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Important junction: The largest depot in the Metro phase II project will be coming up at Madhavaram, and it will be a terminal station.

Two contracts awarded for building an underground stretch to Taramani

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Metro phase II work to begin in Madhavaram in a few weeks

Two contracts awarded for building an underground stretch to Taramani

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Field work: HR and CE Minister P.K. Sekar Babu inspecting the Seetha Kingston School on Tuesday.

Ekambaranathar temple takes over school in Poonamallee High Road

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Several cases booked against founder of residential school in Chennai

Meeting the demand: The vaccination camps will be launched once the vaccine supply becomes regular.

Chennai Corporation identifies venues for local mass vaccination camps

Improving catchment: The Villivakkam tank has been desilted to 5 metre, increasing its storage capacity.

Villivakkam tank will open for residents in two months

Chennai Metro phase II project will tower over 3 flyovers and Kathipara grade separator

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Builders, cement makers spar over price hike

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The calf was shifted to the Tiruvallur veterinary hospital by an animal ambulance.

Health Secretary gives first aid to calf hit by car near Tiruvallur Special Correspondent

He was on an official visit to Tiruttani to inspect COVID-19 related work

More history-sheeters will be arrested: Police Commissioner

Chennai Corporation to keep ICU beds ready

Canara Bank branches distribute food packets

State Bank of India conducts COVID-19 vaccination camp

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‘The Binge Eater’ from the sub-series, By the Window

Munawar Faruqui has been entertaining audiences with his satire routines for over a year. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

Dharmapuri Ramakrishnan as Madurai Veeran

Artist Bhavya Desai’s latest illustrations delve into the chaotic energy of the Indian Railways

Digital illustrator Bhavya Desai’s latest series is an ode to train journeys and their chaotic energy — a warm reminder of life before the pandemic

Laughter challenger: Munawar Faruqui finds humour in life against all odds

Out on bail, the stand-up comedian is dusting himself off and moving on, strengthened by poetry and rap music

COVID-19: Contemporary artistes help folk performers across Tamil Nadu through the second wave

Contemporary performers, students and patrons step up to help folk artistes across Tamil Nadu, breaking barriers between artistic fraternities

Musician Vijay Siva as Muthuswami Dikshitar

Carnatic music marries theatre in The Madras Players’ ‘Trinity’, set to reach a global audience

Gowri S The Madras Players’ ‘Trinity’, filmed by a four-camera set up, will be made available for a global audience in June

Pradeep Kumar died of COVID-19 complications on May 23, 2021.

Pradeep Kumar: a bright reporter, biker and friend

Priyadarshini Paitandy The MetroPlus team fondly remembers the journalist and film writer

A scene from Christoph Pohl’s documentary 'Ever Slow Green'

Documentary on Auroville’s afforestation project to be screened at ChangeNow summit

S. Prasad ‘I am excited and proud that my film will be screening alongside Sir David Attenborough’s new documentary Breaking Boundaries,’ says Aurovillian Christoph Pohl.

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Police solves mystery over suspicious death of a woman COVID-19 patient in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital

Hyundai Motor India Foundation donates medical supplies in Sriperumbudur

New institute professor appointed at IIT-M

Teams deputed to trace YouTuber Madan

Ekambaranathar temple takes over school in Poonamallee High Road

Man wanted for rape arrested after 6 years

Fake listings on e-commerce platforms on the rise

Measures not taken to hold portals accountable, say experts

Metro phase II work to begin in Madhavaram in a few weeks

Two contracts awarded for building an underground stretch to Taramani

Customers of Indian Oil Corporation Limited can get their LPG cylinders on the same day they book them

Asked how the company managed to do it, an official said data from every single distributor was monitored on a daily basis.

Greater Chennai Corporation will launch a mass cleaning programme on June 20

The decision was taken because of the accumulation of huge quantities of municipal solid waste and open defecation in congested areas.

Two murdered in drunken brawl in two incidents in Chennai

A 33-year-old auto driver was stabbed to death by his friends on Monday, after a quarrel broke out among them when they were playing cards while

C.R. Viswanathan passes away in Chennai

C.R. Viswanathan, former president of Tamil Nadu Football Association and vice-president of All India Football Federation, passed away in Chennai on

Actor complains of fake social media account

Actor Senthil on Monday lodged a complaint alleging that a fake social media account had been created in his name. A fake account was created on

Opening of airport’s multi-level car park delayed to October

Difficult to hire labourer during the lockdowns, says AAI

Search on for YouTuber who abused girls

The Pulianthope cyber crime cell has intensified its effort to trace Madan OP, a YouTuber, following complaints that he used obscene language to shame

Tamil Nadu government reshuffles IAS officers

The State government on Monday named Santosh K. Misra as Transport Commissioner. Har Sahay Meena has been posted as the Commissioner of Archives and

Fix uniform maximum retail prices for Aavin milk: dealers

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare Association had also recently sought the creation of a board for fixing uniform prices for loose milk.

