CHENNAI: As per instructions from Chief Minister MK Stalin, the state government on June 1 has offered to support the families from the Madrasi Camp in South Delhi who wish to return to their native districts in Tamil Nadu through livelihood assistance and providing other essentials. The move come in the backdrop of the recent Delhi governments decision to relocate the families in the Madrasi Camp as the slum settlement is allegedly blocking the Barapulah drain near Nizamuddin Railway Station in

CHENNAI: The AIADMK on Sunday announced former MLAs I S Inbadurai and M Dhanapal as the party's candidates for the two to-be-vacant Rajya Sabha seats. Announcing this at the party headquarters, AIADMK deputy general secretary K P Munusamy said the DMDK will be given one Rajya Sabha seat when vacancies arise in 2026. He also said the DMDK will continue in the AIADMK-led alliance. Responding to a question, Munusamy said that AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami had promised to give a Ra

PUDUCHERRY: The Union Territory is poised to roll out a comprehensive Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) project for its urban areas, with a pilot phase commencing on June 1. Full-scale operations will follow from July 1, to be executed by Green Warrior Agency (GWA), which has been awarded the contract. The new initiative marks the end of services rendered by Swachhata Corporation, whose contract concludes on June 30. GWA will be responsible for the entire waste management cycle, including

PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Cyber Crime Police arrested six individuals from multiple states Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in connection with a WhatsApp scam that defrauded a woman employee of Rs 5.1 crore. The accused had impersonated the victims company Managing Director (MD) using a WhatsApp profile and tricked her into transferring funds. The police recovered Rs 2.48 crore from banks in West Bengal and Kerala, of which Rs 1.97 crore was recovered from a single account in Murshidabad, We

COIMBATORE: The damaged stormwater drain grills at the Kaleeswara Mill Subway in Coimbatore city have become a major safety hazard, especially during the rainy season, for motorists and pedestrians. Despite the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) installing a high-capacity motor pump to drain stagnant rainwater recently, the infrastructure beneath the subway remains in poor condition. Following the recent rains, the iron grills covering the stormwater drains in the subway have caved in

COIMBATORE: Ahead of the supplementary examinations, the District School Education Department is conducting special classes at schools for students who could not clear Class 10 and 12 this year. The aim of the initiative is to help students achieve pass marks in the upcoming supplementary exam, ensuring their promotion to Class 11 and college. Official sources say around 1,000 students who failed various subjects in the Class 10 and 12 board exams are currently attending special classes in gover

NILGIRIS: Legislator Pon Jayaseelan and his supporters staged a sit-in on the bus stand premises on Saturday afternoon demanding the repair of the Gudalur bus stand and its damaged road. The AIADMK legislator representing the Gudalur constituency held the protest to draw the attention of District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru so that the bus stand and the road could be repaired at the earliest. The condition of the bus stand got further worsened recently as rainwater stagnated, turning into

COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old man admitted to the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital (GH) in Salem for kidney treatment died late on Thursday night. He was later found to be Covid-19 positive, but doctors clarified that the cause of death was renal failure due to multiple comorbidities. Hospital Dean Dr J. Devi Meenal stated that Covid-19 was not the cause of death. The patient was admitted with comorbid conditions and passed away due to renal failure. Revealing further det

COIMBATORE: The Directorate of Elementary Education (DEE) has been urged to merge the Perur and Thondamuthur educational blocks to cut down on expenses. The demand was made by secondary grade teachers in the Perur block, citing the recent conversion of 36 out of 40 panchayat union primary and middle schools into corporation schools here. They pointed out that DEE spends around Rs 6 lakh per month on salaries and other related expenses as the blocks are not merged. A secondary grade teacher from

COIMBATORE: Top officers from the School Education Department have decided to shift the monitoring of playschools, nursery and primary schools from the District Educational Officer (DEO) for private schools to DEOs for primary schools, due to the existing workload. An educational officer in Coimbatore told TNIE that currently, under the Chief Educational Officer's administration, three DEOs designated for private schools, primary schools, and secondary schools are monitoring the schools in the d

