- newPolice launch probe into abduction of jeweller in Egmore
- 4 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:51am -
- newState government to absorb the burden of the hike in electricity tariff through subsidy for domestic consumers
- 4 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:50am -
- newChennai Corporation Council approves sanitation staff norms for city schools
- 4 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:35am -
- new‘Several government employees have encroached on GCC land’
- 4 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:33am -
- newDemonte Road to be renamed, Entertainment Tax reduced
- 4 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:29am -
- newCorporation Council passes 110 resolutions for civic projects
Among the projects approved are road expansion, upgrade and construction of toilets, new sports facilities, improvement of the drainage system, six multi-specialty centres, and three ‘climate-resilient’ sponge parks
- 4 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:26am -
- newASEAN-India Cruise Dialogue 2025 aimed at enhancing cruise operations begins
- 5 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:23am -
- new‘Fulfil demands of government doctors’
- 5 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:03am -
- newAdvertising Club Madras launches MADDYS 2025 awards
- 5 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:03am -
- newSouthern Railway upgrades nine-car to 12-car EMUs to accommodate more commuters and flexible operation of trains
- 5 hours ago 1 Jul 25, 12:03am -
- newPetrol bunk owner hacked to death near Koovathur
- 5 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 11:32pm -
- newMan held for inappropriate behaviour on MRTS Train
- 5 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 11:31pm -
- newWater tanker delays spark crisis in parts of Chennai amid traffic restrictions
- 8 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 9:02pm -
- newIllegal sewage connections in Chennai may attract fines up to ₹5 lakh: Greater Chennai Corporation
The civic body added that while the minimum fine in the schedule is still ₹5,000, as per the earlier provisions, the new amendments raise the maximum penalty to ₹5 lakh
- 11 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 5:46pm -
- newChennai-based association on a mission to make textbooks accessible to college students
The Rajasthan Youth Association, as part of its Book Bank project, has been distributing free textbooks to college students in the Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpettu districts for the past 61 years
- 11 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 5:30pm -
- newChennai: Four arrested in online trading scam
- 12 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 4:41pm -
- newChennai Corporation Council meet: ₹6.93 crore sanctioned for desilting of Captain Cotton Canal
As reported by The Hindu on June 18, the canal in Ezhil Nagar feeding into the Captain Cotton Canal is blocked by weeds, debris, and illegal sewage lines
- 13 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 4:02pm -
- newChennai youth booked for sexually assaulting minor girl in Erode
- 13 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 3:45pm -
- newIn a first for Tamil Nadu, 120 low-floor electric buses launched in Chennai
The buses are wheelchair accessible, with a ramp and secure anchorage points. Each bus is equipped with CCTV cameras, mobile phone charging points, and emergency alarms
- 13 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 3:38pm -
- newActors paid ₹300 crore while technicians earn less than ₹3,000, FEFSI tells Madras High Court
Justice K. Kumaresh Babu suggests film producers and technicians to resolve their differences across the table, wants to know if a retied High Court judge can be appointed as mediator
- 14 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 3:20pm -
- newWatch: This Chennai temple is being lifted to road level to allow easier access
Chennai’s Madhya Kailash Temple is being raised by nearly six feet, so people no longer would have to take the stairs to pray
- 16 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 1:17pm -
- newUncleared tree debris inconveniences road users in Velachery
- 17 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 12:22pm -
- newAmple Parks launches industrial and logistics park in Chennai
Spanning approximately 71 acres, Ample Parks offers around 2.1 million square feet of area for leasing
- 17 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 11:38am -
- newFrom Chennai to Helsinki: here is the lowdown on Abilympics
An event aimed at shortlisting participants for Abilympics 2027 in Finland was conducted at IIT-Madras recently. The Hindu Downtown spoke to some of the winners at the event, which went under the title South Zone Regional Abilympics 2025, and Dr. Jitender Aggarwal, secretary-general of National Abilympic Association of India
- 18 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 11:25am -
- newMost of the GCC kiosks sit idle on Besant Nagar Second Avenue
- 18 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 11:01am -
- newCulvert work near Adyar creek moves to other side of the road
- 18 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 10:57am -
- newTwo children drown in a small lake in Thirusulam
- 22 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 7:22am -
- newAwareness rally held to conserve Pachamalai hill near Tambaram
- 22 hours ago 30 Jun 25, 7:19am -
- Revitalised Blue Flag beach at Marina to be launched in second week of July
Environment and Forest officials inspect Marina beach on Saturday and advise GCC to revitalise the city beaches, re-establishing degraded native coastal vegetation with ecofriendly infrastructure
- 1 day ago 30 Jun 25, 12:45am -
- Government formulates rehabilitation and resettlement package for families who will be displaced by the project
- 1 day ago 30 Jun 25, 12:44am -
- T.N. set to begin land acquisition process for Parandur airport project
In a G.O. issued on June 25, the government directed that the process be initiated; in 2023, it gave sanction to acquire 1,527.32 hectares of patta lands in Sriperumbudur and Kancheepuram taluks
- 1 day ago 30 Jun 25, 12:43am -
- Encroachments continue to hinder pedestrian movement in Chennai
Residents say several footpaths in Chennai are either damaged, encroached upon, or missing. Shops and other obstructions on the pavements force the pedestrians to walk on the road
- 1 day ago 30 Jun 25, 12:41am -
- Chennai’s annual self-respect rainbow Pride March 2025 held
