Academicians welcome the high court order suggesting state govt to consider increasing the retirement age of professors in state universities from 60 years to 65 years Chennai: Academicians have welcomed the Madras high court order suggesting that the state govt consider increasing the retirement age of professors in state universities from 60 to 65 years….
chief secretary M Sai Kumar Chennai: TVK govt led by C Joseph Vijay has sought a three-month extension for chief secretary M Sai Kumar, a 1990-batch IAS officer, due for superannuation on Aug 31. Election Commission of India appointed Kumar during the assembly election, replacing N Muruganandam, who was later posted as commissioner of revenue…
Wrong rejection of medical claim costs company ₹2.35L Chennai: Wrong rejection of a medical claim has cost Star Health Insurance ₹2.35 lakh after the North District Consumer Commission directed the company to pay the sum to a policyholder. Though the patient underwent treatment for a serious illness, his claim was rejected by treating a hospital…
CHENNAI: At least two people died and more than 40 others were hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood and shrimp processing factory in Manjankaranai near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu‘s Tiruvallur district on Sunday.According to officials, workers and others present at the facility reportedly fainted after inhaling the leaked gas. The affected…
As students approached the stage one by one to receive their degrees, TVK campaign song “Na thannanthani aalu” and TVK viral campaign BGM were played at a very high volume. COIMBATORE: Some songs from films starring Vijay and a few others associated with the ruling TVK’s election campaigns were played during the convocation ceremonies at…
Chennai: To sensitise students in both govt and aided schools and educate them on the dangers of consuming tobacco and related products, school administrations have been instructed to put up posters on their campuses and paint roads leading to schools with an anti-tobacco message.The oral guidelines, issued by respective chief/district education officers, also mandate school…
Chennai: Two days after a man died by jumping in front of a moving train near Tambaram Sanatorium railway station, his 52-year-old mother killed herself at her residence in Thiruneermalai on Saturday.Gayathri lived on South Mada Street and earned a livelihood through a flower business. Her husband had died six years ago due to an…
Chennai: Commuters taking the South Usman Road via CIT Nagar to reach Nandanam pass through a 10-minute ordeal every day during peak hours at one specific intersection.Buses, autorickshaws and motorists come from all sides, leaving the intersection at South West Boag road under the T Nagar steel flyover chaotic and dangerous spot for motorists and…
Chennai: Commuters taking the South Usman Road via CIT Nagar to reach Nandanam pass through a 10-minute ordeal every day during peak hours at one specific intersection.Buses, autorickshaws and motorists come from all sides, leaving the intersection at South West Boag road under the T Nagar steel flyover chaotic and dangerous spot for motorists and…
Chennai: Two students—one studying in a college, and the other in a school—were killed in two separate road accidents near Tambaram on Friday evening, triggering public protests over the roadside encroachments, narrow roads and poor road discipline in the area.In the first incident, Kaushika, 21, a student of a private college near Kattankulathur, was riding…