COIMBATORE: Mahalingapuram police arrested one of its sub-inspectors on Saturday, on charges of extorting money from four members of a family involved in the murder of a 24-year-old youth with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The accused SI Navaneethan (27) of Tenkasi had joined duty in 2021. After serving in various districts, he was posted at Mahalingapuram police station in October 2024. We have arrested him for receiving a total of Rs 1.72 lakh in cash and 18 sovereigns of go

TIRUCHY: Amid an increase in Covid-19 cases across the country, a 12-bed Covid-19 isolation ward has been set up at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) as a precautionary measure. Although no confirmed cases of the viral disease has been reported in the district so far, the move to open the isolation ward comes as fever cases are being more intensely monitored across the state. The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has instructed all district and city healt

THOOTHUKUDI: Over 200 families in Keelnattukurichi of the district are grappling with water shortage for the past ten days as residents say the pipelines supplying to two villages in the panchayat under two separate schemes were damaged during road re-laying works under way in the area. We are now forced to collect water from muddy roadside puddles formed by the leaking pipes, they added. According to sources, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board had laid pipelines along the Tha

TENKASI: The state-level executive committee meeting of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Workers Federation, convened in Shengottai of the district on Saturday, expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which the recent talks for the 15th wage revision agreement were held. In the meeting chaired by federation president R Ashokan in the presence of general secretary R Radhakrishnan, members criticised the conduct of the final round of negotiations for the 15th wage revision a

TIRUNELVELI: A 35-year-old woman from Krishnapuram village was arrested on Friday for allegedly pouring boiling oil on her husband, while he was asleep, over a long-standing family dispute. The husband -- Balasubramanian (42), an autorickshaw driver -- sustained severe burns and has been receiving critical care at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital. Police said that frequent quarrels had broken out between the couple, married for 17 years with four children, and after one such dispute nearly 2

TIRUCHY: A change in All India Radio (AIR)s Tiruchy FM 102.1 programme replacing its Tamil night broadcast with Hindi content since April has drawn criticism from listeners and political leaders more recently Tiruchy MP Durai Vaiko alike who term it a back-door imposition of Hindi in a predominantly Tamil-speaking region. Since April 9, AIR Tiruchy has been broadcasting in Tamil from 5.50 am to 11 pm, and switching to Hindi from 11 pm to 5.50 am -- a decision taken under the aegis of Prasar Bhar

CHENNAI: In a fresh escalation of the power struggle within the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), three of the partys five MLAs and its general secretary, Vadivel Ravanan, have pledged their support to party president Anbumani Ramadoss in his standoff with his father and PMK founder, Dr S. Ramadoss. During the second day of a consultative meeting with party office-bearers held in Sholinganallur, Anbumani announced plans for a state-wide padayatra aimed at reclaiming the rights of Tamil Nadu. Party so

VELLORE: Parents of a seven-day-old baby boy have alleged that a nurse at the Vellore Government Medical College and Hospital in Adukkamparai severed their sons right hand thumb up to the nail due to negligence. Speaking to TNIE, S Vimalraj, babys father, said that the nurse used scissors to remove a plaster placed at the injection site where the child was given drips, which resulted in the childs thumb being cut. She could have used her hands for the procedure, the 29-year-old father said. Vima

CHENNAI: After a robust start to the southwest monsoon, Tamil Nadu is bracing for a temporary break in rainfall, with drier conditions and rising temperatures expected over the next couple of weeks. The monsoon had brought significant relief to the states leeward plains, including Chennai, during peak summer period with multiple spells of rain in recent days. However, the weakening of a depression over the Bay has reduced the monsoons vigour, leading to a decline in rainfall, particularly along

SALEM: The Salem Town police on Friday registered cases against DMK and AIADMK councillors of Salem Corporation after they clashed during the council meeting held on Thursday. It may be recalled that a clash erupted between DMK and AIADMK councillors after Ward 36 AIADMK Councillor N Yadavamoorthy, also the opposition party leader in the council, alleged irregularities in the tender process and stated that only those close to Tourism Minister R Rajendran are being awarded. DMK councillors strong

