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A baobab tree stands at Pallavan Salai in Park Town unknown and unsung

This tree enjoys heritage status but with lack of awareness about its significance it is vulnerable to abuse

9 Nov 2025 4:26 pm
Road in East Abhiramapuram is a victim of an abandoned surgery; motorcyclists smart from the pain

East Abhiramapuram First Street was milled around two months ago; and the bad timing of the exercise and failure to relay it then mean it will have to continue in a milled state through this NE monsoon season, to the chagrin of motorcyclists

9 Nov 2025 8:25 am
GCC plans to start construction of shelters for relocating dogs

The GCC has already planned to construct two shelters for dogs with rabies symptoms.

9 Nov 2025 5:30 am
Ambattur residents seek more speed breakers on key stretch

The Ambattur-Red Hills Road is dotted with educational institutionsand the stretch near Pudur needs speed breakers, while Karukku Main Road is choked by encroachments, say residents

9 Nov 2025 5:17 am
Consumer forumsdirect banks to pay compensation to cyber fraud victims

They hold banks accountable for service deficiencies and failure to recover lost funds, say banks continue to ignore RBIs guidelines on unauthorised transactions; victims are defrauded by scamsters posing as bank employees, through fake links

9 Nov 2025 12:23 am
A college in Chennai thattreats playground as an extension of the classroom

To groom talent, A.M. Jain College in Meenambakkam reached out to Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu seeking its help in identifying deserving and promising female players

8 Nov 2025 9:36 pm
Blue bottles to keep away strays in Chennai

Residents of three small apartment complexes in Saligramam have tied transparent bottles filled with blue liquid around their premises as they believe this would keep stray dogs and cats off their turf

8 Nov 2025 8:54 pm
Restoration of the Sholinganallur lake still has some ground to cover

But residents are already taking to its walkway

8 Nov 2025 8:42 pm
Organic Farmers Marketconcept hits T. Nagar

Aram Thinai will showcase the produce of organic farmers and products of organic foodpreneurs at C.D. Nayagam Higher Secondary School in T. Nagar every second Sunday

8 Nov 2025 12:02 pm
Criticism mounts over move to redeploy 400-odd Junior Resident posts in T.N. govt. medical colleges

TNMOAs secretary M. Akilan, in a statement, said this move, under the pretext of creating new postgraduate seats, poses a serious threat to healthcare delivery in government medical institutions

8 Nov 2025 11:41 am
Integrity, public service still core to medicine: speaker at Gajaraj Memorial Oration

The Prof. Arcot Gajaraj Memorial Oration has been conducted annually since 2005; this year marks the 100th birth anniversary of Dr. Gajaraj

8 Nov 2025 11:11 am
Experts bat for increasing carbon sequestration of soil, prioritising endemic trees

They say organisations must identify their material environment social and governance ESG issues and use them as a foundation to attract finance for low-carbon technologies

8 Nov 2025 12:57 am
Skill development, societal engagement key to accelerating clean tech adoption, say experts

Panellists also note that achieving the countrys ambitious goal of net zero emissions by 2070 needs a change in mindset along with technological advances

8 Nov 2025 12:41 am
Nine days after closure, floodgates of citys Red Hills reservoir reopened

Its shutters were opened during first spell of monsoon in mid-October, and closed on Oct. 29 due to a drop in inflow, say WRD officials; more water discharged from two other reservoirs of the city

8 Nov 2025 12:19 am
The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025 | Stronger private finance and better datasets key to accelerating green transition in India: experts

We focus exclusively on agricultural micro, small and medium enterprises and farmer-producer organisations, and a portion of our portfolio also includes direct farmer lending. The idea is to make agriculture part of the green finance conversation, says T. Vivekanandhan, Lead-ESG and Sustainable, Finance, Samunnati Finance, at panel discussion at The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025

7 Nov 2025 11:27 pm
The unresolved mystery of Chennais missing cricketer Cotah Ramaswami

The disappearance of Ramaswami, a former double international, remains a tragic mystery that has never been fully explained

7 Nov 2025 9:08 pm
Senna spectabilis removed from 1,963 hectares of land in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

These trees have been identified on a total of 2,448 hectares, and we have removed 80% of the trees so far. They do not help in biodiversity and are not liked by animals either. The cut trees are being used for making paper, saysSupriyaSahu, Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests

7 Nov 2025 8:09 pm
Speeding, not bike racing, caused fatal Peters Road flyover accident: Chennai traffic police

The probe found that Syed, who was killed in the crash, rode the bike at high speed and in a reckless manner, lost control, and caused the fatal accident by colliding with the Honda Shine ridden by Kumaran

7 Nov 2025 5:36 pm
CPCL has cut water footprint by 20% in two years, says MD H. Shankar

Our entire water requirement is fulfilled through the desalination and sewage reclamation plants we have set up, he said at The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025

7 Nov 2025 4:54 pm
Experts call for stronger collaboration among academia, industry, and citizens for sustainable water management

G. Ravikumar, Professor and Director of the Centre for Water Resources at Anna University, said that while civil engineers currently handle most of the water-related work in departments such as the CMWSSB, WRD, and TWAD Board, they often lack a deep understanding of hydrological systems

7 Nov 2025 4:17 pm
The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025: Tamil Nadus vision for sustainability will become blueprint for nation

While speaking at the inauguration of the Sustainability Summit 2025 organised by The Hindu, Srivats Ram, immediate past chairman of CII Tamil Nadu and managing director of Wheels India, said, the State has been at the forefront of renewable energy for many years

7 Nov 2025 12:53 pm
Tamil Nadu forms two panels to revamp school curriculum

One of the expert committees will redesign the States school curriculum in line with the Tamil Nadu State Education Policy 2025

7 Nov 2025 11:31 am
NGT seeks report from govt.on safety in firecracker units

A total of 134 people died and 89 were injured in accidents at firecracker units in Virudhunagar district alone since 2022; the Bench observed that most accidents could have been prevented

7 Nov 2025 5:48 am
Pavalar Varadharajan, an artist who played key role in Communist Partys victory in Kerala

TheDevikulamby-election in 1958 was crucial for theNamboodiripadgovernment.To tap into plantation workers who were mostly Tamils, the Communist Party organised concerts byPavalarVaradharajan, whose songs went down very well with electors

7 Nov 2025 5:30 am
A small plaque inMylaporethat keeps aliveRabindranath Tagoresfirst visit to Madras

While visiting Madras in 1919, the Nobel laureate stayed at the residence of Justice T.MuthuswamyIyer, the first Indian to serve as a judge of the Madras High Court during the British period. In 2005, the descendants ofIyersold the house to S. H.Mohideen and his family, which chose to retain its historic name as a matter of pride

7 Nov 2025 5:30 am