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Indian Railways to join hands with IIT Madras for the development of ‘indigenous’ Hyperloop system as well as set up a Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies at the premier institute. The Hyperloop system works on a technology that utilizes magnetic levitation in low-pressure tubes to transport both, goods and people at airplane-like speeds. According […]

CHENNAI: The Madras high court is all set to get two more new judges, as the Union law ministry has cleared names of two advocates – Sundar Mohan and K Kumaresh Babu – for appointment as additional judges of the chartered HC. Sundar Mohan and Kumaresh Babu were on the list of six names sent […]

The first batch of 101 students of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ BSc degree in Programming and Data Science received their provisional diploma certificates during the weekend.  The batch included 17 students with an annual family income of less than ₹1 lakh.  The event was held on Saturday and over 2,000 students, including those […]

Monday was the hottest day of the season in Chennai as the maximum temperature touched 40.2 degree Celsius at Meenambakkam. Mercury level is set to rise particularly over north Tamil Nadu during this week due to strong westerlies, according to India Meteorological department. The weather station at Nungambakkam too recorded the highest day temperature at […]

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has cancelled and partially cancelled a few trains due to engineering work on the Chennai Central – Gudur section on May 24. Partially cancelled trainsNo 12711 Vijayawada – Chennai Central Pinakini Express leaving Vijayawada Junction at 6.10am will run only up to Gundur. No 12712 Chennai Central – Vijayawada Pinakini Express leaving […]

A woman and her mother were allegedly threatened by the workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation on Sunday for registering a complaint on the civic body’s ‘Namma Chennai’ mobile application. Dr Preethi Ramadoss, a PhD scholar widely recognised for her initiative to create plastic-free biodegradable sanitary napkins, took to Twitter to highlight the harassment her […]

A 22 year old employee of an information technology firm allegedly died due to excess consumption of alcohol during an illegal rave party held in a popular mall in the city last night, police said on Sunday. The police, after receiving information about the the event called ‘The Great Indian Gathering’, raided the bar which […]

The Greater Chennai traffic police have once again made helmets mandatory for pillion riders on two-wheelers. In a statement, the police said that strict action would be taken against riders and pillion riders under the Motor Vehicles Act if they are found riding without a helmet in the city from Monday. Officials said that though […]

CHENNAI: Chennai seems to be an emerging hotspot for rave parties, featuring internationally popular DJs, organised at resorts and hotels and in the recent case on Saturday night, on the expansive terrace of a city mall. Popular among teens, the parties are widely advertised in social media as ‘DJ nights’, pool parties, “come to heaven”, […]