- newMan electrocuted at manufacturing unit in Maduravoyal
- 60 mins ago 20 Apr 25, 6:16pm -
- newPolice excess: SHRC recommends Tamil Nadu Government to pay compensation of ₹50,000
SHRC member V. Kannadasan also recommended the State Government to recover the sum from the policewoman as per the rules
- 6 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 1:13pm -
- newValluvar Kottam renovation: the finishing touches
Completion of embellishments on the arches at the three entrances is said to be around a week away; with that, the renovation would be complete, say PWD sources
- 7 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:24pm -
- newPallikaranai catchment lost several waterbodies to encroachments; study calls for ecologically sensitive restoration efforts
It was found that of the 452 water bodies identified in the Pallikaranai catchment area, including nearly 165 lakes and tanks which account for 7.35 sq.km. of water spread area, have been lost to encroachments
- 14 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 5:15am -
- newNew academy in Mylapore to make chess accessible to all
The Clarke School for the Deaf will be training students in the 64-square game
- 18 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 1:12am -
- newA tour of the processes at micro composting centre in Pudupet
Greater Chennai Corporation’s micro composting centre in Pudupet maintains a “cordial” relationship with its neighbours
- 18 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 1:08am -
- new‘Travel’ on these mini trains
To celebrate World Heritage Day, Chennai Rail Museum in Villivakkam will play host to collectors and designers of scale-model trains and railroads from April 25 to 27. On all three days, the event will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Hindu Downtown spoke to some of the participants about this niche hobby
- 18 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:55am -
- newProtest against Parandur airport project touches 1,000th day
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:40am -
- newWaste to compost: Community in Bishop Garden shows the way
In situ composting having been integrated into the workaday life of this apartment community, it generates 100-150 kilos of compost every month
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:35am -
- newFlagged in CAG report, illegally built resort in Chengalpattu continues to function
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:33am -
- newParthasarathy Perumal temple car festival held
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:32am -
- newIndia will bring peace to the world, says Consul-General of Royal Thai Consulate General Racha Aribarg
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:29am -
- newChennai Metro Rail’s tunnel boring machine hits a pause due to minor glitch
It was boring under two flyovers and railway tracks in Kodambakkam
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:29am -
- newResidents demand re-laying of damaged roads after a spell of rain in the city
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:28am -
- newLiver Function Test available free of cost at all PHCs
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:27am -
- new429 CCTV cameras installed at RGGGH
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:26am -
- newGirl who went missing six years ago traced
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:26am -
- newLorry overturns on College Road, traffic affected for two hours
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:26am -
- newMan held for stealing brass water meters
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:25am -
- newDoctors’ association urges government to implement their long-pending demand
- 19 hours ago 20 Apr 25, 12:06am -
- newTackling wastes head on: A Chennai point of view
The quest for a better economic system based on the processing, reuse, and regeneration of waste in an environment-friendly way has been a challenge in Chennai for many years. Here, Aloysius Xavier Lopez provides an overview of garbage handling in the city, with inputs from R. Aishwaryaa.
- 19 hours ago 19 Apr 25, 11:59pm -
- newT.N. transport corporations received 70% of total awards in the country: Minister
- 22 hours ago 19 Apr 25, 9:37pm -
- Madras University syndicate seeks probe into ‘irregularities’ in purchase made by research centre
The government-appointed enquiry committee has not done its work properly, they allege
- 1 day ago 19 Apr 25, 5:49pm -
- Driver crashes actor Bobby Simha’s car into seven vehicles, held for drunk driving
At least three persons were injured in the accident
- 1 day ago 19 Apr 25, 4:07pm -
- Chennai gets its first air-conditioned EMU train service
The modern AC EMU rake is equipped with better facilities for passengers, including automatic doors, passenger information systems, CCTV cameras, and well-marked entry/exit points
- 1 day ago 19 Apr 25, 2:31pm -
- Traffic diversions on Anna Salai from April 20
Traffic diversions will be implemented on a trial basis for three days, from Sunday (April 20, 2025) to Tuesday (April 22, 2025)
- 1 day ago 19 Apr 25, 12:21pm -
- Thideer Nagar residents raise concern over poor sanitation and lack of safety
They say waste collection in the locality is done only once or twice a month. Some residents also complain that the State government’s promise of better housing has not materialised event after more than two decades
- 2 days ago 19 Apr 25, 12:28am -
- Four arrested for abduction of 17-year-old boy
- 2 days ago 19 Apr 25, 12:25am -
- Residents demand more bus services on Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road
They say the public transport services have not been improved despite the stretch burgeoning into a bustling IT corridor. They have urged the Metropolitan Transport Corporation to run services from Tambaram to Velachery and T. Nagar via the radial road
- 2 days ago 19 Apr 25, 12:07am -
- Amrita Vidyalayam marks 25 years with world records
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 11:51pm -
- At this Chennai school, ‘Dr. Dog’ helps children with special needs learn, communicate and build social skills
