- newAfter talks with Minister, secondary grade teachers halt protest
- 3 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 12:45am -
- newSenior ophthalmologist pens Bengali non-fiction
Dr. Biswas, a pioneer in the fields of uveitis and ophthalmic pathology, has been associated with Sankara Nethralaya for the past 40 years
- 3 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 12:41am -
- newPolice book office-bearers of teachers’ association for spreading false information
- 4 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 12:09am -
- newMarriage halls seek reduction in GST rates, power charges
The Tamil Nadu Marriage Hall Owners Association, South India Marriage Hall Owners Federation, and All Kalyana Mandapam Owners Association have jointly written to the respective State governments and the Centre seeking a significant reduction in GST rates
- 6 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 10:02pm -
- newIcons and ideas set to animate The Hindu Lit for Life
The festival is scheduled on January 17 and 18 at the Lady Andal premises in Chennai
- 6 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 9:58pm -
- newGCC to handle domestic hazardous waste under ₹6.47-crore project
Waste will be collected from designated storage points at decentralised locations across the city, according to GCC
- 6 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 9:51pm -
- newComics continue to draw children to Chennai Book Fair
While some comics such as the ‘Dog Man’ were in demand, stall owners said that the demand for manga has declined
- 7 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 9:06pm -
- newFirst deck slab of Anna Salai flyover placed
Around 98% of the work to lay foundations have been completed and the steel barricades have been moved for a length of 1.5 km
- 8 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 7:52pm -
- newChennai Corporation celebrates ‘Samathuva Pongal’
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) celebrated 'Samathuva Pongal' across all 15 zones of the city
- 9 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 6:37pm -
- newThe Hindu Lit For Life| A dramatised reading of Nirmala Lakshman’s The Tamils, takes the stage
Edited and directed by Prasanna Ramaswamy, a dramatised reading The Tamils by Nirmala Lakshman, Chairperson, The Hindu Group, will delve into the expansive history and stories of a community
- 13 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 3:17pm -
- newThe Hindu Lit for Life to host five workshops
They will cover a range of topics, from fitness to wealth management
- 13 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 3:08pm -
- newMTC introduces ‘retro rides’ in vintage bus fleet for commuters in Chennai
The MTC has readied five vintage roadies, which have been upgraded with present-day technological features, for its city tour services, called ‘Chennai Ula’, for a standard fare of ₹50
- 13 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 2:48pm -
- newBhogi smog shrouds many parts of Chennai; airport visibility drops to 300 metres
Flight cancellations were kept to a minimum at the Chennai airport on Wednesday morning, as some airlines had already rescheduled their flights in advance, expecting poor visibility due to Bhogi
- 16 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 11:42am -
- newOver 14 lakh people left the city by bus, trains to celebrate Pongal in their natives
Sources said approximately seven lakh people travelled by government buses till Tuesday, while 2.72 lakh people used omni buses from the city.
- 19 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 8:46am -
- newThe Pongal pot boils over with creativity at Mandaveli Raja Street in Chennai
Readers Write: Mandaveli Raja Street Residents Welfare Association delivers on its promise yet again by conducting its annual Kolam contest, one that drew teams from near and far, says Ganga Sridhar
- 19 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 8:43am -
- newVisiting time extended at Vandalur Zoo for Pongal holidays
- 20 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 7:40am -
- new170 years ago, a debate in Britain parliament on torture in Madras
Forms of torture in Madras Presidency at the time included tying a man by the hair of his head to the tail of an ass, and parading him though the public market
- 20 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 7:30am -
- newA plea for Pachaiyappa’s Hall in Chennai
With the trust that owns it mostly in the news for legal squabbles, precious little seems to be done about this historic edifice
- 21 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 7:00am -
- newRam Setu vs. Sethusamudram project: When Tamil Nadu BJP headquarters was attacked by DMK cadres
In response to DMK president M. Karunanidhi’s remark on Ram Setu, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti triggered a major controversy in September 2007 by saying that “whosoever chopped off the head and tongue of the DMK president would be gifted in gold.”
