Chennai Connect at The Hindu (2024)

14/09/2022

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the Sri Lankan Tamils Rehabilitation Camp at Thottanuthu village in Dindigul via video conferencing from Chennai on Wednesday.

Seventy families were living in thatched-roof houses since 1990 after fleeing their homeland

09/09/2022

The Madras High Court directed the National Medical Commission to take a relook into an office memorandum issued by it on February 3 insisting that the fee for 50% of seats in deemed to be universities and self-financing medical colleges must be on a par with the fee collected by government medical colleges in the respective State or the Union Territory.

Says, the existing fee structure shall continue until the council takes a relook

05/09/2022

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on September 5 launched the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance scheme titled 'Pudhumai Penn' at a function in Chennai, in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also unveiled 26 schools of excellence and 15 model schools set up by the Tamil Nadu government

05/09/2022

A Natarajar idol that was stolen 62 years ago from the 2000-year-old Vedapureeswarar Temple at Tiruvedhikudi Kandiyur in Thanjavur district, was traced to the Asia Society Museum in New York, U.S.A.

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05/09/2022

The biodiversity conservation and greening project for climate change response, with an outlay of ₹920.52 crore for a period of eight years, will begin this month.
On March 31, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department received a loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency for the implementation of the project.

Tamil Nadu government signed an MoU with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the project in March this year

30/08/2022

Even as the roar of an aircraft taking off fills the air, the sound of temple bells ring in the quiet neighbourhood of Vrindavan Nagar in 's Pazhavanthangal.
Here, the priests' plate bears offerings you usually find in temples: flowers and coconut.
But, it also has something else: visa papers.

This Ganesh Chaturthi, Chennai’s unique Lakshmi Visa Ganapathi temple is crowded with people hoping to travel abroad at a time when getting visas is tougher than ever before

30/08/2022

The Food Safety Commissioner on Monday informed the Madras High Court that Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018 permit sale of milk in multiple packaging materials including glass bottles, rigid plastic containers, flexible plastic pouches, paper cartons with aluminium foil liner and therefore Aavin had chosen to sell milk in plastic pouches.

Also apprises court of rules applicable to sale of drinking water in bubble top cans; says sellers must obtain FSSAI & BSI licences

29/08/2022

The probe by officers of Idol Wing CID police into the theft of a Ganesha idol stolen 50 years ago led to chance discovery of 11 more antique idols stolen from the temple. Interestingly, the temple staff were unaware of the theft until the officers of Idol Wing reached the temple and began investigation.

Probe on the theft of a Ganesha idol leads to discovery of theft of 11 other antique idols from the temple over the years

17/08/2022

has proposed a change of tariff category for electric crematorium of local bodies to Low Tension tariff II A from the existing Low Tension tariff I-A.

If approved the tariff would increase to ₹9.32 per unit from the existing ₹3.64 per unit

17/08/2022

The Madras High Court ordered status quo ante as on June 23 with respect to the leadership of which meant that the election of Edappadi K Palaniswami as interim general secretary during the July 11 general council meet will not be valid.

Court orders conduct of a fresh general council to decide upon the future leadership of the party

16/08/2022

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday handed over incentives to sportspersons from Tamil Nadu, who excelled in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and in the Commonwealth Fencing Championship in London.

The Chief Minister gave a cheque for ₹1.80 crore to table tennis player A. Sharath Kamal

16/08/2022

A total of 1,58,157 students will contest for 1,48,811 engineering seats under government quota this year.
As many as 431 colleges, including 394 self-financing institutions, will participate in counselling.

3,624 candidates have scored over 195 as cut off

15/08/2022

A 3% hike in Dearness Allowance for State government employees and pensioners, an increase in the monthly pension for freedom fighters and their descendants and setting up of an 'Independence Day Museum' in Chennai were among the major announcements made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during his Independence Day address.

The Chief Minister also announced an increase in monthly pension for freedom fighters and their descendants

15/08/2022

The widespread impact the Indian Independence movement had on the psyche of people across the country is unparalleled.
Naturally, the freedom movement began to influence the world of art as well, especially movies and theatre plays. Here is a look at Tamil cinema's contribution:

Thyaga Bhoomi and Mathru Bhoomi caused a patriotic fervour that led to their ban by the British government

14/08/2022

Open dumping of ’s waste at the Resource Recovery Park at Kannika Devi colony is attracting sloth bears to the residential area, putting wildlife at risk and also increasing the chances of negative human-animal interactions in the area.

