- newNivar gets Sooty Terns to fly past terraces
The cyclone has swept them off-course and pushed them inland. On November 26, sightings of this pelagic bird were reported from Chennai
- 11 mins ago 29 Nov 20, 9:07am -
- newChennai HAMs walk into Nivar
K.M. Devadas (VU2DH) and Aravind Balasubramanian (VU2ABS) played a big role in the establishment of a HAM radio communication system by the Cuddalore district administration to tackle possible challenges arising from the cyclone
- 1 hour ago 29 Nov 20, 8:01am -
- newSecond Sipcot park to be built in Sriperumbudur
State environment authority gives clearance for the project
- 7 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 2:04am -
- newBhavan’s cultural festival begins
Governor Purohit calls for preserving great cultural heritage
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:32am -
- newCCB unearths car loan racket
Three arrested, four cars seized
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:30am -
- newPut up ‘no helmet-no petrol’ placards, traffic police instruct city fuel outlets
All DCPs told to ensure compliance
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:29am -
- newECR residents’ collective terms SWD project tragic
Locals say their did not see waterlogging during cyclone
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:28am -
- newTanks fill up, more water flows into taps
Metro Water has increased supply to 830 mld since November 25; it plans to revert to daily supply
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:26am -
- newEncroachments on surplus water channels leaves Kolathur areas flooded
Residential localities will be free of water stagnation by Sunday, says official
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:25am -
- newCash seized from sub-registrar
The sleuths of the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption(DVAC) have seized ₹4.86 lakh unaccounted cash from the sub-registrar of Alandur. Accor
- 8 hours ago 29 Nov 20, 1:15am -
- newFrom the deluge to the cyclone, these groups script new chapters in service
These groups were formed to help those hit by the 2015 Chennai floods, and they have continued to step up to the plate whenever a calamity has loomed on the horizon
- 10 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 11:23pm -
- newFrom 2015 December floods to Nivar, these hands have stayed on the deck
‘Helping Hands of South’ wears arms of varying lengths, to match the crisis at the door. When a problem is big, out comes a long arm, enabling these helping hands to be suitably extended. When it is of the garden variety — more an irritant than a distress — a matching short arm is worn
- 10 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 11:04pm -
- newHow an apartment complex keeps its basement dry
Through a network of recharge pits, rainwater is directed to an open well
- 12 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 9:14pm -
- newA new campus and a new focus in 2021
The second leg of a school project conceived by Bhoomika Trust following the 2015 Chennai floods to educate and empower children of families rehabilitated at the Perumbakkam tenements is close to completion
- 14 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 7:39pm -
- newSoon in Chennai: a new lake with island parks and a mountainous Miyawaki forest
Pallikaranai Anai Eri is being developed in an area of about 50 acres, and about 60% of the work has been completed so far
- 18 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 3:19pm -
- newChennai policeman nabs thief after a chase, video goes viral
The sub-inspector of police was on his way to work when he spotted two men on what looked like a stolen vehicle, and gave chase
- 18 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 3:07pm -
- newEighteen-year-old girl from Chennai presents first documented record of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail sighting in Tamil Nadu
Along with a video and a picture, Mahathi Narayanaswamy has presented a sonogram of the bird’s call that has helped distinguish it from a closely-related species — eBird has approved and recognised the record
- 22 hours ago 28 Nov 20, 10:55am -
- Creating a brighter future for the children of north Chennai
Elango has been giving away books to Corporation schools
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:22am -
- Award for Rela Hospital
Rela Hospital has been honoured for having the best performing live liver transplant team in Tamil Nadu in 2019-20. The Transplant Authority of Tamil
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:20am -
- DMK files contempt of court plea against govt. officials
‘They disobeyed court orders on extending the benefit of reservation to OBCs in the medical and dental seats’
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:20am -
- Private power producers write to Union Minister against Tangedco
‘It seeks discounts on late payment surcharge dues, pending fixed charges’
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:19am -
- Chennai Metro Rail phase II to be completed in 6 years
Design is ready and land acquisition almost done: officials
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:19am -
- DMK chief urges CM to provide aid to farmers
Take steps to help flood-affected: Stalin
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:18am -
- Waterbodies restored by Chennai Corporation damaged due to Cyclone Nivar
Corpn. starts assessing damages; residents ask for a quick resolution
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:17am -
- Fire service personnel rescue 118 persons over 3 days
Over 1,000 personnel were deployed to affected suburbs
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:14am -
- Ramadoss wants ban on online ‘usurious’ loan companies
They are lending to youngsters without documents at high rates, he says
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:13am -
- Inflows expected, sluice gates of Poondi reservoir opened
Flood alerts issued for residents living along the banks of Palar river
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:12am -
- Farmers in Vellore, Tiruvannamalai reeling after Nivar
Close to 200 acres of land affected
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:05am -
- Shocking that govt. has reduced engineers’ salaries: Alagiri
‘These engineers have been responsible for implementing more than ₹50,000 crore worth of projects’
- 1 day ago 28 Nov 20, 1:01am -
- Soft, affordable and online: How Elampillai’s saris became a hit on social media
The saris produced by this power loom weaving hub near Salem have found fans everywhere, thanks to social media
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 5:15pm -
- Feeling hungry? Check out these recipes for a rainy day
Soups, halwas and rasams... Indian cuisine serves up a wonderful spread of warm options for surviving the cold and wet months
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 4:50pm -
- IIT Madras plans to run e-bus on campus
