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The state of Tamil Nadu in India is planning to create 38 exclusive walking corridors, with the first one set to be unveiled in Chennai. The 8km circuit will run from Adyar to Besant Nagar and will be free of traffic from 5am to 8am. The corridors will also feature benches for walkers and regular health check camps. The initiative aims to improve public health by promoting walking and preventing...

The recent encounter killing of history-sheeters by the Tamil Nadu police may have passed without much of an uproar, but in the past, such incidents have cast a cloud over the nature of police action.When encounter killings have been reported over the years, the question often asked but seldom answered is, how members of a force meant to catch perpetrators and investigate their crimes turn into...

A TN prison literacy, numeracy and life skills programme aims to help more than 1,000 inmatesThe same hands that once committed a crime now hold a piece of white chalk and a slate, the fingers slowly form the letters of the alphabet. ‘Padam’, the word forms in Tamil. The ‘padam’ (meaning picture) of the inmates at the Madurai central prison enrolled in the Tamil Nadu government’s new special...

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Monday reserved its order on the bail application moved by Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji. The minister was arrested on June 14 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged offence of money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Concluding the final hearing, Justice G Jayachandran reserved his orders. According to the minister,...

CHENNAI: Seven of a family, including two children, died in a road accident when a lorry rammed a car, in which they were travelling, in Pakkiripalayam bypass road near Chengam in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district. A lone survivor, a woman, is undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Tiruvannamalai.One of the deceased, identified as Sathish, from Tumkur in Karnataka, along with his wife,...

CHENNAI: A 36-year-old man murdered his four-month pregnant wife by setting her on fire following a domestic quarrel at Maraimalai Nagar in Kancheepuram district on Thursday night.Police said Rajkumar and Nandini, 28, got married seven years ago in Manali. The couple has a six-year-old son and Nandhini was four months pregnant now. Rajkumar was jobless and was staying in Govindapuram near Maraimalai...

VELLORE: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed chief secretary Shiv Das Meena to inquire into allegations against a primary school of “spreading or promoting faith in a particular religion (Christianity)” in K V Kuppam block in Vellore district and submit an action taken report within seven days of the receipt of its communication dated October 13. NCPCR...

CHENNAI: Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland has bagged an order from Tamil Nadu state transport undertakings for 1,666 buses. This is the single largest BSVI order received from the state transport undertakings. It “will further contribute to strengthening Ashok Leyland's dominant position in the bus industry,” the company said in a statement. These buses will be equipped with the iGen6 BS VI...

CHENNAI: When there is a debate on whether the dalit converted Christians should be included in scheduled castes or should be treated as OBCs, the Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam on Thursday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government not extend the scholarship meant for dalit students to dalit converted Christians.President of the Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam Ilamurugu Muthu submitted a petition to adi dravidar welfare...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu minister for food and civil supplies R Sakkarapani on Tuesday announced that ration cards will not be cancelled for not recording fingerprints of all family members.The Union government has asked the ration cardholders to update biometric details, including fingerprint details, of all family members. Workers have been instructed to collect the fingerprints whenever the beneficiaries...