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Finishing touches: Workers preparing the TNSCB tenements at K.P. Park.

Facility in Pulianthope will house 1,728 patients; bed capacity to hit 10,000 soon

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Coronavirus | Chennai Corporation begins work on largest care centre

Aloysius Xavier Lopez

Facility in Pulianthope will house 1,728 patients; bed capacity to hit 10,000 soon

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J. Deepa, niece of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaayalalitha, addresses a press conference in Chennai on May 29, 2020.

Madras High Court declares niece and nephew as Jayalalithaa’s legal heirs

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Performing surgeries while wearing PPE is tough, say surgeons

Further, the market complex was disinfected every day using drones as well as by personnel from the Fire and Rescue Services Department. Photo: File

Coronavirus | Koyambedu cluster happened despite precautions, Madras High Court told

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Securing valuables: Traders shifting goods from their shops in Koyembedu Vegetable Market.

Traders shift goods out of Koyambedu

No takers: An empty shop in Pondy Bazaar on Friday.

Pedestrian plaza at Pondy Bazaar opens up sans the bustle

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Workers engaged in disinfecting the Koyembedu market after it was closed earlier this month

Reopen Koyambedu market with safety regulations in place, traders’ associations say

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Chennai Metro to install foot-operated lifts Staff Reporter

In an effort to control the spread of COVID-19, Chennai Metro will soon install foot-operated elevators in its stations. A prototype has been

Retailers keep register to help with contact tracing

Chennai-based marine aquarium seeks support to stay afloat

Coronavirus | All bags disinfected at Chennai airport

Coronavirus | Barred floors of city hospital to be used for patients

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

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

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

Aeronautics and mythology keeps this filmmaker’s dream alive

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

Bringing patrons back to theatres

Sangeetha Kandavel Theatres are looking at how to operate their business during the initial few weeks after the lockdown

Lockdown | Modi making same mistake of demonetisation albeit at a larger scale: Kamal Haasan

Staff Reporter This ill-planned lockdown is leading us to a fatal combination of loss of both life and livelihood, he says

Representative picture: Coronavirus lockdown has complicated the livelihoods of over 25,000 FEFSI union members in Tamil film industry

Coronavirus effect on Tamil film industry’s daily wagers: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Pradeep Kumar As Kollywood wound to a halt with the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown, the fate of assistant directors, background dancers, caterers and many more is left hanging in the balance

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No penal proceedings for delay in PF contributions during lockdown, says the Employees Provident Fund Organisation

New principal appointed at Madras Christian College

210 Australians head home by plane

Volunteering Chennai

Voluntary group tends to tree saplings

Volunteering Chennai

Mentors extend a helping hand

Three die in different road accidents in Kancheepuram district

Migrant workers rescued from Tiruvallur brick kiln sent home

The workers had been assaulted by the owner when they had attempted to leave and walk back to their hometowns, and were later rescued by district officials

Chennai police turn their focus on crime prevention again

Following relaxations to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, cases of crime have begun cropping up again, police say

Special super-fast passenger train from New Delhi to Chennai reintroduced

The Indian Railway has reintroduced the Rajdhani super fast special trains to be operated between New Delhi and Chennai from Thursday. The special

Soon, you can lodge a police complaint through the Kavalan SOS app

The police are launching a feature for mobile-based complaints through the app, and live location identification of the complainant, to enable quick responses in an emergency

Chennai-based start-up raises funds to focus on Artificial Intelligence

Vakilsearch, an online platform for legal, tax and compliance services is planing to use the funds raised for engineering, specifically in machine learning and AI

Mobile ATM facility in containment zone

J4 Kotturpuram Police Station has made an arrangement for mobile ATM facilities to visit the containment zones in Kotturpuram. The ATM vans are

Directorate of Matriculation Schools warns private schools in Tamil Nadu not to hold exams for lower classes

A direction by the School Education Director had said that all students from classes 1 to 9 should be promoted to the next class

Garbage dumping continues unabated at Sembakkam Eri

Residents of Sri Sarvamangala Nagar, Chitlapakkam, are at their wit’s end over trash being dumped in a vacant plot on First Cross Street (South Side),

Government school teachers reach out to students from underprivileged families

A. Narkis is now poorer by well over ₹1 lakh, but what she has done with that money has left her enriched for life. Teacher at the Panchayat Union

Chennai hits 41 degree C

As Cyclone Amphan moved further away from Tamil Nadu region, several areas in and around Chennai sizzled, with the temperature soaring past the

‘Shramik Specials’ to carry more people

Middle berths reintroduced in sleeper coaches

Crowds thin as Amma Canteens stop free food

Corporation says it will resume the supply today

Desperation, lack of information drive these workers home

Natives of Jharkhand and West Bengal say they are stuck without money

TANKER Foundation donates masks

TANKER Foundation donated 7,500 masks to the police force on Tuesday. Georgi Abraham, Founder Trustee, and Latha Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee,

