Month: September 2021

Representative image CHENNAI: Political parties and social outfits damaging public properties and causing loss to the government beware. The Madras high court has upheld Tamil Nadu government-owned MTC’s demand for compensation from the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which had damaged 58 buses and caused disruption of services during a Vanniyar Sangam conference in 2013. Noting […]

Representative image CHENNAI: Flagging the menace of foreigners overstaying in India, and resorting to ‘nefarious activities’, the Madras high court has directed the TN director general of police to establish a separate wing in each district to monitor movement of foreign nationals. Police should take immediate steps to deport foreigners found overstaying without a valid […]

Madras high court (File photo) CHENNAI: In a victory for residents’ campaign and petitions by activists, the garbage dump yard and segregation unit on the banks of the Chitlapakkam lake is being cleared following orders from the Madras high court. Earlier this month, the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu […]

Chennai: Justice M. Dhandapani quashed the case on the basis of merit as there was no representation, either on behalf of Sounderarajan or Dhadi K. Karthikeyan of the VCK even after adjourning the hearing on quashing application on multiple occasions. Soundararajan had moved the high court in 2018 to quash the defamation case. However even […]

A man gets inoculated by staff from the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) during a mass vaccination drive in Chennai. (Twitter/@chennaicorp) Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian on Monday said Tamil Nadu would go ahead with its fourth mega COVID-19 vaccination camp this Sunday if the Central […]

By Express News Service CHENNAI: Taking a serious note on overstaying foreign nationals and illegal immigrants, the Madras High Court directed the police to set up a separate wing in each district to monitor their movements. The court also asked Ministry of Home Affairs to frame new laws to help detain illegal immigrants at detention […]

The Madras High Court has rejected a plea from the Dr S Ramadoss-headed Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) to quash the proceedings initiated to recover the loss accrued to the government for not operating its bus services due to the political party’s agitations in 2013. “The writ petitioner has not established lack of jurisdiction or otherwise […]

The Veeranam lake in Cuddalore. Most reservoirs in the city are currently brimming CHENNAI: Metrowater distributed 1,000 million litres to residents in the core areas and some added areas on Sunday, for the first time ever, but people in areas such as Ambattur, Madhavaram and Madipakkam continue to wait for piped supply. The increase in […]