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Four deployed to clear waste from Kovai manhole

DESPITE multiple warnings and instructions, officials deployed four manual scavengers to remove waste from manholes without any safety gear on Monday.

VKT Balan, pioneer of TN tourism industry, no more

VKT Balan (70), chairman of the Madura Travel Service Private Limited, who carved a niche for himself in the tourism industry, passed away in the city on Monday.

Contract nurses to be regularised to fill 1.2K posts in govt hospitals

HEALTH Minister Ma Subramanian said the 1,271 vacancies in government hospitals will be filled by regularising the nurses who are working on contract basis and that the counselling in this regard would begin on November 14.

Auto driver kills wife with mom help, chops body into 8 pieces

A 39-year-old auto driver, his mother and a friend were booked for murder and arrested by the Tiruvannamalai town police on Monday after they allegedly strangled the driver's wife to death with her dupatta, dismembered the body into eight pieces, concealed it in a plastic bag, and dumped it near the Tiruvannamalai-Krishnagiri border.

'TN committed to protecting welfare of govt staff, teachers'

THE DMK government is committed to protecting the welfare of government employees and teachers, a contrast to what the government describes as anti-employee policies of previous AIADMK-led administrations that once dismissed 1.73 lakh employees with a single directive.

12L single-phase meters ordered to meet rising demand

THE Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDC) has ordered 12 lakh single-phase meters from six private suppliers to address the rising demand for electricity meters.

Ranipet sports complex, Olympic academy in Madurai to be a reality

DEPUTY Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin laid the foundation for establishing the Ranipet District Sports Complex (₹15 crore) and Olympic Academy building (₹6 crore) within the Madurai District Sports Complex through video conference on Monday.

PAP revamp DPR suggests two micro irrigation systems

THE Water Resources Department (WRD) has prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for the renovation of Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP), purportedly at a cost of ₹4,000 crore, and sent it to the government.

Phone-tapping: Cops summon BRS ex-MLA

THE BRS is apparently bracing for yet another attack from investigation agencies.

No truck with BJP ever: AIADMK

Organising secy alleges it is the DMK that has a clandestine relationship with saffron party

Kamal: Don't call me Ulaganayagan, as artiste must not be elevated above art

ACTOR and founder of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Kamal Haasan asked his fans, media, film fraternity and party cadre to address him merely as 'Kamal Haasan', 'Kamal' or 'KH' from now on and not to use titles such as 'Ulaganayagan'.

Lift door opens due to glitch, man falls to death inside shaft

Due to a mechanical failure, the door opened before the elevator came to the fourth floor at the apartment in Madambakkam | EXPRESS

HC appoints officials to check for illegal stone crushing units

Chennai: The Madras High Court has appointed two advocate commissioners to check whether unauthorised stone crushing units are operating at Erumaiyur village in Kancheepuram district.

Trans persons protest outside CoP's office

CHENNAI: Members of the National Transgenders' Federation protested outside the Chennai City Police Commissioner's office on Monday, seeking action against Manthra, a trans woman accused of spreading defamatory content about federation leaders or Jamaat heads on social media.

Lift door opens due to glitch, man falls to death inside shaft

A 56-year-old man who was employed as a security staff in an apartment in Madambakkam near Tambaram died after accidentally falling into the elevator shaft on Sunday evening.

19 kg gold seized, 25 passengers from S'pore held

SLEUTHS of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Chennai Customs intercepted 25 passengers at the Chennai international airport who arrived from Singapore on Sunday night and seized 19.5 kg gold worth ₹15 crore.

Portion of unused MMC hostel collapses, 3 injured

A portion of an unused building, which was previously used as the postgraduate men's hostel by the Madras Medical College (MMC) at Broadway, collapsed on Monday morning.

Penny-wise & pound-foolish: Skilled staff paid less than unskilled by corpn

HC did not provide clear instructions on wage revision for skilled staff: GCC Commissioner

GCC SHOULD TURN 'SINGARA CHENNAI' DREAM INTO REALITY

Many years ago, I arrived in Madras with great expectations after experiencing my first train journey in an unreserved compartment from a remote village in north Malabar (Kerala).

Heavy rain likely in Chennai and delta districts till Friday

THE Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Monday said that heavy rain may lash Chennai, its surrounding districts and parts of delta districts till Friday.

Heavy rain likely in Chennai and delta districts till Friday

THE Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Monday said that heavy rain may lash Chennai, its surrounding districts and parts of delta districts till Friday.

Orders reserved on ex-DGP's plea for power supply

THE Madras High Court has reserved its orders on the writ appeal filed by retired Special DGP Rajesh Das, seeking to set aside the order of a single judge who had refused to restore power supply to a bungalow at Thaiyur near Kelambakkam, for which, he and his separated wife IAS officer Beela Venkatesan, are claiming rights.

SC stays transfer of Pocso case to CBI, orders SIT formation

THE Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court order that transferred the Pocso case probe in the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Anna Nagar to CBI in October.

10% dip in distance edu enrolment, Madras univ's cash cow takes a hit

THE Institute of Distance Education (IDE) of the University of Madras, one of the major sources of revenue for the cash-strapped state varsity, may register a 10% drop in enrolment this year as the number of admissions for the academic year 2024-25 which closes on November 15 stands at 25,421 compared to 28,209 in 2023-24.

CLEAN AIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF CITIZENS, SAYS SC

The Supreme Court said on Monday that it is a fundamental right of every citizen to live in a pollution-free atmosphere, adding no religion encourages any activity that creates pollution.

Ten suspected militants shot dead in Manipur

Kuki-Zo Council says its 'volunteers' killed by CRPF, calls for total shutdown in state today

Uddhav fumes as ECI officials inspect his bag, personal stuff

SHIV Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday trained his guns on the Election Commission of India (ECI) claiming its officials are targeting opposition leaders.

800-kg dugong trapped in seine net released back into sea off Thanjai

A dugong, an endangered marine mammal, caught in a seine net in the early hours of Sunday near Adirampattinam was rescued and released back into the sea by fishermen.

LOO TALES OF A CITY

Walkers throng renovated Chitlapakkam Lake, but new washroom out of bounds

IN JAFFNA RALLY, LANKAN PREZ FIRM ON STOPPING TN FISHERS

SRI LANKAN President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who addressed his first public meeting in Jaffna since coming to office in September, on Sunday took a firm stance against Indians \"illegally\" fishing in Sri Lankan waters.