Auto driver arrested for abusing minor Chennai: A 37-year-old autorickshaw driver was arrested for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl with an intellectual disability in Kolathur. On July 3, the seven-year-old girl was playing near her house when the man sexually abused her. The girl’s grandmother filed a complaint at Kolathur All-Women Police Station. Police conducted…
Chennai’s groundwater table drops 0.47m in June as rains fail to arrive Chennai: Chennai’s groundwater table plunged by 0.47m in June compared to May, with 13 of 15 monitored areas recording declines, according to a Metrowater data released on Tuesday.The average depth across the 15 monitored areas fell from 5.66m in May to 6.13m in…
Conservationists have identified lotus cultivation in 20 of 29 ponds in a channel The Thamirabarani irrigation system, one of Tamil Nadu’s oldest water management networks, is under threat. From a lotus.Illegal commercial lotus cultivation in irrigation tanks across the Thamirabarani river basin is severely degrading wetlands, harming biodiversity, and disrupting traditional water use. The river…
Chennai: A day after suburban train services resumed following scheduled track maintenance, a crack detected on the railway track at Platform 1 of Nungambakkam station caused delays in peak-hour services on the busy Beach-Tambaram suburban corridor on Tuesday morning.Railway officials imposed a speed restriction after the crack was noticed at around 8.30 am, directing loco…
According to the petitioners, in his campaign speech on April 21, Vijay appealed to children to ask their parents and other family members to vote for TVK violating election code that prohibits involvement of minors in election campaigns. Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday ordered notices to chief minister C Joseph Vijay and PWD minister…
C Joseph Vijay govt draws purge criticism over DMK appointees (File Photo) CHENNAI: Ahead of the local body elections, the state govt has asked state election commissioner Jothi Nirmalasamy to resign, sources told TOI.The move comes days after the govt asked chairpersons and members of several other state bodies to step down, fuelling criticism that…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed an election petition challenging the victory of former minister and senior DMK leader Duraimurugan from the Katpadi Assembly constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan dismissed the petition by the then AIADMK candidate V Ramu, who lost the election to Duraimurugan by a margin…
Chennai: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Tuesday stated that participating in the cabinet does not mean VCK has officially joined the Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam alliance.Speaking to reporters after paying tributes to social reformer Rettaimalai Srinivasan in Chennai, Thirumavalavan said though there was a meeting of parties that have supported TVK, an alliance has not taken…
Chennai: After a year-long stint at the principal bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in Delhi, Justice N Seshasayee is all set to take charge as a judicial member of NCLAT’s Chennai bench.The transfer of the former judge of the Madras high court has come in the wake of Justice Ashok Bhushan…
Chennai: Vedanta has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from renewable energy developers and contractors to establish solar power plants integrated with Battery Energy Storage Systems under the Build-Own-Operate or Build-Own-Operate-Transfer model across three locations in Tamil Nadu.The company plans to utilise its available land assets at the three sites for renewable energy generation and storage,…
