Chennai

CHENNAI: A software engineer was fatally run over by a bus when he was trying to cross the road at Jafferkhanpet in Chennai on Wednesday morning.The Guindy traffic investigation wing (TIW) police said the man, Rishi Gautham, was a native of Dharmapuri and working in company in Taramani. On Wednesday morning, he returned from Dharmapuri on a bus and got down at Jafferkhanpet. While he was crossing the...

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation has repaired 252 out of 285 roads in Madipakkam that were dug up by Chennai Metropolitan and Sewerage Supply Board.Out of the 55.3 km of road stretch dug up, 16.4 km of roads have been fixed so far, said city corporation commissioner Dr J Radhakrishnan, who on Wednesday returned for inspections after being down with dengue.He said 106 roads got a blacktopping...

CUDDALORE: A Class 12 boy was hacked to death by an unemployed engineering graduate in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as V Jeeva (17) and the accused as S Ananth (24) - both lived in the same locality. Police have launched a hunt for Ananth, who absconded after committing the crime.Police said a few days ago, Ananth invited Jeeva to his house and attempted to...

CHENNAI: Candidates, who have appeared for Tamil Nadu State Board classes X, XI and XII supplementary exams, can get their original marksheets from their respective exam centres starting October 5.The directorate of government examinations conducted the exams in June and July. Around one lakh candidates from these three classes have appeared for these exams.For details, visit...

Chennai: SRM institute of hotel management was awarded the best educational institution for tourism and hospitality by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation in the state tourism awards, 2023 on World Tourism Day at Kalaivanar Arangam in Triplicane by the minister of tourism V Ramachandran, along with Gingee K S Masthan, the minister for minorities welfare and non-resident tamils welfare and...

With more than 40 flyovers of all sizes and shapes, Chennai is truly a city of flyovers. But there is hardly anything to brag about if the condition of space under these urban overpasses are of any indication. They are a mess and an eyesore.In the absence of any uniform policy involving various departments – the Greater Chennai Corporation, Highways, Railways and National Highways of India – most of...

CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday announced that the party would hold agitation against the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the delta districts on October 6. Former AIADMK ministers R Kamaraj, O S Manian, C Vijayabaskar, R B Udayakumar and S Semmalai would lead the agitation in Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts...

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in and around Injambakkam, Adyar and Avadi on Wednesday from 9 am to 2 pm for maintenance work, according to Tangedco.Injambakkam: Akkarai Village, Allikulam, Anna Enclave, Bethel Nagar North and South, Copper Beach Road, ECR, Kakkan Street, Kasthurba Nagar, Neelankarai Kuppam, Panaiyur Kuppam, Rajiv Avenue, Thiruvallur Salai, TVS Avenue and VOC Street.Adyar:...

CHENNAI: Tambaram police arrested a man for cheating two people of 31 lakh under the pretext of getting them a job at Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). He was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday.Police identified the accused as Sathyendra Nair, 50. Nair befriended the complainant Rathna Kumar, 30, when he frequently visited Kumar's hotel in West Tambaram and claimed he was a contract worker with the...

CHENNAI: Metrowater has appointed a consultant to study existing water and sewer pipelines that are at least three decades old in core Greater Chennai Corporation areas. There are 4,149km of sewer lines in city and 5,600km of water pipelines.“We will get the detailed project report by December about the status of the pipelines. Then, the next steps to improve the existing infrastructure will be...