The vehicle will have Hitachi ABB Power Grid’s flash-charging technology, and the institute will provide the infrastructure required to operate the flash-charging system for the bus, manufactured by Ashok Leyland
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 4:44pm -
- O come, all ye faithful, come online
The Kirk is taking its junior piano recital online this year, and everyone can log in to the merriment
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 4:24pm -
- Six-year-old boy in Chennai drowns in pit dug for septic tank
The pit, on a construction site, was filled with rain water and the child accidentally fell into it, police said
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:36pm -
- Cyclone Nivar | Improved coordination, action plan helped
IMD won plaudits for its precise forecast of the movement of the cyclone and its landfall
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:35am -
- Mamallapuram emerges largely unscathed from cyclone
Panchayat, Tangedco, rescue staff work to restore normalcy
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:30am -
- Massive schemes needed, says Commissioner
₹70-crore project proposed for accelerated pumping of stormwater
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:19am -
- Many residents in Madipakkam and Velachery spent a sleepless night fearing floods
Several of these streets remained inundated on Thursday, and residents said they had to wait for the water to recede before they could enter their homes
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:17am -
- Police save centenarian
Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal visits worst-hit spots in Tambaram, Mudichur
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:16am -
- West Tambaram, Mudichur among worst-hit areas
Many residential localities in southern suburbs such as Mudichur, Tambaram and Perungalathur were flooded with varying levels of water because of the
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:14am -
- Senior citizen helps firefighters reach marooned families in Mudichur
Chinnapaiyan, a retired bank employee, guides teams to 48 residents
- 2 days ago 27 Nov 20, 1:07am -
- Photography series shines the spotlight on Chennai’s lightmen
Photographer Madhavan Palanisamy on his latest black-and-white project, ‘The Reflector’
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 3:30pm -
- The changing face of India’s online music shows
At the fag end of a difficult year, musicians are turning to polished digital concerts from studios and platforms that offer realtime feedback from the audience
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 3:26pm -
- Take a stroll with iguanas: All about Chennai Snake Park’s latest space
A peek into the new walk-through garden that houses iguanas and tortoises
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:37pm -
- Watch | Chembarambakkam: once the lifeline of South Chennai
A video on Chembarambakkam reservoir, which was opened after five years as a precautionary measure against cyclone Nivar
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 12:37pm -
- Cyclone Nivar: Chennai Corporation clears 223 roads of uprooted trees, restores traffic
Civic officials have estimated that flood water entered about 40,000 houses within the Corporation limits
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 12:32pm -
- Cylone Nivar | Defence teams deployed for rescue, relief work
The Army has deployed eight teams from Bengaluru, two teams from Coimbatore and 12 teams from Chennai
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 5:06am -
- CBI books tourism official for taking bribe to favour hotels
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked an official of India Tourism on charges of taking bribe from hoteliers to issue reports for their lice
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 3:59am -
- Several areas experience a disruption in power supply
Tangedco shuts off electricity to avoid accidents
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 3:06am -
- Assistant bank manager and his associate held for fraud
They swindled money from accounts of deceased persons
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:41am -
- Cyclone Nivar | Eerie silence in Nagapattinam-Karaikal coast
Residents forced to remain indoors; over 45,000 people evacuated in Nagapattinam
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:30am -
- Production units, businesses hit in Chennai
But businessmen say they have taken measures to minimise damage
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:24am -
- Cyclone Nivar | Public holiday declared in 16 T.N. districts today
Essential services to function as usual
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:24am -
- Cyclone Nivar | T.N. CM makes impromptu trip to Chembarambakkam reservoir
Shutters of reservoir opened after five years to release surplus water; over 1 lakh people moved to 1,000 relief camps
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:23am -
- Cyclone Nivar | Stalin distributes relief material to flood-affected
He urged party functionaries to cooperate with officials who were involved in relief work
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:22am -
- Chennai airport suspends flight operations for 12 hours
All operations were suspended till 7 a.m. on Thursday
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:19am -
- Take up relief work: AIADMK tells cadres
CHENNAI The AIADMK on Wednesday called upon its members to take up relief work immediately for those affected by Cyclone Nivar. In a statement, party
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:14am -
- Gates of Chembarambakkam reservoir opened after 5 years
Adyar river wide enough to carry 70,000 cusecs of flood water safely, says WRD
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 2:11am -
- ‘Boats ready for rescue operations’
‘Two have already been sent to Ayanavaram’
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:21am -
- IIT-M students design device for typing in braille
Aimed at helping the visually impaired, it fits into a smartphone’s port
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:20am -
- Corporation begins removing hoardings to prevent mishaps
Move aimed at reducing the risk of accidents
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:18am -
- Health Minister surveys preparedness of response teams
Vijayabaskar visits control room
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:17am -
- Pregnant women told to reach hospitals in advance
Rain could disrupt transportation, says Health Minister
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:16am -
- Inundation plagues residents in and around city suburbs
Sewage-mixed rainwater enters thousands of homes in suburbs; arterial roads like Anna Salai, E.V.R. Salai and ECR become flooded resulting in slow traffic
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 1:15am -
- HC transfers trial in case booked against policemen for thrashing advocate
Every accused, however bad, is entitled to fair trial, says judge
- 3 days ago 26 Nov 20, 12:53am -
