following the question paper leak left…
Chennai: Clutching her medical reports and medicines, a 52-year-old woman waited outside the radiology ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) for nearly four hours, exposed to the stench from the toilet spreading through the crowded corridor. A few blocks away, dialysis patients spent the entire day waiting for machines to function.At the state’s…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday held a series of meetings at the Secretariat with industry bodies, automobile manufacturers, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and agriculture department officials, focusing on industrial growth, investment expansion, logistics, exports, irrigation and Kuruvai cultivation planning.The first meeting was held with office-bearers of the Confederation of Indian Industry,…
Chennai: The rebellion within AIADMK is gathering momentum, with a faction led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani exploring provisions in the party bylaws to challenge the leadership of general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. The dissident group is considering invoking the AIADMK by-law under which the general secretary is bound to convene a…
Chennai: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the formation of a joint committee comprising Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and state fisheries department to remove ‘garbage islands’ from the east coast beaches from Kasimedu till Ennore.“The main concern is thermocol and other waste, which are disposed of at various points along…
