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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the PM's residence in New Delhi on June 17.

Memorandum contains 25 major demands including operationalising the HLL Biotech, establishment of AIIMS in Madurai, and scrapping of NEET.

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Stalin calls on PM Modi, hands over memorandum

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Memorandum contains 25 major demands including operationalising the HLL Biotech, establishment of AIIMS in Madurai, and scrapping of NEET.

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A view of the Perungudi dump yard. Photograph used for representational purposes only

Alarming to see reports of microplastics in groundwater near dump yard sites, NGT says

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A ceremony with cake and snacks was held, and the baby was named Poovan

Chennai Corporation shelter resident delivers baby, naming ceremony held

Number of fever survey workers may be reduced

For Vaishnavi, one of the two transgender persons appointed for housekeeping and security jobs at the Institute of Mental Health in Chennai, a job is the answer for most difficulties.

2 transgender persons employed in IMH

A health worker administers a dose of the Covishield vaccine to vaccinate truck and lorry drivers from other districts and neighbouring States, vaccination drive to inoculate senior citizen and people 45 year with co-morbidities.

Special vaccination camps at Koyambedu market

Healing touch: Chief Minister M.K. Stalin giving the second instalment of the COVID-19 package of ₹2,000 to a ration card holder in Chennai on Wednesday.

Stalin visits ration shops

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

Chennai Corporation identifies venues for local mass vaccination camps Special Correspondent

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

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

More history-sheeters will be arrested: Police Commissioner

Chennai Corporation to keep ICU beds ready

Canara Bank branches distribute food packets

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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

From ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ to ‘Mogamul’: Tamil audiobooks opens new doors to listeners and voice actors

Srinivasa Ramanujam

Dubbing artistes and actors get an unexpected break voicing Tamil audiobooks, which are drawing a surge of listeners seeking comfort amid the pandemic

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

Dharmapuri Ramakrishnan as Madurai Veeran

Folk arts | Theatre

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

Gowri S 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

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Chennai Corporation launches WhatsApp number for services

Chennai-born man named president of Illinois Institute of Technology

Stalin calls on PM Modi, reiterates vaccine lab demand

Ranjitha Ashok’s ‘Half a Kilo Mixture’ features memories turned into short stories

Alarming to see reports of microplastics in groundwater near dump yard sites, NGT says

Chennai Corporation shelter resident delivers baby, naming ceremony held

Youth murdered in Perumbakkam

Special Correspondent A 26-year-old man was brutally murdered by a six-member gang, which hurled a country bomb at him and later hacked him to death

Special vaccination camps at Koyambedu market

The camps would be held between 2 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thursday too with the support of the Greater Chennai Corporation

IOG starts vaccinating lactating women

The Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IOG) and Government Hospital for Women and Children has started vaccinating lactating women. In two days,

Number of fever survey workers may be reduced

Civic body will collect feedback from all stakeholders before taking a decision

Chennai zoo loses another lion to COVID-19

A 12-year-old male lion, named Pathbanathan, housed in the Lion Safari area of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, died due to COVID-19 on

Stalin visits ration shops

Chief Minister reviews the distribution of compensation

Metrowater MD inspects work at 150 mld desalination plant in Nemmeli

Measures will be taken to complete construction of desalination plant with a capacity to treat 150 million litres of sea water a day (mld) at Nemmeli

IGNOU begins admissions

The Indira Gandhi National Open University has commenced July 2021 admission cycle for graduate, postgraduate, diploma and certificate level academic

SBI offers restructuring of loans

SBI is offering restructuring of loans to its eligible p-segment borrowers for loans availed under home loans, xpress credit, education loans and auto

2 transgender persons employed in IMH

They get security, housekeeping jobs

When life meets chef: Vikas Khanna talks about his lockdown aid initiative

Award-winning chef Vikas Khanna has been busy helping Indians during the pandemic all the way from New York City, while ruminating on the way ahead for the food industry

From ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ to ‘Mogamul’: Tamil audiobooks opens new doors to listeners and voice actors

Dubbing artistes and actors get an unexpected break voicing Tamil audiobooks, which are drawing a surge of listeners seeking comfort amid the pandemic

Artificially ripened mangoes seized at Koyambedu market

Seven tonnes of mangoes from 30 shops were seized and destroyed, officials said

Shiva Shankar Baba arrested by Crime Branch CID police in Ghaziabad

The ‘godman’ was arrested following a series of complaints of sexual abuse against him, made by alumni of a school he founded on Chennai’s outskirts

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

The police has solved the mystery over the death of a woman whose body was found under suspicious circumstances a week ago on the eighth floor of the

Hyundai Motor India Foundation donates medical supplies in Sriperumbudur

The Hyundai Motor India Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Hyundai Motor India Limited, handed over 1,000 PPE kits, 5,000 N-95 masks, 200 pulse

New institute professor appointed at IIT-M

Sarit Kumar Das is a former director of IIT Ropar

Teams deputed to trace YouTuber Madan

He is facing allegations of abuse

Ekambaranathar temple takes over school in Poonamallee High Road

The land the school is located on belongs to the temple

Man wanted for rape arrested after 6 years

He had gone into hiding since 2015

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

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