Chennai: Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) will soon shift all its services and property sales to online platforms. Housing and urban development minister B Rajkumar directed officials to digitise the board’s operations to improve transparency and make services more accessible to the public.Chairing a review meeting at Tamil Nadu Housing Board headquarters on Tuesday, the…
A representative blood donation camp in Tamil Nadu shows donors seated on medical cots with healthcare staff and sterile equipment in a clean community hall, illustrating public health and voluntary blood donation efforts. Chennai: Calling for a shift away from replacement blood donation in hospitals, health minister K G Arunraj on Wednesday said that Tamil…
Chennai: A 20-year-old nursing college student was arrested in Tiruttani for morphing a photo of a woman and posting it on social media along with her mobile phone number. The accused was assaulted by villagers before police intervened.Police said the accused, Naresh, of a village near Tiruttani, has been locked in a long-standing land civil…
DHARMAPURI: PMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday called for a youth mobilisation, similar to the 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, to stop Karnataka’s move to build a dam across the Cauvery river in Mekedatu. Anbumani launched a public awareness march from Biligundlu — the entry point of the Cauvery river in Tamil…
Yuvraj, convicted in a caste murder case, being celebrated as a hero On June 1, about 100 people gathered in Kayathar, Tuticorin, demanding the release of S Krishnakumari, the suspended police officer and mother of the prime accused in the Kavin Selvaganesh murder case. Kavin, a scheduled caste software engineer, was killed in 2025 over…
A bar attached to a Tasmac shop in Chennai. Photo by C Suresh Kumar CHENNAI: Bars attached to Tasmac liquor shops across Tamil Nadu will be shut as their licences expired on June 30. The state has warned of strict action against anyone found consuming liquor in public.“We have decided to close the bars as…
Tamil Nadu posts 370 foreign medical graduates in non-teaching hospitals Chennai: Tamil Nadu has allotted Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship positions to foreign medical graduate (FMG) doctors across 13 non-teaching hospitals in the state, accommodating 370 interns who had been on the waiting list maintained by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) headquarters in Chennai. The…
Chennai: MDMK general secretary Vaiko lost his temper at a press meet in Chengalpet when reporters asked him about his recent association with DMK of which he had again turned critical.Vaiko told reporters corruption was prevalent during DMK’s five-year tenure. “There was collection, corruption and commission everywhere in the (previous) DMK govt. In land registration,…
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 850 grams of cocaine valued at about ₹15 crore at Chennai International Airport and arrested a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who smuggled the contraband by swallowing capsules containing the drug. Officials suspect she is part of an international drug trafficking syndicate. Chennai: A Kenyan woman, found carrying 850gm of…
Chennai police appoint expert panel to create awareness against drugs Chennai: In a first-of-its-kind drive, a panel of experts comprising a lawyer, a police officer, an educationist, a social worker and a doctor will visit more than 100 schools and colleges in the city to promote awareness against drug use through presentations, plays, motivational sessions…
