Chennai: Three people died in two separate road accidents at Cholavaram and Kundrathur areas in the city on Tuesday night.In the first accident near Cholavaram, Lokesh, 24, a car driver from Erumaivettipalayam, was riding a motorcycle with his relative Lokeshwari, 17, a nursing student, towards Tambaram on the Minjur-Vandalur bypass road. The motorcycle developed a…
Chennai: A balcony of a 40-year-old building collapsed on Kutty Meastry Street in Seven Wells early Wednesday, damaging an auto-rickshaw and seven two-wheelers parked below. No injuries were reported.The building, owned by Thomas of Foreshore Estate, had four shops on the ground floor and four residential units on the first floor.Police said the first-floor balcony…
Traffic at Kilambakkam during festival season Chennai: Getting stuck in long traffic jams from Tindivanam to Chengalpet, and again at Kilambakkam, during festival season will soon be a thing of the past, with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) planning two expressways to cut commute by at least two hours.A key project is a double-decker…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt on Monday granted in-principle approval for constructing a new assembly and secretariat complex at Foreshore Estate and directed the public works department (PWD) to submit a detailed project report, along with cost estimates, within three months.An order issued by the public department said the…
Assessing structural safety TNNChennai: Ahead of the northeast monsoon, Greater Chennai Corporation will step up inspections of dilapidated buildings and seek help from IIT-Madras, Anna University, or the PWD to assess their structural safety.A 2025 survey identified 337 dilapidated structures across the city, including 130 GCC buildings, among other private properties and buildings belonging to…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has observed that a person against whom a look-out circular (LOC) is issued must be made aware of it. This is because he/she can either choose to abide by the proceedings or take appropriate action against them, the court said.“The Constitution guarantees certain rights to an accused person, including the right…
CHENNAI: The Centre on Wednesday approved three major railway capacity-enhancement projects in Tamil Nadu — Arakkonam-Renigunta third and fourth lines, Hosur-Omalur doubling, and Salem-Karur-Dindigul doubling — as part of five multitracking projects across four states.The three projects in Tamil Nadu will together cover 383 km and are part of a package worth Rs 10,021 crore,…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday rejected a petition challenging the election of S Jayakumar from Perundurai constituency. The plea was moved by DMK candidate Thoppu Venkatachalam, who has since quit the party.The court held that the plea did not disclose any of the grounds legally permissible for challenging an election.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed…
Chief Minister Joseph Vijay and VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan CHENNAI: VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan has launched a sharp attack against chief ninister C Joseph Vijay over his body language during his reply to the debate on the demands for grants for the Home and Police departments in the Assembly.He called the gestures directed at DMK…
Expenditure control, however, is more important — and more challenging — given the large number of electoral promises in the pipeline K Shanmugam and K R ShanmugamThe TVK-led govt in Tamil Nadu has inherited a financial position from the previous regime that can best be described as unsteady. The implementation of a plethora of cash-disbursement…