- 22 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 5:30am -
- newGlaucoma and uvea centres opened at Sankara Nethralaya
- 23 hours ago 14 Jan 26, 4:32am -
- Government doctors’ body urges CM to fulfil 2019 pay promise
The committee said around 19,000 government doctors were awaiting salary revisions that have been pending for over a decade
- 1 day ago 14 Jan 26, 2:50am -
- T.N. to get 30 Aadha Seva Kendras by September
- 1 day ago 14 Jan 26, 12:51am -
- Prime Minister Modi to address public meeting in Chennai on January 23
The public meeting will be organised in a grand manner, in which AIADMK leaders, including the party general secretary and the NDA’s Chief Ministerial face Edappadi K. Palaniswami, and leaders from other alliance parties will share the stage with Mr. Modi
- 1 day ago 14 Jan 26, 12:48am -
- Orders issued for permanent jobs for 1,000 contract nurses
- 1 day ago 14 Jan 26, 12:38am -
- Two women held for online trading fraud
- 1 day ago 14 Jan 26, 12:33am -
- Tamil Nadu close to eliminating malaria as 33 districts report nil indigenous cases
Chennai is among the five districts that are yet to achieve zero transmission, accounting for nearly 37%-45% of the State’s malaria cases, even as the number has fallen from 173 in 2023 to 121 in 2025
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 11:47pm -
- Mapping of Perungudi dumpyard set to be taken up for restoration of Ramsar site in Pallikaranai
GCC has been dumping waste in 250 acres of the dumpyard inside the Pallikaranai marshland; it has earmarked 225 acres for biomining and has been dumping fresh waste in 25 acres
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 9:55pm -
- City’s public health department continues have several vacancies
A few months ago, Chennai Corporation hired 155 doctors and various public health professionals to improve services. However, attrition has affected services
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 9:53pm -
- Woman held for assault at ESI hospital in K.K. Nagar
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 9:00pm -
- State goverment approves Metrowater’s two flagship projects
Following the State government’s approval, loans would be provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to complete the project in four years
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 7:51pm -
- CM Stalin releases Tamil Nadu Circular Economy Policy and Warehousing Policy
The Circular Economy Policy provides for a special package of incentives for recycling facilities and technology enablers/platform entities. The Warehousing Policy provides for incentives to stakeholders, including market participants, operators, and developers
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 7:36pm -
- Nurse held for drugging colleague, stealing gold chain
Investigation revealed that the accused had mixed sleeping pills in the mushroom soup given to Sunatha and stolen her gold chain
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 7:31pm -
- Chennai Sangamam to feature fashion show by folk artistes sporting Co-optex products
Speaking to reporters, DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi, who is instrumental in organising the festival, said that over 30 artistes would take part in the fashion show
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 6:16pm -
- A poetic tribute to Mohamul heroine Yamuna
Poet Manushyaputhiran, the author of the collection, says that a news report published in The Hindu was the inspiration for one of his poems, which later became the title of the collection published as a book
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 5:56pm -
- Six persons get life imprisonment for murder of fruit vendor in Periamet in 2013
The prosecution said A1, identified as B. Kala, 42, of Pammal, had borrowed ₹10 lakh from Velu, a fruit vendor, and failed to repay the amount. Following a fallout between the two over the unpaid loan, Kala planned to kill Velu
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 4:14pm -
- The Hindu Lit for Life 2026 | Nirmala Lakshman on India’s sharpest lit fest
Nirmala Lakshman, Chairperson, The Hindu Group, speaks to Team MetroPlus about the evolution of The Hindu Lit for Life since its first edition. She also speaks about reactions to her book The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community and her guilty pleasure, vanilla ice cream
- 1 day ago 13 Jan 26, 3:59pm -
- Four Chennai police personnel suspended for failing to prevent history-sheeter’s murder at KMC
Adhi, of Kolathur, was brutally hacked to death in the early hours of Monday while sleeping in a drunken state at the waiting area outside the maternity ward of KMC
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 3:22pm -
- Centre’s Institute of Urban Transport raises queries on Chennai Metro Rail’s three extension projects
“We are responding to the queries. We need approvals from the Centre for these three project proposals, and it may take anywhere between six months to one year to receive them,” a CMRL official said
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 3:07pm -
- Tamil Nadu gets new food secretary
Satyabrata Sahoo, secretary of the Cooperation, Food, and Consumer Protection Department, has been transferred and now posted as secretary, Youth Welfare and Sports Development. K.S Palanisami has now been posted as secretary of the Cooperation, Food, and Consumer Protection Department
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 2:25pm -
- Chennai’s Goschen library finds its readers again after restoration
The membership fee is ₹30, with ₹10 as yearly subscription to borrow books
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 8:14am -
- ‘Systems set up at OMR in 2025 go into 2026 and beyond’
Readers Write: The co-founder of Federation of OMR Residents Association Harsha Koda notes that exercises around voter IDs, bus route mapping and environment studies stood out in the year that went by
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 7:42am -
- Chennai Metrowater inches closer to goal of continuous water supply in Adyar zone
Residents of zone XIII, currently receiving 35 million litres of water daily (mld), would get 50 mld of water once the ₹271.50 crore project is completed in two years
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 5:10am -
- ‘Newspaper of the Future’ challenge held at IIT Saarang 2026
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 4:40am -
- IAS academy in Chennai distributes The Hindu year book 2026 to its students
- 2 days ago 13 Jan 26, 12:39am -
- Annual premium of over ₹1,200 crore for CMCHIS paid to insurance company
The amount of ₹1,237.80 crore comprised ₹1,173.66 crore towards 95% of the annual premium for the coverage period, benefitting 1,45,51,697 families, in addition to ₹64.13 crore being the remaining 5% premium from last year
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 11:17pm -
- Chennai Corporation’s conservancy workers end protest after 165 days
Tamil Nadu government assured the workers that nearly 1,400 of them would be reinstated under National Urban Livelihoods Mission with the Chennai Corporation.
