R N Ravi sworn in as governor of Tamil Nadu. Chief Justice of Madras high court Sandeeb Banerjee administered oath of office. Fresh cases in Tamil Nadu dropped on Friday, when the state added 1,669 new cases compared to 1,693 on Thursday and 1,658 on Wednesday. Stay with TOI for all updatesRead Less
Will stick to governor's Constitutional limits: Ravindra Narayan Ravi
Soon after being sworn in as the 26th governor of Tamil Nadu, Ravindra Narayan Ravi on Saturday said he would function within the parameters of the Constitution. The former IB officer and Nagaland governor succeeded Banwarilal Purohit who was appointed as the governor of Punjab and the administrator of the Union territory of Chandigarh.
Read moreActive cases in Chennai increase by 97 to 1,895 within a week
In a week, the number of active Covid-19 cases in the city has increased by 97, official data released by Greater Chennai Corporation shows.
Read moreOver 5.3 lakh benefited from Makkalai Thedi scheme: TN health department
More than 5.3 lakh people have benefited from the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme, the state health department said in a statement.
Read morePuducherry logs 79 Covid-19 cases, two more deaths
Puducherry logged 79 fresh Covid-19 cases and two more deaths on Sunday, taking the caseload to 1,25,463 and the fatalities to 1,831. Seventy eight patients were cured and discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the overall number of recoveries to 1,22,709.
Autopsy report shows dead boy from Chennai was tortured, branded
The case of a five-year-old boy brought to the Chromepet Government Hospital on Thursday with burn marks on the body and head injuries has turned out to be a sordid saga of branding and assault leading to his death. The Peerkankaranai police, who identified the deceased as Abel, on Saturday arrested his 20-year-old aunt Mary for his murder. A magistrate’s court in Tambaram later sent the woman to jail.
Read moreCMRL to conduct health camps at stations
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will conduct free health camps at some metro stations next week in association with Fortis Hospitals for the benefit of commuters and the general public.
Chennai: Puzhal jail inmate bitten by snake
Bilal Malik, a suspected fundamentalist who was part of a gang that planted pipe-bombs at a culvert in Thirumangalam near Madurai in 2011 targeting former deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, was bitten by a snake when he tried to chase it away from his cell in the high-security block at Puzhal prison -1.
Read moreRansomware attack encrypts protocol files of Tamil Nadu govt
The Tamil Nadu government’s public department came under a malicious ransomware attack on Friday, resulting in several files being locked by a 16-digit encryption code that served as unique ID of the miscreants.
Read moreAfter months, Chennai’s theatre scene goes live again
With the lockdown lifted, the city’s theatre has come alive again. Two new productions in English and Tamil are set to be staged in the coming days.
Read moreCovid-19: 20 Tamil Nadu districts report marginal increase in cases
Fresh cases in Tamil Nadu continued to decline on Saturday, when the state added 1,653 new cases compared to 1,669 on Friday. Twenty of the 38 districts in the state including Chennai and Kallakurichi reported a marginal increase in cases. After reporting 22 deaths and 1,581 discharges, there were 16,893 people on the active list.
Read moreStudents from Japan get a virtual taste of IIT Madras
Ten students from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, had a virtual study tour of IIT Madras between September 6 and 17, during which they learned engineering English and yoga.
Read moreTamil Nadu: ‘Son-in-law’ of minister cheats man of Rs 1 crore
The T Nagar police booked three people, including a Madurai-based rowdy and a man who posed as the son-in-law of a Union minister, for cheating people by promising to get them jobs with the railway. The con came to light following a complaint by L Muthukumaran who said he had been kidnapped by a gang posing as policemen, who threatened him against approaching police and sought more money from him.
Read moreFlyer smuggles gold, gadgets worth Rs 22 lakh
Customs officials seized 390g of gold and electronic goods worth Rs 22.31 lakh from a passenger at Chennai airport on Friday. The passenger was arrested. Based on intelligence, a 53-year-old-man, who arrived from Sharjah, was intercepted at the exit.
Tamil Nadu logs 1,653 Covid-19 infections, 22 deaths
Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded 1,653 new Covid-19 infections, including a returnee from Maharashtra, pushing the overall tally to 26,43,683, while the fatality count rose to 35,310 with the death of 22 more people. Recoveries were below new infections with 1,581 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 25,91,480 leaving 16,893 active cases, a health department bulletin said. Four districts recorded the bulk of the infections -- Chennai with 204, Coimbatore 201, Erode 139 and Chengalpet 101, while the remaining was scattered across other districts. Four districts logged fresh cases below double digits, while 26 did not report any fresh deaths, the bulletin said.
Tamil Nadu: Maternity leave hiked to 12 months from 9 months
The Tamil Nadu government has issued a letter to all secretaries and heads of departments, confirming the government order increasing the period of maternity leave for government employees to 12 months from the existing nine months.
Read moreChennai may get intense rain starting next week, say meteorologists
The 8.6mm rain recorded at Meenambakkam weather station on Friday may be the start of another round of showers as meteorologists have forecast thunderstorms with light rain for the next two days. Bloggers said the intensity and frequency of rain may increase after September 20 and many parts of the state, including coastal areas like Chennai and neighbouring districts, are likely to receive good spells.
Read moreTamil Nadu recovers Rs 2,000 crore worth of encroached land from private college
After nearly 20 years of legal battle, the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday reclaimed 91-acre government land worth Rs 2,000 crore encroached by Jeppiaar Educational Trust at Semmenchery on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR).
Read moreTamil Nadu: Doctor chokes to death in car stuck in flooded underpass
A 32-year-old government doctor choked to death after the car which she was driving got submerged by stagnant rainwater which flooded a railway underpass at Thudaiyur in Pudukkottai district on Friday night. The deceased, C Sathiya, an assistant surgeon at the government hospital in Hosur, was travelling along with her mother-in-law Jayam Ammal, 67, who was rescued.
Read moreAll India Radio to convert 4 Tamil Nadu & Puducherry stations into relay stations
India’s largest public radio broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR), has decided to convert four ‘primary channel stations’ in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry radio station to ‘relay stations’ from October 3, triggering fears about their possible shutdown. Henceforth, these five stations will relay programmes produced mostly by the Chennai AIR station and may lose their local flavour.
Read moreTN pvt schools, self-financing colleges overcharging, say parents
Parents of children studying in aided schools and self-financing colleges in Tamil Nadu have alleged that the institutions' managements were over-charging fees even during the Covid pandemic. Talking to IANS, R. Sathyamoorthy, parent of Bavya Lakshmi, a Class 10 student of a private aided school in Salem, said: "School authorities are charging heavy fees and there seems to be no regulatory mechanism in place. The district educational officers feigned helplessness when we complain. The school is good and we want to continue her studies there but they are charging Rs 10,000 as first term fee and this is a government-aided school. I came to know that in some other places in Salem district itself, the fee is Rs 17,500. This is indeed extracting money from hapless parents."