Well-known playback singer and dubbing artiste Kalpana Raghavendar is out of danger, a day after she was rushed to a hospital, where she was found in an unconscious state at her residence in Nizampet late on Tuesday. According to KPHB…
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Special meeting in two weeks to grant approval for Parandur airport, says Civil Aviation Minister
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu addreses a press meet at the Chennai airport on Thursday | Photo Credit: M. Srinath As Chennai’s second airport coming up in Parandur awaits in-principle approval, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan…
Assistant professor at engineering college in Chennai held in ‘digital arrest’ scam
Parasuraman, the assistant professor who was arrested in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An assistant professor of an engineering college in Chennai has been arrested by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu police for his alleged involvement…
Along Tamil Nadu coast, a surge of dead sea turtles
On a sunny day in January, A. Prakash, 40, sits on a boat in Kovalam, off the East Coast Road (ECR) in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. He has just returned from a fishing trip where he saw 10 Olive…
Roof slabs of underground metro stations to be lowered by 5 m to make way for trees: CMRL tells Madras HC
Nehru Park metro station. File | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has informed the Madras High Court of its decision to lower the roof slabs of underground stations being constructed under Phase II of the project…
Young boxer hacked to death in Chennai; nine persons arrested
Handcuffs on fingerprints | Photo Credit: Bill Oxford A 24-year-old boxer was brutally hacked to death by a gang late Wednesday (January 30, 2025) night in Triplicane allegedly over past enmity. The boxer’s friend who attempted to intervene suffered injuries.…
Illegal kidney transplants done at two more hospitals, aver police
A Chennai-based doctor emerged as the prime suspect, in addition to two gangs of mediators operating from Chennai and Visakhapatnam, in the Saroornagar kidney racket case. A special police team of Rachakonda Commissionerate is trying to trace the doctor who…
Chennai Corporation officials skip regular inspections, claims irate public
Routine inspections by local authorities or elected representatives such Assistant Engineers (AEs), Executive Engineers (EE) etc., are not taking place, a number of residents unhappy with the progress of work in their area have complained. N.R. Vijay Kumar of T.Nagar…