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 10:55pm -
- Reduce bond service period to one year for PG, super speciality residents and future batches, TNRDA urges government
TNRDA added that extended bond periods also contribute to resident burnout and may adversely affect super-speciality academic progression and long-term workforce sustainability
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 9:59pm -
- Chennai sanitation worker returns bag with 45 sovereigns of gold jewellery to owner
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 9:52pm -
- New Class 1-5 T.N. syllabus focuses on learning objectives, competencies, and pedagogical approaches
From poster-making in English to jigsaws and map-reading in science, the syllabus points out activities and the various skillsets a child is supposed to achieve
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 9:49pm -
- College students take part in run to mark National Youth Day
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 9:37pm -
- ‘Spirit of Mylapore Award 2026’ presented to Sri Vidhya Nilayam
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 9:35pm -
- Chennai police deploy 16,000 personnel for Kaanum Pongal security
At Marina Beach, three temporary mini control rooms have been set up between the Labour Statue and the Lighthouse, along with police assistance booths at service road entry points
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 9:17pm -
- Two held in Man-in-the-Middle cyber fraud case
Based on these findings, the cybercrime police team went to Mysuru and Bengaluru and arrested the accused
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 7:40pm -
- T.N. government’s Overseas Manpower Corporation Ltd. inks pact with VIT Chennai
The memorandum, pertaining to the mobility of students for education and employment to foreign countries, was signed in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 4:50pm -
- Double-decker EV bus to take tourists to sites of historical, cultural significance in Chennai
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin flagged off the bus from Chennai Trade Centre, where he took part in the World Tamil Diaspora Day 2026 celebrations.
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 4:24pm -
- Kamal Haasan secures interim relief in personality rights suit before Madras High Court
Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy restrains all known and unknown individuals/entities from unauthorised commercial exploitation of his name, image and persona
- 2 days ago 12 Jan 26, 3:53pm -
- History-sheeter hacked to death in waiting area of Kilpauk Medical College
Two persons have been arrested; police say the crime was committed due to a previous enmity
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 3:28pm -
- Karur stampede case: CBI interrogates TVK chief Vijay for 6 hours
It is learnt that the agency wanted him to join the probe again on January 13, but he sought another date on account of Pongal. The CBI will, therefore, summon him again as and when required.
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 10:49am -
- Over 2,500 students receive degrees at Crescent Institute
A total of 2,991 students including 65 Ph.D., 774 postgraduate and 2,152 undergraduate candidates received their degree at the ceremony
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 5:44am -
- Chennai residents feel the chill as temperature drops
The Regional Meteorological Centre forecast light to moderate rain for Monday at a few places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 5:30am -
- Chennai Corporation starts removing shops for second phase of Blue Flag area on Marina beach
The second phase is expected to be launched by the end of this month on the Marina beach
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 5:30am -
- CCB registers 661 cases, arrests over 600 accused in 2025
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 5:13am -
- The Hindu Lit For Life Treasure Hunt sees huge turnout
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 4:31am -
- Chennai-Bengaluru expressway project stalls due to delay on stretch from Arakkonam to Kancheepuram
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 12:35am -
- Cash to the tune of ₹5,587 crore disbursed for Pongal till January 11: Minister
- 3 days ago 12 Jan 26, 12:33am -
