Cyclone Fengal induced rains cause heavy inundation in Chennai, people park vehicles on flyoversCyclone Fengal brought heavy rains and severe flooding to Chennai and its neighbourhoods. Hospitals and homes were inundated, and public tr...
30 Nov, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
Breaking Bad in Chennai: 7 students arrested for cooking high-octane narcotic drugs at homeChennai police arrested seven young men, including an MSc chemistry student and four robotics engineering graduates, for running a meth lab...
24 Oct, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
Chennai to get relief from traffic congestion with two new flyovers by the end of this yearChennai to improve traffic with flyovers in Tondiarpet and Vyasarpadi by year's end. Construction updates, benefits, Ganeshapuram subway im...
21 May, 2024, 01.02 PM IST
Loss due to Cyclone Michaung expected to be over Rs 11,000 croreK. E. Raghunathan said the estimate has been segregated into business loss due to production being stopped, machinery or asset loss and mat...
10 Dec, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
New TTRO plant to quench the thirst of industries in ChennaiThe main source of water supply to the city is from surface water sources such as Poondi, Cholavaram and Red hills reservoirs and from grou...
02 Oct, 2019, 08.48 PM IST
Not only knowledge, Tamil Nadu school teacher gives 120 poor kids a breakfast too“I am happy to spend some time with the students in the morning while serving them food.
22 Aug, 2018, 12.27 PM IST
Rains resume in Chennai after brief respite; more in storeWhile the sun had come out in the morning in Chennai and neighbouring Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts, by afternoon rain clouds had g...
02 Nov, 2017, 06.27 PM IST
BGR Energy shares may snap 7-day gaining streak todayShares of the company surged over 15 per cent in the past seven trading session till January 4. The scrip moved from Rs 107.20 to Rs 124.40...
05 Jan, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
BGR Energy bags Rs 650-cr worth contracts; shares zoom 6 per centFollowing the announcement, shares of the company surged 6.32 per cent to settle at Rs 125.40 apiece on BSE.
04 Jan, 2017, 06.51 PM IST
AIADMK’s new chief Sasikala promises to lead like AmmaV K Sasikala, a close aide of the late J Jayalalithaa, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was appointed as the new general secretary o...
30 Dec, 2016, 01.53 AM IST
J Jayalalithaa announces integrated drinking water schemes for Tamil NaduA seperate fund will be created with a corpus of Rs 150 crore for this purpose, she said, adding best innovations would receive the Chief M...
08 Aug, 2014, 02.10 PM IST
- Power up: Graveyards to get biogas plants
With residents in several neighbourhoods up in arms against setting up of biogas power plants in their localities, Chennai Corporation has ...
08 Aug, 2014, 05.54 AM IST
- Pallikaranai to turn wildlife park
The Pallikaranai marsh, the last of the wetlands in the region and now a miasma of rotting trash, may soon go through a stunning transforma...
04 Jan, 2014, 06.32 AM IST
Rs 1 lakh per garbage bin? Chennai corporation deal smells of scamThe Corporation of Chennai has scandalously claimed that in some localities, it spent more than 1 lakh for each of its blue 'group garbage ...
26 Jun, 2013, 10.43 AM IST
- Government plans crude oil from plastic
The PCB’s idea came from the experience of a private company called MK Aromatics which has been producing crude oil from plastic waste at i...
16 Dec, 2011, 03.48 AM IST