Villivakkam tank will open for residents in two months

Development of amusement facilities for children planned

Krishna water likely to reach Tamil Nadu border by tomorrow

Andhra Pradesh authorities have assured that supply will continue till July

HC to consider banning keeping elephants in captivity

Response of the State on the issue already sought: court

Chennai Corporation identifies venues for local mass vaccination camps

Initiative aims to make it easier for residents to get the jab and decongest UPHCs

Chennai youth raises funds, helps two hospitals with COVID-19 relief

The young man and his father together raised ₹38 lakh to support the hospitals

Builder in Chennai fined ₹10 lakh for deviating from car parking plan

The complainants said the developer had agreed to provide two covered car parking spaces, but had later claimed it could not

Mythili Sivaraman remembered

Political leaders, writers, activists and friends of CPI (M) leader paid their tributes virtually.

Inscription on Chennai’s water crisis in 1818 is in Madurai museum

Thangam Thennarasu and Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan, who inspected the renovation work at the Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, also viewed the inscription on Saturday

Health Secretary gives first aid to calf hit by car near Tiruvallur

He was on an official visit to Tiruttani to inspect COVID-19 related work

More history-sheeters will be arrested: Police Commissioner

‘Police will enforce COVID-19 guidelines in Tasmac shops’

Bomb scare at Vijayakanth’s house following hoax call

The police were kept on their toes after the control room received a call informing them of a bomb in actor-politician Vijayakanth’s house in

Chennai Metro phase II project will tower over 3 flyovers and Kathipara grade separator

Chennai Metro Rail Limited will construct an overpass between Mugalivakkam and Ramapuram at an estimated cost of ₹350 crore

Several cases booked against founder of residential school in Chennai

Alumni of the institution accused him of sexual harassment and abuse.

Vijayakant’s plea on raw material prices

DMDK chief Vijayakant on Saturday urged the Centre and the State government to set up a regulatory commission to control the prices of construction

Builders, cement makers spar over price hike

While developers have alleged cartelisation by manufacturers, the real estate firms have been accused of inflating prices

Coronavirus | Cases continue to fall, Chennai reports less than 1,000 infections

Coimbatore’s count falls below 2,000; T.N. administers highest number of doses

Chennai Corporation to keep ICU beds ready

Experts at a meeting suggest stepping up of surveillance to tackle third wave of COVID-19

CCB unearths ‘app racket’ that offered to double investments in 24-35 days

The police mentioned that these scam investment apps offered returns on an hourly and daily basis

Chennai’s Vandalur zoo welcomes baby chimpanzee

Arignar Anna Zoological Park’s star chimpanzee couple Gowri and Gombe, give birth to a baby

Charge-sheet filed against three Maoists in Chennai

The NIA has charged that the accused persons knowingly possessed documents, pamphlets, brochures, banners, handwritten notes and photographs, which were published by CPI (Maoist) with the intention of supporting the proscribed terrorist organisation

Vaccination in Ramapuram achieves a coveted figure

Kothari Nagar in Ramapuram has achieved 100 per cent vaccination with respect to the first dose for the age group of 45 and above. Kothari Nagar

Mass vaccination camp in Kasimedu

With the support of village elders, Corporation covers a huge number of fishermen in a major drive

Marine creatures come alive in the language of the common people

Local communities in Pulicat, Besant Nagar, Kovalam, Odiyur and Kaliveli borrow metaphors from their immediate world to name coastal fauna

Professors find allies in parents

The combined effort makes sure the food distribution service will have a longer run

Gated communities gear up for the third wave

Should we invest in oxygen concentrators? Should we establish COVID care centres on our premises? RWAs in the FOMRRA fold debate such questions

Volunteers are not automatons

Here is how groups from Chennai that do COVID-19 volunteering work unwind amidst the stress and anxiety

Charity saves lives during COVID-19 second wave

Free Air for All charity initiative submitted the closure report to Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi on Friday, stating the

Hospital organises drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination camp

MGM Healthcare began a ‘drive-thru' COVID-19 vaccination camp for people aged 45 and above on Friday, a press release said. Tamil Nadu Medical

Children make cards to fete doctors and hospital staff

Project Joy is an initiative that trains them to make cards for healthcare workers

Supriya Sahu visits Vandalur zoo, monitors treatment being administered to lions

Samples of two lions mildly positive for canine distemper virus

Vyasarpadi Metrowater depot office shifted

New premises will be open from June 14

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People get vaccinated during a vaccination drive at Palavakkam, Chennai on May 18, 2021.

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Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. File photo.

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Relatives offer flowers and perform rituals at the grave of a person who died of COVID-19 at a crematorium on the outskirts of Hyderabad on May 23, 2021.

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A file photo of shops on S.P. Road closed, during the lockdown, in Bengaluru.

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Tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Lake on February 10, 2021.

13K | A year after Galwan clash, China beefing up positions along LAC

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A man reacts as he receives a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 during a mass vaccination for retail workers at a stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

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Anand took on Aamir, Arijit and Anany Birla, among others, in an online challenge organised by chess.com

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