Chennai: Mambalam police arrested three women from Madhya Pradesh for stealing jewellery and cash from shoppers at a commercial establishments in T Nagar. Police recovered ₹6.44lakh in cash from them.The accused were identified as Lakshmibai , 40, Meenakshi, 35, and Khushbu, 40, all from Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.On July 25, a woman shopping at…
Chennai: More than a year after the Red Hills bus terminus was relocated — to a temporary site opposite Puzhal lake — for renovation, the unfinished project has been an inconvenience to around 20,000 passengers every day. It has aggravated traffic snarls on Grand Northern Trunk Road, one of north Chennai’s busiest roads.The temporary facility,…
KARUR: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) registered a case against former DMK minister V Senthilbalaji on Wednesday in connection with alleged large-scale irregularities in the functioning of Tasmac between 2021 and 2025. He was also questioned by DVAC sleuths in Chennai. Simultaneously, DVAC officials conducted searches at 45 locations across Tamil Nadu linked…
Ajay Anand, Partner, Anicut Capital, Chennai: Anicut Capital has launched its second early-stage fund, targeting investments in consumer, enterprise technology, deep tech and financial services startups, with a target corpus of Rs 175 crore.The alternative asset management company is nearing the first close of the fund, having secured Rs 65 crore from existing investors, predominantly…
CHENNAI: Amid complaints of inflated power bills by domestic consumers, the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL) has identified 3.70 lakh services where high variation in consumption charges has been recorded.In a circular to all distribution circular, TNPDCL chairman Arun Roy has instructed all field officials right from chief engineer to assistant engineers to physically…
SALEM: The Attur rural police in Salem district arrested a man on charges of deceiving some women into tonsuring their heads to prevent what he called the “Omega infection.” He had convinced them that those who tonsured their heads would receive “cash rewards” from the state govt. The arrested man has been identified as M…
Avadi corporation commissioner R Saranya said only six workers were admitted as inpatients and that most of those brought to the hospital were affected by panic after seeing the dead lizard. CHENNAI: More than 100 sanitation workers employed by Balaji Global, a private contractor engaged by the Avadi Corporation for sanitation services, were rushed to…
The verification drive would continue for seven days CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation on Wednesday began verification of EVMs used in 14 polling booths in Kolathur assembly constituency in the recent election following a petition filed by former chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin. Stalin lost the seat to Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam’s V…
Chennai: Doctors at MGM Healthcare performed a complex open-heart operation on a 14-year-old girl with two rare conditions that made surgery especially difficult.The valve between two chambers on the teen’s heart’s left side did not close properly leading to a condition called severe mitral regurgitation. “A valve works like a one-way door, keeping blood moving…
Fabricated records to inflate student strength to avail govt benefits Ranipet: Principal District Judge V Thenmozhe sentenced a correspondent and a headmistress of a govt-aided private school to undergo four years of rigorous imprisonment on charges of fabricating school records to falsely show an inflated student strength to receive govt benefits. The judge also slapped…
