An express train on the Egmore-Chengalpet route was halted midway for about 20 minutes after the gatekeeper reportedly dozed off without clearing the signal.

Several commuters were stranded at the le

In what is being seen as wholesale waste of taxpayer’s money, the GHMC is spending crores on beautification of central medians and traffic islands, which will be removed in a few months to construct p

In an effort to scupper former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s efforts to become president of the state unit of BJP, senior leaders of the state unit are likely to mount pressure on president Nitin G

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa will flag off 1000 new buses to significantly augment the fleet strength of the State Transport Corporation and improve the availability of seats for the travelling publ

The wait is nearly over for domestic workers and women in the unorganised sector who have had to suffer sexual harassment at their workplaces in silence for years. With the Lok Sabha giving its nod fo

The recent garbage fiasco in the city has forced the BBMP to brainstorm and strategise scientific garbage management and disposal in the city with a touch of Japanese and German technologies to dispos

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered the upgradation of roads and bridges in the state including bridges for the electricity board as part of the state government’s efforts to improve the infras

The current workplace environment is hardly tailored to help women who are sexually harassed. Several banks and other organisations don’t even have an Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) they can ap

In these days of private armies, nuclear war, widespread dissent fuelled by social media and terror scares across the world, a plan for peace that rises above the mere notions of victory and defeat co

Two migrant labourers have died, and at least 40 were taken ill with diarrheoa and vomiting, sickened by the contaminated drinking water their employers were providing them with.

Around 600 labourer