- newWoman from Madhya Pradesh who stole gold jewellery in Chennai held in Delhi
- 20 hours ago 31 Dec 25, 3:37pm -
- newSay it in verse
In its 11th edition, Poetry with Prakriti in association with The Hindu Lit for Life, insists on intimacy, bringing art, music, poetry and personality to the fore at various venues in Chennai with an air of lightness
- 21 hours ago 31 Dec 25, 3:00pm -
- newChennai traffic police impose traffic restrictions for New Year’s celebrations
The Greater Chennai Traffic Police announces road closures and diversions on New Year’s Eve to ensure safe, congestion-free celebrations.
- 23 hours ago 31 Dec 25, 12:47pm -
- Prem Anand Sinha is Avadi Police Commissioner
Before being posted to South Zone, Mr. Sinha served in Chennai city as Additional Commissioner of Police, South
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 10:23am -
- ADGP Amalraj returns as Tambaram Police Commissioner
He was the second Commissioner of Tambaram commissionerate, which was inaugurated on January 1, 2022
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 9:39am -
- When a poster row strained Jayalalithaa’s relationship with sections of Christians
The controversy transpired when a functionary of her party, out of his “desperation to demonstrate loyalty” to the leader, got hoardings and posters put up in the State capital, depicting the Chief Minister as Virgin Mary, on the eve of her birthday in February 1995
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 7:15am -
- Escape of LTTE militants from Madras Central Prison and a riot 30 years ago
A February night in 1995 bore testimony to the capability of the LTTE militants to spring audacious surprises
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 7:00am -
- Victoria Public Hall and its missing plaque
What happened to the plaque that must have been placed at VP Hall when it was first inaugurated in 1888?
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 6:30am -
- MDMK MLA sentenced to 2-year jail term in cheque bounce case
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 5:49am -
- On patrol with Marine Elite Force in Chennai as Olive Ridley carcasses wash ashore
The Hindu joined the Marine Elite Force on an exclusive patrol along the sea off the North Chennai coast as Olive Ridley deaths begin
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 5:00am -
- City hospital launches TMS therapy to treat neurological conditions
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:46am -
- Minister asks protesting healthcare workers to be cautious of ‘middlemen’
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:46am -
- Secondary grade teachers’ protest enters fifth day
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:45am -
- Over one lakh devotees throng Sri Parthasarathi Perumal temple in Triplicane on Vaikuntha Ekadashi
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:44am -
- Victoria Public Hall temporarily closed for visitors
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:43am -
- Greater Chennai Police tighten vigil for peaceful New Year celebrations
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:41am -
- Police say north Indian identity was not behind the attack on Odisha youth in Tiruttani
We examined the Odisha youth’s version in the complaint and the FIR and found that the incident occurred after he questioned the boys as to why they were staring at him, says Inspector-General of Police (North Zone) Asra Garg
- 1 day ago 31 Dec 25, 12:33am -
- Tamil Nadu govt. is weighing its options on Chennai University Amendment Bill: Higher Education Minister
Govi. Chezhiaan says there are options available and the final decision will soon be taken by the Chief Minister. The Governor reserved the Bill for the President’s consideration, stating that it would go against the UGC regulations and established norms. “This shows the partisan behaviour on the part of the Governor, proving that he is not fit to hold the post,” he says
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 11:09pm -
- Madurai to enter Twin Cities Partnership with Camberley for cultural exchange and educational collaboration
Camberley is the home town of Colonel John Pennycuick, the British engineer who built the Mullaperiyar Dam. Mayor of Surrey Heath Louise Ashbery will visit Madurai and Theni during the Pongal and sign the agreement with the Madurai Corporation Commissioner
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 7:33pm -
- Rhea Raj on her love for Chennai, the Commotion tour, and what made 2025 special
Indian-American pop artiste Rhea Raj is in Chennai with her family, including her sister Lara from pop girl group KATSEYE. She reflects on her Tamil roots, and the importance of South-Asian representation in mainstream pop music
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 7:06pm -
- Nainar Nagenthran alleges dilution of Horticulture Department’s functioning
The BJP’s Tamil Nadu president says the ruling DMK has “swindled” ₹141 crore through alleged scams in the department, and is trying to make it a wing of the Agriculture Department
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 6:35pm -
- The year that was: Centre–State tussles, courtroom relief, and policy pushback in Tamil Nadu
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 6:02pm -
- Container driver arrested; supervisor booked in hit-and-run case on Poonamallee High Road
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 3:34pm -
- President returns University of Madras Amendment Bill
TN Assembly, which passed the Bill in April 2022, had sent it for Presidential assent, aiming to take control of the 168-year-old university which has been managing the affairs without a vice chancellor for over two years