People are afraid to leave their homes past dusk, fearing an attack, says a resident

14/08/2022

Unveiling a portrait of late N. Natarajan, a leading lawyer who practised criminal law in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin recalled his legal services rendered to the DMK and its late leader and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, which could never be forgetten in lifetime.

His services to the DMK and Karunanidhi can never be forgotten, says the Chief Minister

14/08/2022

The Tamil Nadu government has named 15 police officers for the Chief Minister’s police medal which will be awarded to them on Independence Day.
An official release said five police officials would be awarded the police medal by the Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for the outstanding commitment and selfless public service.

They will be getting the awards for their selfless service and excellent work in criminal investigation

13/08/2022

The District Rural Police arrested three persons for damaging a Kerala-bound truck carrying stones from a quarry, near , on Saturday.

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13/08/2022

interim general secretary and Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K. Palaniswami said Chief Minister M. K. Stalin should allow police to act independently in order to tackle the problem of widespread proliferation of drugs in Tamil Nadu.

He also said despite raising questions about drug trafficking in the State, the CM has given excuses

10/08/2022

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin instructed police officers to crack down on those selling drugs illegally and to freeze their properties.
He chaired a conference of top officials and senior police officers with an exclusive agenda to eradicate drug menace in the State.

The T.N. Chief Minister instructed authorities to intensify vigilance around educational institutions

10/08/2022

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation petition filed against the ongoing transfer of around 1,000 crocodiles from Madras Crocodile Bank Trust to Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Gujarat.

When experts are satisfied with world class facilities in Gujarat, court cannot interfere, it says

10/08/2022

The government would award a cash prize of ₹1 crore each to India's B team (Open) and A team (Women) which secured bronze medals in the 44th FIDE , Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced.

CHENNAI The Tamil Nadu government would award a cash prize of ₹1 crore each to India's B team (Ope

02/08/2022

sleuths on August 2, 2022, held searches at the premises linked to some well known Tamil cinema producers, official sources said.
The raids were being reportedly carried out at multiple locations in , including .

The raids were being reportedly carried out at multiple locations in the State, including Madurai.

02/08/2022

Three persons died on the spot when a car hit them on Sholinghur-Arakkonam Road in Ranipet district on Monday.
The deceased in the accident near Minnalammal temple at SR Kandigai were identified as Srinivasan, Unnamalai and Kanniappan.

Tamil Nadu CM M.K Stalin announced a solatium of ₹2 lakh to families of each of the deceased from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund

01/08/2022

Finally after a waiting period of more than a decade, city will have a second airport at soon.

Following a meeting held at New Delhi last week over the identification of the site, the Civil Aviation Ministry had expressed its willingness to go along with the choice of Tamil Nadu government

01/08/2022

As a war of musical prowess was waged on stage by the South Asian Symphony Orchestra, the audience was left in peaceful silence in their seats at Sri M***a Venkatasubba Rao Hall this past weekend.

The South Asian Symphony Orchestra mesmerised the audience into a silence through their Peace Notes performance

01/08/2022

The Madras High Court has criticised Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) for having chosen to register a case only under Section 304ii (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and not under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the police personnel reportedly involved in a case of custodial death.

Criticises investigating officer for having chosen to register the case only for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder

01/08/2022

The Madras High Court expressed its displeasure over non-compliance of a slew of directions issued by it to the Tamil Nadu government on January 27 to prevent unauthorised occupation of lands classified as water bodies in revenue records.

Warns the Tamil Nadu government that it might be constrained to summon the Chief Secretary if the directions were not complied with in letter and spirit within 10 days

01/08/2022

Municipal Corporation, on Saturday, passed a resolution during the general council meeting, according to which buildings constructed after July 1, 2022 would come under zone-based property taxation regime.

Under the proposed property tax regime, the areas in 100 wards of the Coimbatore corporation would be classified into four zones and a base price per square feet would be fixed only for buildings that were constructed after July 1.

01/08/2022

The basic relief proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PoWDVA), 2005 are purely civil in nature though the Parliament had consciously empowered judicial magistrates to adjudicate the rights of victim women by predominantly adopting procedures prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.), the Madras High Court has held.

Parliament had empowered magistrates, who generally deal with criminal cases, to adjudicate PoWDVA proceedings to provide more teeth to the legislation

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