ERODE: The Bungalowpudur police have arrested a 59-year-old farmer on charges of murdering a 55-year-old woman in Anna Nagar, Bungalowpudur, near Gobichettipalayam, on Friday afternoon. The woman was electrocuted on the farmers leased agricultural land, and he later buried her body, fearing police action. The accused has been identified as P. Periyasamy, a neighbour of the deceased, A. Jothimani. According to sources, police registered a missing person complaint on 26 May after Jothimanis son, A

CHENNAI: After Chief Minister MK Stalin made a socially significant announcement in April in the Assembly to remove the term colony from the names of habitations of SC people in official records and public usage, the government machinery is now preparing for its implementation. The humongous exercise not only involves renaming lakhs of streets across TN, but also making changes in government records of individuals to capture those alterations. Sources said discussions are under way at the level

CHENNAI: Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer and Vice-Chairperson of the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Imayam, has said that the ongoing initiative to rename colonies a term long used to denote SC habitations is a revolutionary move that will be remembered in history for helping to erase the social stigma burdening oppressed communities for over 13 centuries. In an interaction with TNIE , Imayam said, Imagine a situation where a person applies for a bank

MADURAI: The stretch from Ambedkar statue at Perungudi to Circuit House was painted with black and red colours, as tens of hundreds of people, clutching party flags and decorative balloons in their hand, converged to welcome Chief Minister MK Stalin, who carried out a 20-km roadshow on Saturday, the eve of DMK general council meeting. Flanked by ministers P Moorthy and Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Stalin got down from the van at several spots during the four-hour roadshow, the longest in Madurai, to

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has stayed the rustication order issued by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) in Sriperumbudur near here against a student, who was ousted from the institute for alleged defacement of the hostel property with content of anti-national nature, and ordered the institute to allow him to take his final year examinations and participate in the placement programme. Justice T V Thamilselvi issued the order on Thursday on a petition filed by S

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Limited for levelling unsubstantiated serious allegations against a top labour department official, a quasi-judicial officer, in connection with an order passed to set aside the termination of an employee of the firm. Justice AD Maria Clete passed the orders while dismissing the petitions filed by the subsidiary of the US-based tech firm challenging the order of the special joint commissioner

THOOTHUKUDI: Following TNIE s report on the lack of attention to the historically rich Adichanallur archaeological site by the Union government, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu and Madurai MP Su Venkatesan have urged the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to protect the priceless artefacts. TNIE s detailed report, Shelter in Adichanallur damaged, treasures at weathers mercy, published on Saturday, highlighted the poor condition of the shelter at the C-site. The damaged structure

CHENNAI: Five men have been arrested on charges of kidnapping a 29-year-old assistant film director on Thursday from Arumbakkam and stealing his two-wheeler and mobile phone. According to the Greater Chennai Police, the victim Rajkumaran works as an assistant to Suseenthiran. He is allegedly in a relationship with a woman and it was opposed by certain people. On Thursday evening, a complaint was lodged with the Arumbakkam police station as he was not reachable. The next day, Rajkumaran turned up

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Saturday sealed the Saravana Stores outlet located in K K Nagar, citing multiple building violations. Speaking to TNIE, executive engineer (Kodambakkam zone) Iniyan stated that the building had received approval for a stilt plus three floors that were designated for parking, but they were being used for commercial purposes. Other violations include site setback deviations and changes in approved land use from residential to commercial spaces.

PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry Cyber Crime Police arrested 10 individuals from multiple states - Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and West Bengal in connection with a WhatsApp scam that defrauded a woman employee of Rs 5.1 crore. The accused impersonated the victims company Managing Director (MD) using a WhatsApp profile and tricked her into transferring funds under the pretext of an urgent business project. They also recovered Rs 2.48 lakhs from banks in West Bengal and Kerala. Accordin

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has stayed the rustication order issued by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) in Sriperumbudur near Chennai against a student who was expelled from the institute for allegedly defacing hostel property with content of anti-national nature. The court directed the institute to allow him to appear for his final-year examinations and participate in the placement programme. Justice T.V. Thamilselvi issued the interim order on Thursday on a