Saraswati Kendra uses animal-assisted therapy to help its students who have learning disabilities and autism, develop behavioural skills. Psychologists at the school say the pet is used as a bridge to encourage children to open up
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 11:41pm -
- Chennai Division's first AC EMU train to run from April 19
The AC EMU service was first introduced in the Mumbai suburban and witnessed steady patronage among commuters, especially office-goers and women travelers
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 11:24pm -
- ED takes possession of properties of a resort in Rameswaram
The agency has taken possession of 60 rooms and a vacant piece of land of Seven Hills Pamban Island Resort in a case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 10:39pm -
- Man arrested for cheating job aspirants of ₹75 lakh
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 9:05pm -
- Man held for assaulting staff of textile showroom in T. Nagar
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 8:41pm -
- WRD initiates Tiruneermalai lake restoration, but residents seek more funds for comprehensive revamp
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 6:00pm -
- ED attaches assets of Neomax Properties at ₹121.80 crore in money laundering case
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 5:06pm -
- Kamal Haasan at ‘Thug Life’ single launch: Mistake I didn’t collaborate with Mani Ratnam after ‘Nayakan’
Kamal Haasan’s ‘Thug Life’, which has music by AR Rahman, is set to release on June 5
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 3:06pm -
- Doyen of Indian angioplasty Mathew Samuel Kalarickal no more
Dr. Kalarickal performed the first angioplasty in India in 1986, and was also instrumental in setting up and establishing angioplasty facilities in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific Region
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 2:28pm -
- Construction of TNIMHANS nears completion
Along with the existing psychiatric services, the centre will feature clinics for geriatric psychiatry, dementia, movement disorders, seizures, and memory
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 1:44pm -
- Massive fire breaks out at cardboard manufacturing factory near Sriperumbudur
The flames were brought under control after a three-hour-long firefighting operation
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:48pm -
- Awareness programme on POCSO Act held at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Chennai
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:26pm -
- Two men held for online trading investment scam in Chennai
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:24pm -
- When the stints find the spotlight
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 11:16am -
- Dept. of Posts registers 14.96% growth in deposits under Selvamagal Semippu scheme in 2024-25 in Chennai region
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 11:10am -
- Heroin seized in Thiruvanmiyur, one arrested
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 8:06am -
- Commissioner rewards two inspectors for ensuring conviction in murder cases
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 8:03am -
- Two DMK functionaries booked for trying to encroach land in Chennai
- 2 days ago 18 Apr 25, 8:02am -
- MiTran Global to hold two-day online camp for teenagers to build positivity
Programme to offer opportunity for students to reset and refocus
- 3 days ago 18 Apr 25, 3:27am -
- Egmore North Station has been provided with adequate bus services: MTC
- 3 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:49am -
- SOPs on eliminating child marriage must have been more elaborate: experts
- 3 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:48am -
- Autorickshaw drivers put passengers to hardship at Chennai Central railway station
A large number of passengers arriving at the station , especially during early morning or late-night hours, complain of being harassed and overcharged by groups of autorickshaw drivers, who have made entry to and exit from the railway station an ordeal
- 3 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:48am -
- Residents’ welfare associations to start urban greening on land parcels identified by Chennai Corporation
Over 500 residents’ welfare associations are expected to launch the project in the city, utilising the funds mobilised under corporate social responsibility
- 3 days ago 18 Apr 25, 12:44am -
- Summons issued to TN Health Minister Ma Subramanian
- 3 days ago 17 Apr 25, 7:18pm -
- IIT Madras launches PG diploma in emerging technologies
Candidates who do well in the programme may upgrade to a web-enabled M.Tech degree at the institute
- 3 days ago 17 Apr 25, 4:27pm -
- Renovation of Tholkappiya Poonga set to be completed by April-end: Minister
After the DMK assumed office, ₹42.45 crore was allocated to restore the park and enhance its infrastructure, K.N. Nehru said
- 3 days ago 17 Apr 25, 2:55pm -
- T.N. CM Stalin inaugurates Sify’s AI-ready data centre campus in Siruseri
This is South India’s largest AI-ready data centre campus, which has an eventual capacity of 130 MW. It is also the only data centre in India with an on-site open cable landing station, the company said
- 3 days ago 17 Apr 25, 1:17pm -
- Inadequate bus services amid sweltering heat leave Chennai commuters fuming
Even in areas where there are adequate bus shelters, the heat is unbearable, say passengers at a bus stop in Guindy
- 4 days ago 17 Apr 25, 12:54am -
- Perungudi dumpyard makes lives of Chennai residents miserable
There is no leachate management unit and no dedicated sewage treatment plant at the dumpyard, according to Anna University expert.
- 4 days ago 17 Apr 25, 12:50am -
- 17-year-old boy electrocuted in Peravallur
- 4 days ago 17 Apr 25, 12:35am -
- Four-month-baby dies due to suffocation in Rajamangalam
- 4 days ago 17 Apr 25, 12:34am -
- Plea in High Court to disqualify Minister Ponmudy
- 4 days ago 17 Apr 25, 12:08am -
- Palaniswami withdraws case against T.T.V. Dhinakaran filed in City Civil Court
- 4 days ago 17 Apr 25, 12:06am -
- Illegal construction in Chennai’s Muttukadu coast: Stop-work order issue
- 4 days ago 16 Apr 25, 9:20pm -
- Stalin seeks Modi’s intervention on sudden cancellation of private Haj quota by Saudi Arabia
- 4 days ago 16 Apr 25, 9:04pm -
