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A salon operating in Sharma Nagar

Salons and barber shops that have reopened have to follow a number of safety norms, but say that customers are still anxious about coming in

Now, salons offer home visits, ask customers to bring their own towels to shops

Vivek Narayanan

Salons and barber shops that have reopened have to follow a number of safety norms, but say that customers are still anxious about coming in

A new and expanded footpath being constructed at Velachery Main Road

Chennai Corporation restarts stalled footpath improvement work in the city

With testing likely to be scaled up, more volunteers are likely to be deployed for patient care.

Patient care Chennai

Skilled volunteers to help those under home isolation

Electricity Minister P. Thangamani. File

‘Electricity charges not hiked’

Chief Secretary calls for revising strategy in Chennai

For passengers whose transit time is beyond six hours, they can stay at one of the hotels identified by the State government till it is time for their next flight.

Special e-pass likely for transit air passengers

The Madras High Court.

Three HC judges test positive

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Traders from Chennai volunteer to shut shop Special Correspondent

Businesses to close for a week to help contain COVID-19 spread

Coronavirus | Chennai residents fear temporary markets pose risk of infection, call for closure

Chennai Corporation gets a Special Coordinator

Coronavirus | Proximity to Chennai a key factor for rising cases in nearby districts

Coronavirus | Chennai Corporation puts city’s peak bed requirement at 55,000

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Sankara, an instrumental perfomence led by ghatam and konnakkol vidwan T.H. Subhash Chandran at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mylapore, Chennai on July 01, 2014.

Sonia Aggarwal (L), V Jayaprakash (C) and Daniel Balaji (R) in a promotional poster for the now-suspended web series ‘Godman’

Ghatam Vidwan Subhash Chandran dies aged 74

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He had fever and chest congestion for a few days

Cancelling ‘Godman’ series an attack on freedom of expression, says show’s producer

R Elango, who produced the now-suspended web series, Godman, for Zee5, launches a counter offensive on “unconstitutional forces”, starts signature petition demanding the show’s release

Makers of ‘Godman’ receive summons

Accused of making offensive remarks

Archana Kalpathi

Theatres need govt. help, says Archana Kalpathi, AGS Cinemas CEO

Udhav Naig The 'Bigil' creative producer of AGS Entertainment speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic might have threatened the existence of the movie exhibition industry, but has also created new opportunities

Gear up for online indie concerts

Susan Joe Philip Chennai-based Riffbook.org offers online concerts to support independent musicians during the lockdown

G Jagadeesh Kanna

Variety | Aeronautics and mythology keeps this filmmaker’s dream alive

Pradeep Kumar Actor-turned-entrepreneur Jagadeesh Kanna on his firm 'Vaayusastra Aerospace' and taking aeronautics to children using theatre arts

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Man falls into Adyar while trying to click selfie

Traders from Chennai volunteer to shut shop

Coronavirus | Chennai residents fear temporary markets pose risk of infection, call for closure

Chennai Corporation gets a Special Coordinator

Coronavirus | Proximity to Chennai a key factor for rising cases in nearby districts

Help desks issuing e-pass at Chennai airport

HC defers six-day work week

The Madras High Court has kept in abeyance a decision by it on Tuesday to implement a six-day working week for its Registry as well as the offices of

PMK condoles death of soldier

Pattali Makkal Katchi on Saturday condoled the death of soldier Madhiazhagan who was from Salem district in Tamil Nadu. He had died in the shelling

Vaiko condoles death of party member T A K Lakshmanan

Marumalarachi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Saturday condoled the death of T A K Lakshmanan, who was a member in the

Kasimedu residents want crematorium repaired

Residents say smoke causes breathlessness and giddiness and ash settles everywhere in their homes

Two men assault woman in Anna Nagar

Police are on the look out for the men

Special buses for teachers involved in exam work from June 8 in Chennai

Special buses have also been organised for students and teachers to get to the exam centres and back home

Now, salons offer home visits, ask customers to bring their own towels to shops

Salons and barber shops that have reopened have to follow a number of safety norms, but say that customers are still anxious about coming in

Drop plan to open up Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary area to industries, says Vaiko

The MDMK general secretary said this plan would affect the environment adversely

Stalin visits Dr. Rela Institute, enquires about J. Anbazhagan’s health

DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday visited the Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre in Chromepet, where MLA J. Anbazhagan is admitted and being