Delhi’s community of Urdu and Arabic calligraphers is fighting to stay relevant and keep the art alive

The Katibs are among the last practitioners of an art that goes back to the golden era of Arabic penmanship

Alumni of College of Engineering, Guindy celebrate Genesis Day

The CEG Alumni Association identified 225 contract employees in the campus and distributed grocery bags to them

Gear up for online indie concerts

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

Migrant workers assaulted by brick kiln owner in Tiruvallur

The workers and their families had decided to leave, and walk back to their home States

Voluntary organisation launches a referral system for residents to suggest underprivileged families that may do with some financial assistance

With zero savings, lack of a support system and a 38-year-old differently-abled son to care for, flower vendor Lakshmi Ammal can’t keep off work.

‘Avoid visiting police station, make an online complaint’

Stations blocks entrances to prevent complainants from entering the premises

Centre’s conditions for raising borrowing limit onerous: CM

Palaniswami says mode of disbursement of subsidy must be left to State govts.

City roads see a surge in traffic

Thousands throng shopping hubs late in the afternoon, govt. staff report to work

New device to monitor COVID-19 patients

City hospital uses bluetooth-based device to stay connected

Man ends life after killing his three children

A 32-year-old man killed his three children before ending his life at Vadamangalam in Sriperumpudur. The police said Arumugam, 32, strangulated his

At the airport, they work tirelessly

Housekeeping staff ensure facilities stay clean and hygienic

Staff seek more screening at Secretariat

Temperature not checked, hand sanitisers absent on the premises

Vegetables rot at Thirumazhisai as traders have no storage space

Brinjal, carrot and okra are sold at throwaway prices towards the end of business hours

Donation for COVID relief continues

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said it has provided dry rations to Irulas in Pazhaverkadu, Tiruvallur district, through support from its

IIT-M start-up develops wearable to track health parameters

The wrist-based tracker can help in early diagnosis of COVID-19

MTC begins bus operations for government staff in Chennai

200 buses to be operated for officials residing at various parts of the city

Online meat sales soar during lockdown

Retailers say customers give preference to hygiene and safety

Anxious migrant workers hit the road in city

Officials assure them of transport, amid protests at a several centres

Corporation revives camps

Senior officials have been asked to open helplines

Migrants working for IIT-M projects not paid

Workers are living in cramped cabins without facilities

Trial run begins for FASTag at OMR, ECR plazas

The kiosks are being spruced up with new markings

Despite work commencing, migrant workers at infrastructure sites say they want to go home

The workers are apprehensive, as the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing

Face hoods distributed to Chennai police personnel

The hoods were given by Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

How high is your RWA’s sensitivity quotient?

There is no mathematical equation to measure it. Words and deeds will reveal the score

Looking out for the community

By processing ePasses, arranging for private transport and offering emotional support in their language, regional associations are meeting a huge need

Veggies come straight from farms on Chennai’s outskirts

Marginal farmers depend heavily on the vegetables and greens they produce to tide through the lockdown; they head to neighbourhoods within a 10-km radius and sell the produce

Residents of Anna Nagar Western Extension provide crematorium caretaker with essentials and a cash assistance

The COVID-19 crisis has dampened everyone’s spirits and they would do with some cheering up and help. So, members of Anna Nagar Western Extension

Actor Soori is a big fan of Triplicane police personnel

Having watched a video of how this station has been providing food to conservancy and sanitary staff at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital at the Omandurar Government Estate since the lockdown began, he sought autographs from the personnel in khakhi

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A file photo of BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra.

53K | BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hospitalised after coronavirus symptoms

Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. File photo: Reuters

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U.S. President Donald Trump

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A migrant worker, carrying his 6-year-old son, passes by Khora Colony in Ghaziabad on May 26, 2020 as he walks towards Etawah in Uttar Pradesh after crossing the Delhi-U.P. border.

22K | Hours before taking up migrant workers issue, Supreme Court got stinging letter from senior lawyers

Delhi Home guard staff thermal screen the passengers waiting at the DTC bus stop amidst the lockdown imposed till May 31, in New Delhi on May 29, 2020.

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This combination of pictures taken on May 20-21, 2020, shows the feet of migrant workers in Ghaziabad and Allahabad.

18K | Supreme Court orders Centre and States to immediately provide transport, food and shelter free of cost to stranded migrant workers

Traffic police in Chennai try out special spectacles to keep their eyes protected while interacting with the public. Scene at Ambattur Industrial Estate near Wavin on Thursday, May 28, 2020

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Actor Sonu Sood while sending off migrants to their hometowns by buses, in Mumbai

16K | Sonu Sood: ‘Migrant workers built our homes; I couldn’t watch them being homeless’