The Hindu

From stinky toilets to inadequate ventilation, polling staff continued their work amid the poorly maintained conditions at some of the polling centres in south Chennai

The police deployed personnel on key stretches for return-route management,and at multiple strategic points to manage vehicular movement; the road witnessed jams at various locations including Singaperumal Koil and Chengalpattu bypass

Vanjaram, that was selling at 800 a kg before the ban, was sold at 1,200 a kg. Paarai that was available at 530/kg was sold at 950/kg, and nethili which was sold at 370/kg was sold at 600/kg, said a trader

Encroachments by shops and haphazard parking continue to choke Hasthinapuram bus stand junction, a key link to GST Road

Mehul H Doshi assumed office as the 10th President, along with the newly elected office bearers and executive committee members

Chennai has two libraries run by the State and dedicated to women called Pengal Noolagam

During her morning walk at the green facility on April 21, Sagarika Gupta takes a video of a Slaty-legged crake with her mobile phone; one of the restrictions that go with the walkers pass is that the user should not carry a camera with them

The police say it is a case of suicide

It seeks powers to the civic body to approve buildings with up to 50 dwelling unitsthat have a stilt-plus-five-floor or ground-plus-four-floor structure, besides powers to clear bigger layouts

A tanker lorry coming from the opposite direction collided with his bike

CMRL says that there is a labour shortage, but they are accelerating the workat these stations, which will be over by June; while 1,500 workers are required, only 700 of them are at work now

Pic by B. Velankanni Raj

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Police sources said the incident occurred near Polling Station No. 46 in the Saidapet constituency

With a section ofJanakiramanStreet dug up for this work, detours have become the norm; civic body cites labour shortage, election duty for delay

While a few gated communities elsewhere in Chennai served as voting centres, the IT corridor did not open its account

Orchid Springs inKolathursaw 77% voter turnout thanks to two polling booths being established inside the community by the Election Commission of India

The verification exercise was conducted on April 24 across all 152 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in the presence of general observers and candidates or their representatives

Family circumstances had forced her to discontinue schooling. Now, after two decades,BhuvaneswariSureshis appearing for Class X exams along with her daughter who has multiple disabilities

While voters were largely satisfied with the polling process, there were some grievances as well

S. Bharathidasan, secretary of Arulagam, says insulated cables or protective casing on overhead wires must be installed to prevent the deaths of the nocturnal primates

The locations identified include Keezhmidalam, Midalam, Enayamputhenthurai, Ezhudesam, and Kollengode

While there is no surge in the number of cases or disease cluster, paediatricians say most affected children were not fully vaccinated against measles

The EVMs used in polling across 16 Assembly constituencies under the Greater Chennai City Police limits were securely transported under armed police escort and safely stored at three counting centres Queen Marys College, Loyola College, and Anna University

A senior official said that with an elevator already functioning on the western side of the railway station, it has been proposed to install another elevator on the eastern side to help hundreds of commuters

Meenu Subbiah Diamonds unveils Vilasam, a Chettinad-inspired bridal collection crafted for fluidity and grace

Philosophising is usually associated with hoary hair, even lack of hair.Alwarpetresident RheaKuthooreseeks to break that stereotype by introducing children to philosophical inquiry through a systematic programme