Chennai Corporation restarts stalled footpath improvement work in the city

After over two months of work being stalled due to the lockdown, footpath expansion projects have been re-started on eight roads

Renowned ghatam vidwan Subash Chandran no more

Renowned ghatam and konnakol vidwan T.H. Subash Chandran died on Friday evening at his residence in West Mambalam in Chennai. He was 74. Mr. Chandran

Three HC judges test positive

Court to take up select cases for hearing from Monday

Chief Secretary calls for revising strategy in Chennai

Points out gaps in the approach to managing COVID-19

Special e-pass likely for transit air passengers

Flyers will be able to avail of the facility before arrival

‘Electricity charges not hiked’

Only units used have been divided over two bills, Minister Thangamani clarifies

Villivakkam murder: eight held

Previous enmity suspected to be the reason

Ghatam Vidwan Subhash Chandran dies aged 74

He had fever and chest congestion for a few days

Fish vendor hacked to death

A 31-year-old fish vendor was hacked to death in Thirumullaivoyal on Friday. The name of the victim has been given as Pandian, a resident of Pattali

Fire safety expert arrested for sexually abusing his daughter

All Women Police, Pulianthoppe, Friday arrested a 39-year-old fire safety expert for sexually assaulting his six year-old daughter repeatedly.The

World Environment Day celebrated

In the time of crisis due to COVID-19, the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change held a meeting through video conference, to celebrate

Skilled volunteers to help those under home isolation

Monitoring health of patients and speeding up recovery among their duties

Exorbitant power bills not justified: CPI(M)

CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan has said that the collection of exorbitant power bills from consumers is not justifiable and the State

Make new action plan to clean Marina Beach, High Court tells Chennai Corporation

The Additional Advocate General told the court that civic officials were busy working to contain the spread of COVID-19 and hence, required more time.

Water bowls for animals to be placed at all fire stations across Tamil Nadu

The initiative is to mark World Environment Day, which falls on Friday

Tangedco rebuts actor Prasanna’s accusation on calculation of electricity charges

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, in a statement, said it had worked out a detailed calculation for electricity charges following the lockdown, and was deducting the previous month’s cycle amount paid by consumers from the total charges

University of Madras to conduct its first online international Ph.D thesis defence

Prapaporn Vitheeswat, 42, a marine scientist from Thailand, will defend her thesis from Bangkok.

Coronavirus | Chennai Corporation puts city’s peak bed requirement at 55,000

Over 40% of beds in tertiary care hospitals ready, says Commissioner Prakash

Chennai airport operational office shut for 3 days

Two staff test positive; flight services will continue unaffected

City breathes cleaner air during lockdown

A Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board study found that air quality improved in the city during the three lockdowns. The city had more good air days

Coronavirus | Mylapore DCP tests positive

Over 401 police personnel tested positive and 140 of them were discharged and rejoined duty, according to the City Police Commissioner.

Temporary fish market coming up at Kasimedu

Measures in place to ensure social distancing at stalls

Woman with bullets detained at airport

A 30-year-old woman passenger from Vijayawada was detained at Madurai airport after she was found to possess two bullets and a few empty cases of

‘For prisoners, phone calls not a right’

Rajiv case convicts are foreigners and cannot demand the privilege, says counsel

Women of Chennai's Kannagi Nagar turn COVID-19 warriors

Soon after the outbreak of the disease, they began safeguarding the area

Hall ticket distribution for class 10 board exams begins in Chennai

Students were asked to download the hall tickets from the Directorate of Government Examinations website or collect it from their schools

Boat Club residents’ request for gate at area entrance turned down by Chennai Corporation

Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner, G. Prakash, said it was not possible to permit such drop gates to give special treatment to a few residents in the city

IIT-Madras partners with Chennai-based firm to develop touch-less sanitiser dispenser

The model is ideal for industries, educational institutions and corporate offices and can even be deployed in vehicles, the institute said

Two women set ablaze by spouses die

A 34-year-old woman died of burns and her 62-year-old lover is struggling for life after her husband allegedly set both of them ablaze in the early

Deadline to pay power bill extended in four districts

Tangedco asks its staff to begin door-to-door billing

It’s back to packing food from home for air travel

To avoid risk of contracting virus, people skip airport kiosks

Contact information, Aadhaar details must for testing: Corpn.

Anyone without Aadhaar will be quarantined till test result is known

Police wing helps victims of domestic violence, child abuse during lockdown

96 distress calls to child helpline in city handled by the unit

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