MTC claims dip in accidents
The city transport provider MTC has been in the news for hogging the limelight over the past few months for the wrong reasons in the aftermath of the Gemini flyover mishap and several other fatal acci
Can ‘M’ replace sand?
A solution could be found for unlimited sand mining, much of it illegal, if M Sand proves to be a sound alternative to mined natural sand as manufacturers claim.
The M sand campaign comes in the bac
Ex-member threatens to sue DMK for inviting him
A former DMK member has threatened to sue the party accusing it of defaming him by including his name in the invitation card for a function to celebrate DMK president M. Karunanidhi’s birthday at subu
Ex-mayor’s pet project shelved
All is not well with the garbage shed enclosure project, a brainchild of Chennai mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy launched this April.
The corporation has so far spent above Rs 3 crore for installing the g
Major railway mishap averted
A major train mishap was averted on Thursday morning when the crew of the Chennai-Bengaluru Shatabdi Express spotted a rail fracture and immediately warned the station master at Tiruvalangadu station.
Victimised women can get money back
A victimised wife can get back the money that her parents spent for her marriage, from her husband, a court has ruled here.
A lab technician working at a private hospital here petitioned the Egmore
Jeppiaar arrested for wall collapse
The founder-chairman of the Sathyabama group of educational institutions, Jeppiaar, was arrested by police on Thursday in connection with the wall collapse that claimed the lives of 10 migrant workers
Tumour removal surgeries save 2
City doctors have removed rare tumours from patients in risky surgeries, again establishing the high standards of medical science here.
Surgeons at a teaching hospital in the city have used sophisti
Free rice changes tribal food habits
The government’s free-rice scheme, which has gone a long way in ensuring food security in Tamil Nadu, has had an adverse effect on tribals and villagers settled in core forest areas.
The free rice t
Organ donors’ families honoured
It was a felicitation function hosted by the Governor at the Raj Bhavan’s grand, chandelier-lit Darbar Hall.
Everything was perfect — the audience in their finest silks, eminent doctors in dapper su