The redeveloped station features a new entrance canopy, landmark tower, modern signage, a booking office with waiting spaces, resurfaced platforms, additional platform shelters, a new roof, two lifts to the foot overbridge and dedicated pedestrian walkways connecting directly to the MRTS station. Chennai: Passengers at Chennai Park railway station on Thursday saw workers on ladders…
Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway Chennai: The 263.4km Chennai-Bengaluru expressway is stuck in litigation over a 25-km stretch falling within Tamil Nadu. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have already made giant strides in construction of the highway in their respective territories.The 25km stretch from Arakkonam to Kancheepuram of the six-lane NE-7 has seen a mere 50% progress with the…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay to implement the proposed ‘Nadanthai Vazhi Cauvery’ project, saying it would benefit farmers and improve drinking water supply to several districts in the state.“The CM should focus on implementing the river project instead of “horse-trading of MLAs to safeguard his…
MADURAI: Magic mushrooms, the illegal yet famed fungi of the Kodai hills that induce hallucination, are playing a trick on prosecutors.The question before the courts now is: Should they consider the quantity of the mushrooms or that of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound, in it? In the absence of a system to ascertain the active ingredient,…
A research scholar was shattered when his PhD admission at IIT Madras was cancelled last year, as he couldn’t take the mandatory comprehensive exam due to family issues and differences with his research guide. A first-generation learner from an agricultural family, his family’s hopes were pinned on him.Even as the future seemed bleak, he received…
Petroglyph depicting a deer hunt at the rock shelter in Nandanam about 85km away from Chennai Chennai: Rock engravings are rare in the Chennai region. Now, alumni of Madras University’s department of ancient history and archaeology have unearthed petroglyphs (images carved on rock surfaces) and stone tools at Nandanam village in Nagalapuram mandal, Andhra Pradesh….
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay continued with his war cry against corruption on Thursday while presiding over the second cabinet meeting since TVK formed the govt.Vijay reiterated his warning against corruption in govt departments and said that anyone found involved in irregularities would face severe action.He directed ministers to ensure that their departments remained…
Then chief minister M K Stalin burned a copy of the delimitation bill Chennai: DMK organizational secretary R S Bharathi said on Wednesday that DMK will take a call on the delimitation issue after seeing the revised draft the proposed bill, which is likely to be tabled by BJP govt in the upcoming monsoon session…
Sports Scenario: Anbumani praised Aadhav Arjuna for performing “efficiently” as the sports minister and said he could see a visible change after Aadhav took charge as sports minister. Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday has urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay to lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get…
Charged with attempted murder Chennai: A 21-year-old woman suffered severe burns after her husband poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze during a domestic quarrel near Ponneri. The victim, Zubaida, lived with her husband Nisar, 23, an autorickshaw driver, at Muslim Nagar near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district. Police said Nisar stopped going to work…
