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Madras Naturalists Society members and school-going children from Chennai, Amoggh Vjay Chatty and Aaditya S Rajesh spot and photograph a Plaintive cuckoo, which is a vagrant in south India

The theme-based event is open to groups from other neighbourhoods as well

A mending exercise that does not inspire confidence

Already, around 25 temples in the State, including the Raviswarar Temple in Vyasarpadi, have been or are being lifted to prevent flooding

The project involves the removal of water hyacinth and terrestrial weed species across the lake

An official said that Metro Rail has mobiliseda large number of workers to complete the construction before the end of December

Pedestrian safety is at risk as the manholes have been damaged along many roads in the city

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-support system that temporarily takes over heart and lung function when conventional treatment fails, used in severe cardiac and respiratory emergencies

Why do people resort to binge eating? Can it be controlled? Can it be reversed? What kind of medical treatment are available and what are the modalities?

According to eyewitnesses, A.K. Siraj developed severe chest pain while walking on the serene campus. Before medical help could arrive, he passed away

Officials say price has been revised after six years to offset growing production costand higher rates quoted by tankers that operate on contract; large-capacity lorries will cater to the suburbs; residents seek expansion of piped network

Special trains include the Nagercoil to Tambaram superfast (December 7) and the Tambaram-Nagercoil superfast (December 8).

Size of these farms vary from 30 cents to a few acres, with crops such as paddy being grown on them; students are taught to do farm work and given farm fresh food, while introduced to a nature-centric lifestyle; some offer programmes and syllabuses focusing on practical aspects of farming

Amid the ongoing flight disruptions across the country, Southern Railway announced special trains between Chennai Egmore and Hyderabads Charlapalli station and from Secunderabad to Chennai Egmore

The session will explore the causes of addictive patterns, especially around food, including cravings, emotional triggers, and hard-to-break habits. It will also offer practical tools for everyday life and guidance for families to provide support

Delays persisted, but from 3 a.m. onwards, flights to cities including Pune, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Coimbatore, and Kochi departed from the city airport

Around the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3), tracking one day in the life of three organisations in Chennai, two of which foster artistic creativity among children and young adults with special needs. And the third one brings saleability to their artworks

Residents complain that the project has been dragging on for several years; a Corporation official says the work has been temporarily halted due to rain and will be completed by April next year

He criticises the government for defying the orders of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that allowed 10 persons to climb the Thirupparankundram hill and light the lamp on dheepathoon

A. Venkatesan of Perambur, who reportedly has no training in medicine, has been running an ayurvedic hospital on Anna Nagar 2nd Main Road without permissions

A first-person account of the chaos and confusion as passengers across India struggled to board their IndiGo flights at Chennai airport

The flurry of IndiGo flight cancellations across the country has been triggered by poor planning of pilot rostering

On December 12, author Samanth Subramanian will speak about his book, The Web Beneath The Waves, as a part of The Hindus Lit For Life Unplugged at Cheroot, ITC Grand Chola

RamakrishnaMissionVivekanandaCollege installs a floodgate thanks to the contribution from alumni

Aware that language was a politically sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu, the Prime Minister gave a promise in a speech in 1963that any idea that any one language can dominate over others or, what is called linguistic imperialism, is totally unrealistic. He also rejected the notion that one language would hamper the growth of the other language

In the early 1700s, KingChellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathywas gifted 200 horses by a Muslim businessman fromThondi.He built a fort in a dense tropical thorn forest, about 70 km fromRamanathapuram. Here,Sankarapathi, one ofHyder Alis commandants, trained these horses. Impressed by the tutelage, the king named the fort after him