Police station pays up to private party
Across the state, a separate police cell is busy cracking down on land-grabbers, but, back in the state headquarters, a police station is paying rent to an individual who had encroached upon a governm
Log shows bus on mishap road
Even as accusations are flying thick and fast between MTC employees and the transport authorities regarding the Gemini flyover mishap, Deccan Chronicle has documents to substantiate that the bus had a
Expanded areas in metro tax net
Chennai metro water supply and sewerage board (CMWSSB) officials have said people in the 42 local bodies merged with Chennai corporation recently would be brought under its water and sewerage tax
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Smart bus passes for 30Lakh students
For the first time, 30 lakh students of government schools and colleges across the state will get smart card bus passes soon.
Since the free bus passes do not last till the end of the academic year,
Mettur water only in July
Release of water from Mettur dam for delta irrigation may be delayed by a month from the scheduled June 12 this year.
Highly-placed WRO officials told Deccan Chronicle that water release would be del
Tamil Nadu team back from Oz with ideas
The seven-member team from Tamil Nadu state transport corporation that travelled along with the 45-member delegation, comprising transport officials from across the country, to Australia, has returned
Cooperate, Cauvery cell chief tells Kerala
The chairman of the Cauvery technical cell (CTC), Tamil Nadu, Mr R. Subramanian, has written to the chairman of Mullaperiyar cell in Kerala, Mr Parameswaran Nair, seeking cooperation and urging him to
Auto drivers mull shift to LPG
While LPG-operated auto rickshaw drivers in the city are happy as the price of auto LPG has gone down by Rs 2 per litre, their counterparts are fuming over the steep hike in petrol prices.
While sev
Public transport heads in Oz on learning mission
Public transport in the state is all set to get an Australian touch as the managing directors and heads of all transport corporations of Tamil Nadu have been flown by the Union government to that coun
Snake bite? No immediate medicare
Auto driver Subramani (37), hailing from Melnallathur, a village near Tiruvallur, is lucky to be alive even after two strong bites from a venomous krait snake almost killed him.
It is still hard to