CHENNAI: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government led by chief minister Vijay won the floor test in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday with the support of several parties and independent MLAs. The motion received 144 votes in favour, while 22 MLAs voted against it and five abstained. Before the voting, Speaker rang the quorum bell…
Chennai: Better garbage collection and disposal by panchayats beyond Uthandi, curbing the burning of plastic waste, reducing groundwater contamination and addressing traffic issues. This is the wishlist of residents in areas adjoining East Coast Road (ECR), which has now turned into a VVIP neighbourhood after C Joseph Vijay took charge as chief minister.Completion of the…
Chennai: Students who failed to pass their Class XII board exams in 2025-2026 will be offered special coaching for the upcoming supplementary exams scheduled to be held from June 29 to July 7. School education secretary B Chandramohan urged teachers to devote special attention to coaching the students who failed to pass the exam. This…
CHENNAI: Ethiraj College for Women offered admission to R Annapoorani, a student from Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School in Saidapet, who scored 428 marks in Class XII exams while working in multiple houses after her school hours. Abandoned at three months, she was brought up by her grandmother Kamalam, who worked as a domestic help…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay met AIADMK MLA C.V. Shanmugam, in Chennai CHENNAI: Having weaned away 28 of AIADMK’s 47 MLAs from party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, the C Ve Shanmugam-S PVelumani faction is nursing the idea of joining the Vijayled govt after supporting the confidence vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly today.While the…
A paramotoring session at Aerosport, ECR May isn’t just exciting from the po litical front, it’s getting thrilling in the great outdoors as well, say the city’s adrenaline junkies. From open-water swimming and windsurfing to rappelling and paramotoring, adventure sports operators say more people are signing up for outdoor experiences this summer, with beginners and…
Chennai: Two men were attacked and robbed of their mobile phones, cash and motorcycle by a four-member gang near Tiruttani on Monday night. The gang has been arrested. At 9pm, Chiranjeevi, 24, a welder from R V N Kandigai village, and Indu, 25, a driver from the same village, were returning home on a two-wheeler…
Chennai: A police constable from Chengalpet has been quietly carrying out an act of compassion, ensuring dignity in death for those abandoned in life.For more than three years, P Karthik, a constable posted at Chengalpet town police station, has personally overseen the cremation of more than 70 unidentified or unclaimed bodies. What began as a…
Chennai: The newly elected Speaker of Tamil Nadu assembly, J C D Prabhakar, said on Tuesday that Vijay had scripted a “silent revolution” in Tamil Nadu by coming to power with the backing of ordinary people. He called Vijay “a living MGR” referring to the late AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran.In his maiden speech after…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has restrained TVK MLA Srinivasa Sethupathi, who won from Tirupattur constituency by one vote, from participating in the floor test scheduled on Wednesday.“The floor test is not an ordinary legislative sitting. Participation in a floor test may determine the survival or fall of a govt. If the TVK MLA participates in…
