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The event was held at The Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A Military History and Awareness Quiz 2026 for school students was organised by the Colour of Glory team at The Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai on Sunday. A total of 110…
For years, the Pallikaranai marsh has embodied Chennai’s environmental paradox. One of Tamil Nadu’s most important wetlands, it is also surrounded by apartment complexes, IT parks, arterial roads, and neighbourhoods that have grown steadily over the past five decades. Today, the marsh is at the centre of a debate — whether protecting it requires freezing…
The station, coming under the Chennai division of Southern Railway, has been refurbished with several passenger amenities. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the redeveloped Park railway station, which was under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS), through video conferencing from Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Punjab on Friday. Governor Rajendra…
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Railways had recently sent out an alert to audit signalling installations across its network. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bureau A major accident was averted in Southern Railway’s Chennai Division after an alert motorman applied the brakes on spotting two trains already stationed ahead on the same track. The serious safety lapse occurred in…
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The June 21 ammonia leak in the seafood export firm at Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district claimed the lives of 16 migrant workers. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Forty-one migrant workers from Jharkhand, who were evacuated from St. Paul and Peter Seafood Export Firm at Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district after the ammonia leak that claimed…
Tipplers outside a house opposite a Tasmac outlet on Canal Bank Road in Adyar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Guests to our apartment are threatened by drunk men. Women are scared to walk past. We have even helped a woman who cried out for help when a tippler allegedly tried to harass her,” said Sekar,…
There remains a glimmer of hope for the construction of a 10.4-km-long elevated corridor from Madhavaram to Nallur toll plaza. Sources in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said that the project would be revived if the State government waived its portion of the Goods and Sales Tax (GST) for the proposed project. “Around…
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The car was gutted in the fire that occured near Jolarpet on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A family of five escaped unhurt after the car they were travelling in caught fire at Pachal village near Jolarpet town in Tirupattur on Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) on Saturday. The police said that G. Motilal, a…
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Despite multiple attempts at rejuvenation, solid waste and sewage pollution continue to affect the nearly 40 km-long upper reaches of the Cooum River. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a move to strengthen river restoration efforts, the Water Resources Department plans to involve local communities and non-governmental organisations in the rejuvenation of the Cooum river….
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The Tamil Nadu government has permitted an increase in the intake of students into government, aided, and private Arts and Science colleges in the State. A Government Order (G.O.) issued on Thursday stated that in the academic year 2026-27, government Arts and Science colleges will be allowed to admit 20 per cent more students to…
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