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The underground metro rail chugs out of a tunnel from the Thirumangalam station on Sunday. (Photo: DC)

Chennai Metro goes underground

The first underground Metro corridor connecting Koyambedu to Nehru Park was jointly inaugurated by chief minister,...

15 May 2017 1:31 AM IST

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister K Palaniswami. (Photo PTI)

TN govt gets Rs 1,433 cr from Centre, to sanction 3 lakh houses in...

Naidu has also warned builders that they would be fined' or even prosecuted' if they do not follow the rules.

14 May 2017 9:11 PM IST

M Venkaiah Naidu made the remarks after flagging off the 1st underground Metro Rail service from Tirumangalam to Nehru Park in Chennai, in the presence of TN CM K Palaniswami. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

TN: Centre to formulate new Metro Rail policy, says Venkaiah Naidu

A National Policy on Transit Oriented Development has also been formulated, approved by the Union govt, Naidu said.

14 May 2017 5:17 PM IST

Inauguration and opening of underground section of 7.63 km of Chennai metro line. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Venkaiah Naidu, TN CM inaugurate underground section of Chennai Metro...

The new section spans across Tirumangalam in Anna Nagar to Nehru Park, providing direct access to the Meenambakkam...

14 May 2017 3:54 PM IST

112-foot tall statue dedicated to Adiyogi in Coimbatore, declared worlds largest by Guinness Book of World Records. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

TN: Guinness Book declares 112-ft tall Lord Shiva statue world's...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the 'Adiyogi' statue, which took 30 months to design, on February 24 this...

14 May 2017 9:39 AM IST

Products on display at Village Craft outlet in Vilambur, near Mahabalipuram (Photo: DC)

Chennai: Bringing rural products to urbans

This would be as part of a women-empowerment project that would train the women, and pay them for the products they...

14 May 2017 6:29 AM IST

Visiters take a stroll at the Kodai summer festival in Kodaikanal. (Photo: DC)

Chennai: Locals to play key role in Kodai fest

Over 1.5 lakh plants, 56 variety of flowers on display.

14 May 2017 6:27 AM IST

In all 11,35,105 students from across the country want to pursue medical courses.

Distress calls pour in from students, parents

We got about the same number of calls from distressed students as we received on Friday,â€said Dr Lakshmi Jayakumar,...

14 May 2017 6:24 AM IST

Special teams to assess beach mineral sand stock in Nellai

The special officer, Mr. Satyabrata Sahoo, however, refused to respond to the allegations of illegal mining of beach...

14 May 2017 6:22 AM IST

Workers of beach mineral companies expressed their grievances to the court commissioner Satyabrata Sahoo, who visited Valavallan factory on Saturday. (Photo: DC)

Workers petition court commissioner on unfair hearing

Blanket ban on beach mineral mining companies deprived them of their basic livelihood.

14 May 2017 6:19 AM IST

G. Ramakrishnan

CPM to campaign against neo-liberal policies on May 15

The campaign would consist of street meetings at the district, taluk and panchayat union levels, he said.

14 May 2017 6:17 AM IST

BJP State chief Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan

MK Stalin lacks his father's political maturity: Tamilisai...

She also refuted his allegation that governor Ch. Vidhyasagar Rao was acting at the behest of the Centre.

14 May 2017 6:15 AM IST