Participants arrived decked in rainbow colours, holding placards and raising slogans that called for inclusivity, intersectionality, dignity, and personal rights of LGBTQIA+
- 1 day ago 30 Jun 25, 12:38am -
- Chennai policeman goes the extra mile
K. Madhan Kumar from Shastri Nagar police station in Adyar has donated blood a whopping 92 times
- 1 day ago 29 Jun 25, 9:59pm -
- Tamil Nadu expands Japanese Encephalitis vaccination to seven more districts
Village Health Nurses will be involved in administering the vaccine to children aged 1-15 years. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian says a total of 32,64,099 children will benefit from the drive
- 1 day ago 29 Jun 25, 8:51pm -
- Engineering graduate in Chennai arrested for threatening, abusing Anna University student
- 2 days ago 29 Jun 25, 4:23pm -
- Picking an engineering course in Tamil Nadu
It is the admission season again in engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu and early trends show that Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Machine Learning are top choices of students, reflecting the national mood. R. Sujatha speaks to academics, who point to the worrisome, continuing trend of lack of patronage for core courses such as Civil and Mechanical Engineering
- 2 days ago 29 Jun 25, 9:00am -
- Work to build channel on Erikarai road puts Chennai motorists to hardship
Excavation work is on to build a channel from Narayanapuram lake to Pallikaranai marshland; a portion of the arterial Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam road has been dug up and the Erikarai road completely blocked, creating traffic bottlenecks
- 2 days ago 29 Jun 25, 1:08am -
- World Bank officials inspect ‘complete street project’ on Khader Nawaz Khan Road
The complete street project on Khader Nawaz Khan Road is set to be ready on July 31
- 2 days ago 29 Jun 25, 1:04am -
- Chennaiites are back to making friends through curated old-school events
- 2 days ago 29 Jun 25, 1:00am -
- T.N. Chief Secretary reviews civic and infra works in Perumbakkam, South Chennai
- 2 days ago 29 Jun 25, 12:20am -
- Special teams formed to arrest MLA ‘Poovai’ Jagan Moorthy
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:51pm -
- There was no derailment of MEMU train: Southern Railway
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:51pm -
- Absconding murder accused nabbed after 29 years in Bihar
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:50pm -
- Metro Rail worker injured at Koyambedu site
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:50pm -
- Post Ahmedabad flight crash, AAI undertakes full-scale emergency exercise at Chennai airport
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:50pm -
- Mega job fair to be organised for ex-servicemen
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:50pm -
- Two temples on Mambalam High Road to organise Kumbabhishekam on July 2
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 10:09pm -
- After 18 years and two attempts, Chennai Port Authority once again plans development of outer harbour project
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 7:57pm -
- A trash point on OMR
In Navalur, on the arterial road, close to where the toll plaza once stood, piles of garbage stare motorists and pedestrians in the face
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 7:30pm -
- School in Perambur sets an example in inclusion
K. Eshwari, a high school biology teacher, is the first transwoman to be part of the faculty at KRM Group of Schools
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 7:25pm -
- The food delivery partner on three wheels
Lakshmanan Angamuthu represents a small but significant group of food delivery partners whose day is powered by a specially designed vehicle, resilience and a soupcon of understanding from customers
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 7:12pm -
- Scope for charity on Padur Bypass Road
With this wide thoroughfare constructed by TNRDC now fully operational, those taking it regularly would do well to carry things they want to give away. They can deposit them on the shelves at this facility, established by a non-profit and the Padur panchayat
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 7:01pm -
- Stock exchange with a difference: how members of a WhatsApp-driven group keep native seeds of vegetables alive
At its massive annual offline gathering, the WhatsApp-centric Chennai Maadi Thotta Kootam enables an exchange of native seeds of vegetables among its members, and also gives them away to anyone outside the fold who would care to ask for them. A spotlight on the group, which can be contacted at 9941363041
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 6:13pm -
- Two arrested for peddling pseudoephedrine in Chennai
- 2 days ago 28 Jun 25, 5:27pm -
- Former police inspector gets five years of rigorous imprisonment for accepting ₹2-lakh bribe in Chennai
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 1:31pm -
- 90 members elected to town vending committees in Chennai
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 12:22pm -
- T.N. Village Health Nurses demand filling up of vacant posts, to stage series of protests
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:56am -
- Chennai police constable clings to moving car while chasing absconding accused
The accused, however, escaped after pushing the constable off the vehicle; he sustained minor injuries
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:40am -
- NCW takes suo motu cognisance of sexual harassment of intern on IIT Madras campus
NCW Chairperson Vijay Rahatkar has written to the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, seeking a fair and time-bound investigation under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 11:17am -
- Here’s why Gen Z finds comfort in podcasts
What once started as a niche interest has turned into an everyday ritual for Gen Zers
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 6:00am -
- Stray dog ‘Tiger’ earns kudos for helping catch a thief at Central railway station
The video of the stray dog helping RPF personnel catch the criminal has gone viral on social media.
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 12:45am -
- Police constable, his friend arrested for cheating woman constable after promising to marry
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 12:44am -
- Youth held for attacking bus driver
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 12:44am -
- Chennai Metrowater steps up sewer maintenance with robots and additional sewer vehicles this monsoon
- 3 days ago 28 Jun 25, 12:44am -
