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Chennai: New railway lines, doubling and multitracking works are among a series projects planned and under execution across Chennai’s suburban network and neighbouring districts, as Centre looks to ease congestion and improve connectivity on some of Tamil Nadu’s busiest rail corridors.The Beach–Chengalpet suburban section records a daily footfall of 10,21,110 passengers, while Beach–Arakkonam section handles…

Many studied worked in agriculture, salt pans and brick kilns, often with limited access to shade, drinking water or cooled spaces The sea salt pans of Marakkanam spread over almost 4000 acres, resumes work after a log gap following lockdown. Labourers trickle back to work to prepare the fields for harvest, and scrap salt that…

Chennai: Two months after CPI walked out of the DMK alliance, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and CPI state secretary M Veerapandian said Dravidian outfits and Left parties would join hands to fight whenever Tamil Nadu’s rights face a threat.Udhayanidhi and CPI state secretary Veerapandian shared the stage at an event organised by Udhavum Kaigal,…

CHENNAI: Madras high court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to collect data on lawyers and law graduates with criminal backgrounds to address the issue of persons with criminal antecedents enrolling as advocates and later becoming office-bearers of Bar associations.“The Bar councils may consider engaging competent researchers or constituting an appropriate…

You can take a wedding out of Manapatti, but you can seldom take Manapatti out of a wedding Before sunrise, the clearing outside a house on Madurai’s outskirts has become a kitchen. Goat meat simmers in broad aluminium vessels. Ginger and garlic are pounded in stone mortars. Men squat beside baskets of onions, peeling and…

Signal failure disrupts suburban rail services on Chennai–Gummidipoondi route Chennai: A signal failure between Ennore and Tiruvottiyur on Wednesday evening disrupted suburban train services on the Chennai Beach–Gummidipoondi section, delaying multiple trains and leaving thousands of commuters stranded during peak hours.Railway officials said the unexpected signalling error occurred around 4.30pm, forcing a train to halt….

Govt seeks HC nod to appoint V-Cs to state univs Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt on Wednesday requested the Madras high court for permission to appoint vice-chancellors to state universities as the Supreme Court has vacated its stay against the operation of amendments made to state universities acts.Advocate-general Vijay Narayan made the submission on a public…

Chennai: Ensure speedy trial in criminal cases of offences against women and children, Madras high court has said, issuing a series of directions to special courts. The court also directed the DGP to ensure that the Singappen Special Task Force constituted by the state functions with the effectiveness envisaged. “The force shall ensure conduct of…

Officials in the state say running these facilities, without adequate funds from the Centre, has been a challenge. Chennai: Across the past five years, Tamil Nadu has had the highest number of information and communication technology (ICT) labs sanctioned under the Centre-sponsored Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) among the southern states, revealed a reply to a…

Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay travels on the Chennai Metro Rail (Photo: IANS/X/@CMOTamilnadu) Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday travelled in metro trains, including a driverless train on the yet-to-be inaugurated Poonamallee Bypass-Vadapalani corridor, and reviewed the progress of the city’s phase-II metro project.Vijay travelled on the phase-I network from Government…