MADURAI: Madurai has been spruced up ahead of Chief Minister MK Stalins two-day visit to the city on Saturday for a host of events, including a 20-km-long road show. Over the last few days, the city corporation and highways department carried out patchwork on several roads, including Aruppukottai main road, in the city. Chief Minister M K Stalin is expected to arrive on Saturday afternoon and head to New Jail Road in a road show covering Mandela Nagar, and will pass through Avaniyapuram, Jaihind

MADURAI: Farmers have urged authorities to release Vaigai water for the first crop cultivation (Kuruvai) season during a grievance meeting held in Madurai on Friday. In reply, the WRD will host a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss the water release. P Manikandan, a farmer from Usilampatti, said, Usually water will be released for Kuruvai paddy cultivation in the first weeks of June. But, over the last couple of years, water release gets delayed which also delays the cultivation season. Since

MADURAI: MP S Venkatesan, during a press meeting here on Friday, said that the RBI should increase the gold-to-loan ratio amount to 85% of its market value and return the new circular regarding the repayment of gold loans. He added that he recently met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested her to instruct the RBI governor to take back the new circular that was released on gold loan repayment. Following this, Sitharaman instructed the RBI that the draft regulations on gold loans

MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation Ltd (TNPHC) recently issued a tender notice for the Phase-I construction works of Madurai Central Prison at Sembur village near Therkutheru in Melur of Madurai district. The 89-acre facility will have the capacity to accommodate 3,000 inmates -- twice the capacity of the existing prison complex in Madurai city, built over 31 acres. An official from the TNPHC said that during the first phase of the construction, a two-storey complex for male inma

KANNIYAKUMARI: Shoreline protection activities have been intensified a day after a container, from the vessel MSC Elsa III vessel that sank 38 kilometres off the Kochi coast last Sunday, washed ashore at the Vaniyakudi beach in the district on Thursday morning. A team of senior officials from several departments, including the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), oversaw the recovery of the container and the removal of debris, as part of the shore cleaning activities on Friday. Volunteers

TIRUNELVELI: Two persons, including the driver of a car, were killed and another injured in an accident after the four-wheeler hit a median and crashed into a mini truck and a goods vehicle near Panakudi around 1.30 pm on Friday. Sources said the car driver -- Raju Lal Bright (55), headed to Tirunelveli from Nagercoil -- lost control of his vehicle near Panakudi and hit a median, resulting in the four-wheeler veering off to the opposite lane and crashing into the mini truck and the goods vehicle

THOOTHUKUDI: Ottapidaram MLA MC Shanmugaiah's brother MC Murugesan (55) was arrested on Thursday following a complaint lodged by a woman of allegedly threatening and harassing her over a land dispute. The complainant, Muthumadathi of Thapathi village, in her plaint said that Murugesan waylaid Muthumadathi and her husband Marimuthu at Muthaiahpuram, when they were returning from Tiruchendur temple on Thursday, and threatened to sell her land spread at 4.5 acre in Ottapidaram at a lower price, whi

COIMBATORE: Eight sheep and a dog were killed in Coimbatore on Friday morning, after a speeding car collided into the herd on Thanneerpandhal-Vilankurichi Road. Twelve sheep and a shepherd were also injured. The incident occurred at 3 am on the wee hours of Friday. The driver fled from the crime scene without responding to the mishap. The Traffic Investigation Wing (TIW- East) police of Coimbatore city formed a team to trace the car and driver. Police sources said, P Subramaniam (47) of Pappampa

NILGIRIS: In a unique initiative to blend agriculture with tourism, the first-ever plantation crop exhibition was inaugurated at the Kattery Park, Coonoor, offering visitors a rare glimpse into the rich agrarian traditions of the Nilgiris. The event was officially inaugurated by Nilgiris District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, Superintendent of Police NS Nisha and other officials who cut the ribbon and toured the various crop-based installations. The exhibition showcases a stunning collectio

