Category: Chennai News

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan on Sunday said it has been challenging to curb the spread of Covid in four zones in Chennai despite cases coming down in other parts of the city. While addressing reporters after inspecting the oxygen triaging facility at the Omandurar Government Medical College Hospital in Chennai, Radhakrishnan said compared […]

CHENNAI: The iconic Adyar Gate hotel in the tony Boat Club area may soon make way for a high rise of premium residences. Property developer Ceebros is finalising a redevelopment agreement with the Goyals, the family that owns the Adyar Gate Hotels Limited (AGHL). The 286-room hotel was a landmark 5-star property since its inauguration […]

PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday said the State government must clarify its position on the status of the proposed eight-lane greenfield expressway between Salem and Chennai. Warning that the PMK will not hesitate to launch protests if the project is implemented against the wishes of the farmers, he said farmers in six […]

Coming on the back of a monsoon that averaged 75% excess rainfall and damaged Chennai’s infrastructure, more than 1,000 roads are being reconstructed in the city under careful monitoring of chief minister MK Stalin, who has visited constructed sites twice just one week. It isn’t a common sight for a chief minister to oversee road […]

Renowned archaeologist, art historian and Padma Bhushan awardee R Nagaswamy, who was the first director of Tamil Nadu government’s Department of Archaeology died here on Sunday. He was 91. He is survived by two sons and two daughters. His wife had predeceased him. Nagaswamy passed away at 2.30 pm in his Chennai home briefly after […]

Holding that an allegation of sexual harassment after five years from girls above 21 years is invalid, the Madras High Court has quashed the detention of a school teacher under the Goondas Act. A division bench of Justices P N Prakash and R N Manjula gave the ruling while allowing a habeas corpus petition from […]

The existing, Omicron-driven wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country is likely to reach its peak in the next 14 days, by February 6, a study conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has concluded. The result is based on the institute’s analysis of the national ‘R-value,’ which, it said, declined further in […]

By Express News Service CHENNAI: “Mines and minerals and anything under the earth are the nation’s wealth, and belong to we, the people of India,” the Madras High Court recently said, adding that none should be allowed to exploit natural resources for unjust gain. Justice SM Subramaniam made this statement while disposing of a batch of […]

Chennai: Health workers administer dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at the 19th Mega Vaccine Drive, at the IIT-Madras campus, in Chennai, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar) Chennai, Tamil Nadu Live News: The number of fatalities caused due to Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu was ‘less’ as compared to other states because […]