Chennai: Food and civil supplies Minister P Venkataramanan on Monday inspected the implementation of the chief minister’s breakfast scheme at the Corporation Primary School in Nochikuppam under the Mylapore constituency.During the inspection, the minister reviewed the quality, taste, hygiene and nutritional value of the breakfast served to students. He also interacted with students and teachers…
Chennai: DMK organisational secretary R S Bharathi on Monday submitted yet another complaint to governor R V Arlekar accusing the TVK govt of indulging in horse-trading. The complaint was based on the remarks of former AIADMK minister M R Vijayabhaskar that TVK invited him to join the ruling party.Bharathi said in the complaint that TVK…
Stray cattle frequently cause significant traffic jams and disruptions on the busy Velachery-Tambaram Road, particularly in areas like East Tambaram, Sembakkam and Selaiyur in Chennai. Chennai: On Thursday, 20-year-old Dinesh was riding along Camp Road when a cow suddenly strayed onto the road. He braked hard, but his motorcycle skidded on the mud-covered stretch, throwing…
CHENNAI: In a daylight murder for gain, unidentified men stabbed a 55-year-old woman to death inside her house and escaped with her 15 sovereigns of gold jewellery near Pulicat in Tiruvallur district on Monday afternoon. Police have launched a search for the assailants.The victim, Vanaja, 55, lived with her husband Radhakrishnan near the old bus…
Chennai: A British Airways flight suffered a bird strike in the wee hours of Monday just moments before it landed at Chennai airport, leading to cancellation of its subsequent flight to London.It happened around 3.30am when the flight was on the landing path at the St Thomas Mount end to touch down on the city…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu state budget 2026-27 would be presented in the first week of August, highly placed sources said on Monday. They said the state cabinet would meet on July 16 to grant approvals to the financial statements prepared ahead of the budget. The meeting, to be chaired by…
Chennai: Former DMK minister E V Velu, who returned from Singapore to Chennai, said he had neither committed any corruption nor was he scared of police.Talking to reporters at Chennai airport, Velu dismissed allegations that he travelled abroad to evade police action. Velu said he would face the police inquiry and prove that the charges…
KRISHNAGIRI: Five people, including four teenagers, were arrested on Monday on charges of attacking and kidnapping two tollgate employees at Mathur in Krishnagiri district. According to the Mathur police, the incident happened on Sunday evening. Around 30 people, who were returning after participating in a manjuvirattu event (bull-taming and chasing sport) in Tiruvannamalai, demanded passage…
90-year-old woman dies after wall collapses at work site in Kolathur Chennai: A 90-year-old woman died after a compound wall collapsed on her during renovation work at her house in Gangaiamman Koil Street in Kolathur on Saturday evening.The victim, Chellammal, who lived with her son and his family, was washing vessels near the compound wall…
PALANI: The Palani Adivaram police have registered an FIR and launched an investigation into the alleged fraudulent registration of a 1.4-acre land parcel worth around Rs 100 crore belonging to the Arulmigu Dhandayudapani Swami mutt in Palani in the names of two private individuals.The FIR was registered based on the complaint by a trustee of…
