Chennai: The Kancheepuram district police invoked provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act following the death of a pregnant irular woman and her baby at Vellai Gate area in Kancheepuram on Tuesday.Thenmozhi, 44, died while she was in labour inside a tarpaulin shed, while her partially delivered…
Chennai: Following complaints over the quality of prasadams served at temples, Tamil Nadu govt has decided to standardise the offerings.Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department has notified a master scheme for preparing and selling 10 varieties to ensure devotees get prasadams of uniform quality, quantity and price across the state.The standardisation will cover recipes…
Rain in Chennai. Photo B A Raju Chennai: Residents, NGOs and corporate companies can now register as volunteers through the upgraded ‘Namma Chennai’ app to assist Greater Chennai Corporation during the northeast monsoon and in the event of emergencies.To sign up, download the app and log in using a registered phone number, select the ‘volunteer…
A representative image shows the Madras High Court building with a judge’s gavel in the foreground, symbolizing legal proceedings and judiciary decisions in Chennai, India. Chennai: A wife pressuring her husband, who is an only son to his parents, to move out of the family and set up a separate home amounts to cruelty, Madras…
Total domestic tractor volumes stood at 69,250 units in August 2026, compared with 64,322 units in August 2025 Despite concerns over a weak monsoon, domestic tractor sales grew 8% year-on-year in August, supported by positive farm sentiment, adequate reservoir levels, and favourable terms of trade. However, sales declined 11% month-on-month. Exports, meanwhile, grew in double…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) held a meeting and support camp for out-of-school children with disabilities on Thursday, under joint commissioner (education) K Karpagam. A total of 7,302 out-of-school children have been identified, of which 509 children have since been enrolled in schools and 263 admitted to industrial training institutes (ITIs). A total of 28…
Wooden gavel on wooden table, on background Chennai: Madras high court has warned Sri Venkateshwara Medical College Hospital and Research Centre in Puducherry that it would be constrained to order an income tax department inquiry to examine the withdrawal of income-tax exemptions granted to the institution. The court said this as the college was found…
82 teams battle it out at Times NIE critical thinking quiz Chennai: A team from Chennai Public School-Anna Nagar emerged as winners of the Times NIE Inter-school Critical Thinking Quiz held at the Vels University campus in Pallavaram on Thursday.As many as 82 teams competed in the quiz, which, unlike a conventional quiz that rewards…
Chennai: Nearly a century since electric traction was introduced in Madras, Southern Railway has completed electrification of its broad-gauge network in the zone.This comes after Southern Railway principal chief electrical engineer Ganesh completed the statutory inspection of the newly electrified 71 route kilometre (rkm) Pattukkottai–Karaikkudi section on Sept 9.“With the entire 5,068rkm broad-gauge network electrified,…
A heavy posse of police personnel posted at T2 international terminal at Chennai airport CHENNAI: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay is set to skip the VIP entry into Chennai airport via Gate 6 and will enter through the regular T2 international terminal like other passengers to fly to London, after the Bureau of Civil Aviation…