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 1:37pm -
- Watch: Chennai women play pickleball in saris
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 12:41pm -
- Technical glitch disrupts Chennai Metro Rail inter-corridor services on Green Line
While services on the Green Line bound for the Airport were stopped, services from Chennai Central to St. Thomas Mount and Blue Line services from Wimco Nagar to the Airport were operated normally, CMRL said in a post on X
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 12:07pm -
- Northeast monsoon likely to end with slightly below-normal rain in T.N. after six-year surplus trend
As the monsoon’s lull phase continues over the State, dry weather has prolonged over most parts
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 5:30am -
- Two held for rape of woman with disability in Kelambakkam
Police sources said the girl, who has a 50% intellectual disability, resides with her family in a village near Chengalpet
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 5:30am -
- More Olive Ridley carcasses seen at ECR
The Olive Ridley sea turtle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 5:30am -
- Palaniswami holds DMK regime responsible for the closure of 210 govt. schools
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 5:00am -
- Murders in Avadi Police Commissionerate have reduced this year: CoP
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 12:43am -
- L. Murugan urges Union govt. to rename Tuticorin airport
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 12:23am -
- T.N. spends more than ₹1,500 crore on high-end procedures under CM health insurance scheme
- 2 days ago 30 Dec 25, 12:22am -
- ‘Dravidian Model’ govt 2.0 will implement improved schemes for women: CM Stalin
The DMK’s election manifesto will have new schemes devised under the leadership of the party’s deputy general secretary and Parliamentary Party leader, Kanimozhi, he says in his address at the party’s west zone women’s conference, titled ‘Vellum Tamil Pengal’
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 10:34pm -
- Chennai Corporation to begin conservancy work at TNUHDB flats in 14 locations
Officials said that the project proposes to engage the private company — Chennai Enviro Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to carry out conservancy operations
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 7:40pm -
- Mid-Level Healthcare Providers stage protest in Chennai
They also demanded the incentive of ₹ 15,000 granted by the Union government through the National Health Mission in many other States
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 7:39pm -
- Five persons held in two different drug cases
In a series of sustained operations by the ANIU, three persons were arrested in the Kumaran Nagar area for possessing methamphetamine narcotics using the Grindr app
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 7:37pm -
- Teachers demanding equal pay for equal work detained again in Chennai
The teachers have been protesting since Friday (December 26, 2025) to highlight a long-standing pay disparity
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 5:39pm -
- Four teenagers held for assaulting Odisha man in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur
The accused youths filmed the brutal assault and uploaded the videos on social media platforms in an attempt to make them go viral
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 2:25pm -
- T.N. government sets new fee for property transfer returns and leases
A fee of ₹500 and ₹1,000 has been fixed for residential and non-residential buildings, respectively
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 10:51am -
- Cooking up a storm: Sri Lankan refugee brings dodol and sambol to Chennai
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 6:35am -
- Chennai Corporation to begin daily bulk waste collection on February 1
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 5:03am -
- Work starts to widen 2.5-km-long section of Sardar Patel Road
On completion, it will become a six-lane wide road from the present four-lane wide facility
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 12:36am -
- Logistics firm manager arrested for suspected jewellery theft
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 12:28am -
- Woman run over by water tanker in Madhavaram
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 12:16am -
- Kauvery Hospital conducts free health camp at Chinmaya Vidyalaya
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 12:14am -
- IndiGo to begin flight services from Tamil Nadu to Navi Mumbai airport from December 29
An aviation source said the 186-seat all-economy class Airbus A320 services will be linked to the first phase of the Navi Mumbai airport’s operational hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- 3 days ago 29 Dec 25, 12:09am -
- Fire destroys waste materials dumped in a scrap yard in Anna Nagar
The fire spread to the entire scrap yard resulting in the destruction of various plastic and other materials
- 4 days ago 28 Dec 25, 11:31pm -
- ‘Kolapakkam junction operates without rules’
Commuters and activists demand signals, speed breakers and other safety measures at Kolapakkam junction on Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road. During peak hour, this intersection becomes a major traffic bottleneck and cannot do without police presence
- 4 days ago 28 Dec 25, 11:06pm -
- Colleges as civil service coaching hubs
An increasing number of colleges in Chennai run study circles on their premises to help students prepare for UPSC and TNPSC exams
- 4 days ago 28 Dec 25, 10:56pm -
