Chennai: A pawn shop owner in Tiruvallur district was cheated of ₹1.91 crore by two men who sold him fake jewellery by claiming it was gold.In his complaint, Iman alias Poovarasan, 31, who runs a pawn shop at Pullarambakkam near Tiruvallur, said two men came to his shop in a car on July 14 and…
Chennai: Days after chief minister C Joseph Vijay announced the cancellation of a Chennai project, the cabinet on Thursday decided to put the Uthandi elevated corridor project on hold pending a report from a technical committee.The multi-crore project, planned by the previous DMK govt as a four-lane elevated corridor along East Coast Road from West…
Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) raided at least 35 taluk offices in Tamil Nadu on Friday as part of a statewide drive to detect bribery and the collection of unaccounted money. Officials seized ₹13.78 lakh in cash and identified online transactions to the tune of ₹68.32 lakh that were yet to be…
Cleared /SalilChennai: A 28-year-old woman and her six-month-old daughter died after a container truck hit a motorcycle they were riding pillion on near Madhavaram Roundabout here on Saturday morning. The woman’s husband, who was riding the motorcycle, suffered injuries in the accident.The deceased have been identified as Sharmila and her daughter, Prithiksha. Sharmila’s husband, Nithyanantham,…
Chennai: The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) collected Rs 9.5 crore as penalty from OHM Global Mobility, which operates a fleet of 625 AC and non-AC electric buses in the city on different MTC routes, for not fulfilling the service conditions, an RTI reply has revealed.The sum has been collected for the financial year that ended…
Chennai: The extended summer-like weather seems to have ended on a high note for the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL), as the state consumed 475.447 million units (Mu) of electricity on Friday, recording the new all-time high per-day power consumption in July in the history of the discom.This is in contrast to the regular…
Chennai: Residents across Chennai city, Tambaram and Avadi can now submit their household details online as the self-enumeration process for the first phase of Census of India 2027 has begun ahead of the door-to-door house-listing exercise scheduled from Aug 1.Self-enumeration can be done through the Census portal using a mobile phone or computer. Once the…
Silent, preventable cholesterol burden: Nine in ten Indian adults have abnormal blood lipids Chennai: Nine in 10 Indian adults live with at least one abnormal blood lipid — fats, including cholesterol and triglycerides, in their bloodstream and body tissues, according to national data from the ICMR‑INDIAB study. Dyslipidemia, or an unhealthy imbalance or abnormal amount…
Issues arising from hormonal changes before and after menopause were often neither understood nor adequately addressed Chennai: Tamil Nadu is considering a dedicated public health policy for menopausal women, health minister K G Arunraj said on Saturday, acknowledging that existing programmes provide inadequate attention to health concerns of women at this stage.“While there are dedicated…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Saturday announced that the state govt would celebrate both Nov 1, the day the erstwhile Madras State was formed, and July 18, the day the state assembly adopted a resolution to rename it Tamil Nadu, as Tamil Nadu Day.The announcement comes amid demands from several leaders, including PMK…
