13+ hour, 50+ min ago   (275+ words) CHENNAI: The State Transport department will operate 3,565 special buses to Kilambakkam today and tomorrow (September 14-15) to handle the expected rush of passengers returning to Chennai after the Vinayaka Chaturthi holidays. Of the total, 2,240 buses will be operated on September 14 and…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (341+ words) CHENNAI: The State government has put in place a system for appointing and monitoring support persons for children who are victims of sexual offences. Every district is required to maintain a panel of 20 trained persons to assist children and their…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (817+ words) COIMBATORE: For more than a month, the fear of a prowling tiger has brought life to a standstill at Lauriston Number 4 in O Valley in Gudalur, leaving around 82 families confined to their homes and depriving predominantly daily-wage workers of their…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago   (285+ words) COIMBATORE: Determined to draw the government’s attention to recurring human-animal conflict in the Nilgiris, two youngsters from Gudalur have embarked on a nearly 600-km walk to Chennai. B Siva Prakash (26), and Shiyon Cherian (28), began their arduous journey from Gudalur on…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago   (387+ words) MADURAI: A bag containing 26 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 50,000 in cash was traced and recovered within about two hours after Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel and Tamil Nadu Railway Police followed a CCTV trail across railway stations and tracked…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (380+ words) DT Next bureau comprises a team of reporters, including rookies with a couple of years of experience to veterans with nearly 30 years under their belt, stationed in Chennai and other key districts of Tamil Nadu. The team includes dedicated reporters…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (296+ words) CHENNAI: Around 20 lakh old-age pension beneficiaries in Tamil Nadu have not received their monthly payout for August under schemes assisted by the Union government, including the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme. However, 15.56 lakh beneficiaries covered entirely under State…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (317+ words) CHENNAI: The proposed shipbuilding yard near VO Chidambaranar Port in Thoothukudi will undergo a detailed study of land and seabed conditions, including drilling of 127 boreholes and offshore surveys across around 10 sq km. The Port Authority has floated a Rs 6.78 crore…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (287+ words) KANCHEEPURAM: The Public Works Department officials on Saturday (September 12) conducted a trial operation to pump water from the Sikkarayapuram quarries near Kundrathur to meet Chennai's drinking water needs. It is to be noted that the state government had earlier used…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (181+ words) CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, in his statement, accused the TVK government of betraying the people by saying one thing and doing another in the paddy procurement issue. He alleged that the government had failed to release Cauvery…...