Chennai

CHENNAI: The Avadi Municipal Corporation on Tuesday launched a waste cleaning drive under the Swachh Bharat Mission. The corporation will cover all the 48 wards during the drive. The drive was launched by Swachh Bharat Mission state director Sivarasu and Avadi Corporation commissioner Tharpagaraj.Sanitary workers will identify spots where garbage corners have been created and also spots where monitoring...

CHENNAI: A Chennai-based businessman was arrested on Monday for cheating a Sudanese businessman of Rs 54 lakh by promising to send white rice.According to police, Sahul Hameed, who runs Starwings General Trading LLC in Sudan, approached Mohammad Zaheer Hussain Bahadur, who runs Ayesha Exports in Thousand Lights, for 502 metric tonne of white rice.As per the deal, Hameed transferred Rs 54,99,300 to...

TRICHY: At least nine people died and five others suffered injuries in an explosion in a country cracker manufacturing unit in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu on Monday. Sources said a private country cracker manufacturing unit at Viragaalur hamlet near Vettriyur village was producing crackers for local events and temple festivals. The explosion happened around 10am, and a fire broke out. Fire service...

CHENNAI: It was around 6 am on Saturday that a siren blared across Tel Aviv, a few seconds before the missile attacks by Hamas. Manoj Shanmugasundaram, pursuing PhD in a University in Tel Aviv and his friends rushed to the bomb shelter in the dormitory and have been there since then."I could hear gunshots and explosions initially. I have been in the shelter since yesterday morning. I have not stepped...

CHENNAI: The joint efforts of various government departments to unclog the Adyar river bank in Jaffarkhanpet area failed to evoke any response from the encroachers, as only eight of the total 455 families have agreed to accept rehabilitation package and move out.All the eight families have been allotted tenements in Perumbakkam, constructed by the TN Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB).A senior...

CHENNAI: The question foremost in the minds of cricket fans is whether rain will spoil the much-anticipated India-Australia World Cup match at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk on Sunday. While IMD has forecast light to moderate rain, private forecasters and bloggers said the rain clouds may not move towards Chepauk and the match may not get disrupted even if it rains as it may not be intense. For...

CHENNAI: In yet another stray cattle-induced death on city roads, a 33-year-old food delivery agent was run over by a truck, when he swerved his vehicle suddenly to avoid hitting astray cow that was crossing the road near Tambaram on Thursday night.Maniyarasu, 33, of Panapakkam was returning home after the day’s work when the accident took place. He was riding back home on the...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Thursday said the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state would essentially be a fight between the DMK and the saffron party. Annamalai refrained from mentioning former ally AIADMK, which recently snapped ties with the BJP and is considered the main opposition party in the state.Recovering from an infection, Annamalai, sporting a mask, participated in the...

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in and around Pallavaram and Thiruvottiyur on Friday from 9am to 2pm for maintenance.Pallavaram: Max Showroom, Masuthi Street, Anjaneyar Kovil Street, Meenakshi Nagar, Kasthuribai Street and Mariyamman Kovil Street.Tiruvottiyur: SP Kovil Street, Periyar Nagar, Nethaji Nagar, KV Kuppam, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Manikkam Nagar, CMRL, Chinna Eranavoor, Wimco Nagar,...

CHENNAI: The Chennai city police on Thursday removed more than 5,000 people from the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) campus where they had been staging a protest for 10 days. The protesters, including teachers and their families, were detained in seven marriage halls. The teachers were agitating in three groups. Their demands included equal pay for equal work and making temporary teachers...