CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday ordered the revamp and modernisation of Amma Unavagams across the state.At present, 383 Amma Unavagams are functioning under the Greater Chennai Corporation, while another 237 are operated by other corporations and municipalities across the state. The chief minister held consultations with senior govt officials and…
Chennai: A suspect in a multi-crore iridium investment scam was arrested by CB-CID at Chennai airport on arrival from Bahrain on Saturday. Suresh Kumar was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday for forging bank documents to cheat investors.The case was registered by the Salem branch of the Organised Crime Unit of the CB-CID on March…
Chennai: Patients at the six-storey super-speciality block of Government Stanley Medical College Hospital are forced to endure long waits due to sluggish and unreliable lifts. Poor maintenance of the elevators has especially hit the elderly patients.The lift doors take several seconds to open or close. Attenders say that at times, they don’t open at all….
After an extraordinary opening weekend that rewrote Hollywood box office history in India, Tom Holland‘s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ witnessed its first significant drop in collections on Monday. Despite the expected weekday slowdown, the Marvel blockbuster continues to dominate cinemas and is now closing in on the Rs 350 crore gross milestone at the Indian…
July 2026 brings a softer, steadier rhythm for Gemini, and that will suit you well. This is a month in which family warmth, emotional security, and social respect begin to feed each other. You may notice that home life becomes more settled from the very start. Old tensions ease. People speak with less sharpness and…
Chennai: The share of births taking place in Tamil Nadu govt hospitals has fallen from more than 65% in 2017-18 to below 51% now, health minister K G Arunraj said on Sunday, calling for a detailed study of why women are increasingly choosing private facilities.After inaugurating the Obstetric and Gynaecological Society of South India mid-year…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people, who were not authorised to comment publicly about the yet to…
Palestinian women mourn over the body of Awda Farakhneh, 53, who, according to the health authorities, was killed by Israeli army fire following a settler attack, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Deir Jarir, northeast Ramallah, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday (July 20,…
The first Sawan Somwar of 2026 will be on Monday, 3 August. Sawan Somwar is devoted to Lord Shiva. Many devotees keep a fast on this day, perform Jalabhishek, and recite Shiva mantras. Numerology makes this occasion more interesting. The complete date of August 3, 2026, adds up to 21, which reduces to Number 3….
Inspector Manimaran was arrested by the Velachery police for groping a woman while he was under the influence of alcohol. CHENNAI: A traffic police inspector posted with the Traffic Enforcement Wing in Ranipet district was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman in Chennai’s Velachery while under the influence of alcohol, police said.The accused, identified as…