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7 Dec 2025 12:34 am
Southern Railway announces special trains to clear rush amid flight disruptions

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

6 Dec 2025 1:08 pm
Webinar examining binge behaviours and addictive patterns to be held on December 7

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

6 Dec 2025 11:46 am
Some IndiGo flights depart from Chennai airport, but spate of cancellations continues

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

6 Dec 2025 10:59 am
The making of neurodivergent artists

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

6 Dec 2025 8:28 am
Residents lament delay in construction of subway at Ambattur railway station

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

6 Dec 2025 5:45 am
DMK is resorting to minority appeasement, says BJP leader Annamalai

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

5 Dec 2025 7:10 pm
Quack arrested for operating ayurvedic hospital in Anna Nagar

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

5 Dec 2025 4:04 pm
IndiGo didnt take off but my stress levels did

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

5 Dec 2025 3:45 pm
IndiGo mayhem continues: 31 flights cancelled at Chennai airport yet again

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

5 Dec 2025 2:30 pm
The Hindus Lit for Life Unplugged: Samanth Subramanian on the world of undersea cables that power the internet

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

5 Dec 2025 2:05 pm
Chennais Vivekananda College was prepared to face Cyclone Ditwah

RamakrishnaMissionVivekanandaCollege installs a floodgate thanks to the contribution from alumni

5 Dec 2025 11:32 am
A fort in the midst of a forest was a secret training ground for cavalry and elephants

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

5 Dec 2025 5:30 am
Jawaharlal Nehrus language of optimism and equality at the Madras Corporation

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

5 Dec 2025 5:30 am
GCC cancels tender to outsource conservancy operations in Tondiarpet, Anna Nagar

The civic body cites administrative reasons/issues for the cancellation and announces that a revised tender that focus on improving services in the two zones will be floated

4 Dec 2025 11:20 pm
Three elephant carcasses found in private forest near T.N.A.P. border

A post-mortem suggested that the animal may have slipped from an elevated area while searching for water. The elephant was believed to have died at least six weeks earlier

4 Dec 2025 10:23 pm
Chevalier awardee Thota Tharani felicitated in Chennai

Eminent personalities from diverse fields came together and hailed the veteran art directors remarkable skill in stage art direction

4 Dec 2025 10:00 pm
Chennai may get light to moderate rain on Friday as remnant of Cyclone Ditwah fades

A weather system over the Arabian Sea is likely to trigger heavy rain over the south-coastal districts on Friday

4 Dec 2025 9:24 pm
SRIHER hosts conference on cold atmospheric plasma

The aim of the event was to introduce young scientists to practical skills, new ideas, hands-on experience, and exposure to an emerging technology with applications in healthcare and agriculture

4 Dec 2025 7:08 pm
International congress on nuclear medicine begins in Chennai

The four-day event, organised by The Society of Nuclear Medicine, India, aims to spread awareness on the specialty and scale up its services in India

4 Dec 2025 6:36 pm
AVM: a movie production house close to Chennaiites

A movie enterprise launched by M. Saravanans father A.V. Meiyappan, AVM was a powerful brand, known for both the star-driven tentpole films and the tiny ones riding on fine scripts and good word-of-mouth reviews

4 Dec 2025 6:00 pm
Inside Snapchats Chennai Creator Connect: How the platform is winning Gen-Z India

From viral Tamil creators to AR-led trends, Snapchat outlines why Chennai is central to its growth story

4 Dec 2025 5:22 pm
After pounding north Tamil Nadu, remnant of Cyclone Ditwah drifts inland; city to get light rain today

Water discharge from Red Hills reservoir, a key drinking water source of Chennai, increased on Wednesday evening as its storage touched 96% of its capacity

4 Dec 2025 8:50 am
OMR barely passable; potholes slow down traffic

Traffic is slow,causing stress to motorists who also face hardships due to who are already getting badbackspotholes thathave appeared on recently-laid surfaces.

3 Dec 2025 11:01 pm
Missing public park: Madras High Court orders inquiry by Collector, Chennai Corporation

Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan say alleged encroachment of a public park by a private hospital is a serious issue

3 Dec 2025 10:02 pm
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital gets new equipment

Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Wednesday said thousands of people from Chennai, other districts of Tamil Nadu, and neighbouring States were seeking medical care at RGGGH every day, raising the need for advanced equipment.

3 Dec 2025 8:50 pm
AAI begins pre-feasibility study of two sites for Rameswaram airport

The State government had shortlisted two sites one near Uchipulli and another near Keelakarai

3 Dec 2025 5:47 pm
Watch dragons, Vikings and demon hunters onstage at The Little Theatres How To Sway Your Dragon

From December 12 to 18, The Little Theatre is back with song, dance and drama at its annual Christmas pantomime, How To Sway Your Dragon at the Museum Theatre in Chennai

3 Dec 2025 4:37 pm
M.P. cough syrup deaths: ED attaches assets of Coldrif promoter in Chennai

The Enforcement Directorate has attached two Chennai flats worth 2.04 crore belonging to G. Ranganathan, promoter of Sresan Pharmaceuticals

3 Dec 2025 3:49 pm