COIMBATORE: Two boys died in the Saravanampatti police limits in Coimbatore city on Thursday in two different incidents. In the first case, a 14-year-old boy collapsed on Thursday evening while practising soccer at a private academy. The deceased was S Krithik of Sreevatsa Garden at Thudiyalur in Coimbatore city. Police said the boy had completed Class 9 in a private school at Vellakinar near Thudiyalur. He was about to join Class 10. Krithik practised soccer at a private soccer academy at Marut

TIRUPPUR: The Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation is mulling permanent solutions for solid waste management, said Mayor N Dinesh Kumar on Friday amid demands by councillors in this regard at the council meeting. The representatives urged the corporation administration to put pressure on the state government to enable a lasting solution to the issues currently prevailing in solid waste management. Dumping garbage in stone quarries is not a permanent solution. We are moving towards permanent solut

TIRUCHY: A 39-year-old history-sheeter was on Thursday night hacked to death by a group of seven people at Kilikoodu in the district following an argument over a kabaddi match that was held in the village recently. His son and another person are receiving medical treatment for the injuries they sustained during the assault, the police said, adding that a search is on for the accused. On Thursday night, P Ashokkumar of Kilikoodu, who was a driver, met fellow villager T Ponnusamy (69) and expresse

CHENNAI: Following concerns raised, mainly from Tamil Nadu, that the proposed norms for gold loans issued by the Reserve Bank of India will seriously affect small borrowers, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) functioning under the Union Ministry of Finance on Friday said that it has suggested to the RBI to ensure that the requirements of small gold loan borrowers are not adversely affected. Leaders of parties across the political spectrum in Tamil Nadu had expressed concerns over the dra

CHENNAI: After intensive wet spell, which brought unprecedented rain especially in Nilgiris and western ghats, there will be a break in southwest monsoon at least for 10 days starting June 1. The weather system over Bay of Bengal has weakened and lost steam reducing the rainfall. The 7-day forecast issued by regional met centre said heavy rain is likely over Nilgiris, Theni, Tenkasi, Kanniyakumari, ghat areas of Coimbatore and ghat areas of Tirunelveli districts on Saturday. In the last 24 hours

COIMBATORE: A 17-year-old boy with an intellectual disability has gone missing under mysterious circumstances from Universal Peace Foundation, a private shelter home near Annur in Coimbatore, weeks after the murder of another youth with a similar disability at a care home in Pollachi. The Annur police have registered a case and launched a search to trace the boy, identified as Vikram, whose antecedents are unknown. The boy has been missing for over a fortnight but the shelter home personnel lodg

COIMBATORE: An eight-year-old male tiger was found dead near Pykara waterfalls in Nilgiris on Thursday evening. It was found by the personnel of the Naduvattam Reserve Forest in Pykara Range in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve during patrol. A forest veterinary team examined the tiger in the presence of the district forest officer and confirmed the tiger was dead. After an autopsy on Friday morning, the carcass was cremated. The cause for the tigers death is yet to be ascertained. The autopsy was held in

CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday chaired a high-level review meeting at the secretariat to address the environmental impact of the MSC ELSA 3 shipwreck off the Kochi coast. The Liberian-flagged cargo vessel capsized 38 nautical miles off Kerala, releasing plastic nurdles, fuel, and other hazardous materials into the sea. Due to the southwest monsoon, debris washed ashore along parts of Kerala and the west coast of Kanniyakumari district. The meeting focused on safe disposal of plastic

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the state government and the Animal Welfare Board of India on a petition filed by activist S Muralidharan against the Tamil Nadu governments proposed action for implanting microchips on dogs pets and strays as part of the measures to control stray dog menace and protect people from dog-bites. A division bench of Justices Senthilkumar Ramamoothy and T V Thamilselvi ordered the respondent authorities to file reply to the petition by June 20, a

CHENNAI: Showing the youth a neat path to their future, actor-turned Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay urged them to keep their mind democratic. Only with democracy can every field flourish. If democracy functions properly, everyone can access opportunities equally, the actor said while encouraging the students to vote wisely. Elect those who are clean, not those whove been tainted by corruption. Dont support the culture of buying votes, he said. Referring to the 2026 Assembly elect