Anna University’s former vice-chancellor and former member of the Union Public Service Commission, Prof E Balagurusamy, has urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay to reconsider the state govt’s recent decision to raise the upper age limit for recruitment to govt services by five years.
The party’s performance in the recent bypoll in Dharapuram and Madurantakam Assembly constituencies, and preparations for its general council and executive committee meetings, expected to be conducted in December this year, were among the issues discussed at the meeting
Justice P.B. Balaji refuses to follow Supreme Court’s 2017 verdict in M.C. Subramaniam’s case and instead follows the top court’s 2010 judgment in Afcons Infrastructure case
His decision to contest is being seen as ‘bold’ and has reportedly energised the cadre after a disappointing showing in this year’s Assembly elections
A road cave-in on Velachery Main Road near Phoenix Marketcity brought traffic to a standstill on the weekend before Diwali. Metrowater officials said they received information about the cave-in around 9am and found that an old 150mm main pipeline had developed a slow leak, weakening the road surface.
With the sea turtle season (Nov-May) set to start soon, state govt officials are planning to kick-start preparations by holding awareness drives among fishermen to use trawlers cautiously.
Months after the city corporation opened two bridges along Poonamallee High Road to reduce travel time for people heading towards Nolambur or Mogappair, commuters lament that nothing much has changed -- thanks to encroachments and incomplete widening works that make travel an arduous task.
Contractors relaying roads in Chennai can no longer simply lay a fresh layer of bitumen over an existing one. Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has introduced a three-tier verification mechanism to ensure contractors remove existing bitumen layers before relaying roads.
Chennai likely to see cloudy skies and moderate to heavy rain Monday as Cyclone Murasu nears AP coast; IMD issues orange alert for Chennai, Tiruvallur.