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  • Two-wheeler catches fire on Kathipara flyover, none injured

    Two-wheeler catches fire on Kathipara flyover, none injured

    CHENNAI: A two-wheeler that was on its way to the Kathipara flyover in Guindy caught fire on Sunday, according to a Daily Thanthi report.

    Devadas (55), a resident of Parangimalai in Chennai, was on his way to Annai Velankanni Church in Besant Nagar on a two-wheeler with his wife and child. After the visit, the family was returning home this morning. At around 11 am, smoke began to arise from the vehicle, when they were on the way to the lower road of Kathipara flyover in Chennai.

    Devadas immediately stopped his vehicle in a hurry, dropped his wife and child, and got down. Within seconds, the two-wheeler caught fire.

    Acting on a tip-off, the Guindy fire personnel rushed to the spot and doused the fire, yet, the two-wheeler was completely gutted in the fire. This incident led to traffic disruption in the area, as per reports.

  • Layout projects witness growth in Chennai, CREDAI study

    Layout projects witness growth in Chennai, CREDAI study

    CHENNAI: The number of layout projects has been steadily increasing and has grown significantly in contrast, according to the study carried out by CREDAI Chennai’s Research and Analysis Wing.

    The study also noted that for the first quarter of 2023, the number of Building projects climbed by 94.89 per cent as compared to Q1-2022, showing a tremendous development over the year.

    Despite a general rise in the sales of building projects, the number of units registered in Chennai fell by 9 per cent when compared to the previous quarter, or Q4-2022.

    In the first quarter of 2023, CREDAI members owned 78.1 per cent of the registered units in Chennai. In Chennai during March 2023, a total of 31 residential projects were registered with TNRERA.

    North Central had three residential projects, South Central had eight, South Suburbs had four, West Central had four, and West Suburbs had three. Central Chennai witnessed nine residential developments. The ones listed here are a combination of CREDAI and non-CREDAI projects.

    “When compared to Q1-2022, we are overall pleased with the performance of the first quarter of 2023, and has generally met our expectations, regardless of a large decline in the number of projects and units registered in March 2023. 67 per cent of the year’s first quarter sales were made by CREDAI members, despite a fall in overall sales volume by 7 per cent comparing the previous quarter Q4-2022. What’s more encouraging is that the market has observed an apparent decline in the amount of unsold inventory from completed projects, and sales by non-CREDAI members have also gone up as well,” said S Sivagurunathan, President, CREDAI Chennai.

    “Interestingly, based on sales and unsold inventory from completed projects, the trend seen is that home buyers are now favoring ready-to-move-in residences,” Sivagurunathan added.

  • President Murmu accepts CM Stalin’s invitation to visit Chennai on June 5

    President Murmu accepts CM Stalin’s invitation to visit Chennai on June 5

    CHENNAI: President Droupadi Murmu has accepted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s invitation to preside over the inauguration event of a multi-speciality hospital in Chennai’s Guindy. She would visit the city on June 5.

    The multi-speciality hospital consists of 1000 beds and has come up at a cost of Rs 230 crores. Upon meeting the President, Stalin handed the invitation and presented a biography of DMK’s patriarch M Karunanidhi.

    Stalin New Delhi visit resumed at 6 am today in an Air India flight owing to technical snag in the flight he was supposed to board on Thursday night.

    To avoid such delays, he has booked three tickets back to Chennai: One for the 4:20 PM Vistara Airlines flight; one for the 7:15 PM Air India flight and the other for the 8:20 PM Vistara Airlines flight.

  • Teachers transfer counselling to be held from May 8 till May 31

    Teachers transfer counselling to be held from May 8 till May 31

    CHENNAI: The School Education Department (SED) has announced the teachers transfer counselling dates from May 8 till May 31.

    As per the notification from the department, teachers can apply for the counselling from April 27 till May 1 for the academic year 2023-24.

    The Education Department has, however, relaxed the condition that teachers applying for transfers must have served at a particular school for at least one year.

  • VCK functionary murdered in KK Nagar

    VCK functionary murdered in KK Nagar

    CHENNAI: VCK functionary Ramesh was allegedly murdered at KK Nagar in the early hours of Thursday. The perpetrators fled the scene following the crime.

    MGR Nagar police rushed to the spot after receiving the information, recovered Ramesh’s body, and sent it to the hospital for medical examination. The police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.

    It is worth noting that the slain Ramesh is a history-sheeter with several pending cases against him.

  • CM Stalin to invite President Murmu to inaugurate new government hospital in Chennai

    CM Stalin to invite President Murmu to inaugurate new government hospital in Chennai

    CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin would invite President Draupadi Murmu on April 28 to inaugurate the new 1,000-bed multi-speciality government hospital here, the government said.

    An official release here said Stalin would leave for Delhi on Thursday night and call on President Murmu on Friday.

    The 1,000-bed hospital was set up at an outlay of Rs 230 crore on the premises of King Institute of Preventive Medicine at Guindy here. The six-floor 51,429 square metre facility has several specialities and super-specialities and high-tech amenities.

    On June 3, 2021, the birth anniversary of former chief minister M Karunanidhi, Stalin had announced setting up of the hospital. The date of inauguration of the hospital is expected to be known later. Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, in the meanwhile, left for Delhi in a morning flight.

  • Class 9 girl student sexually assaulted and murdered in Ooty, accused absconding

    Class 9 girl student sexually assaulted and murdered in Ooty, accused absconding

    CHENNAI: A Class 9 student who was allegedly abducted and harassed in Ooty, Nilgiris district died on Monday.

    The victim was waiting for a bus after school yesterday when Rajnesh Kuttan came by car and picked her up, promising to drop her at home. The accused was said to be under the influence of alcohol. He, however, took the car to the nearby forest, where he sexually harassed and killed the girl.

    Meanwhile, as the girl did not return home after school for a long time, her relatives began searching and saw Kuttan came out of the forest in his car. When he was asked about the girl, he gave contradictory answers.

    When the relatives went to the forest area, they were shocked to find the girl murdered in a pool of blood. Immediately, the police were informed about this, who rushed to the spot and sent the girl’s body for post-mortem.

    Rajnesh Kuttan, who is involved in this incident, is absconding now. As the video footage of him coming from the forest area in his car has been released, the police have formed a special team and are actively searching for him.

  • Organs of road accident victim donated at Chennai pvt hospital

    Organs of road accident victim donated at Chennai pvt hospital

    CHENNAI: A 40-year-old male from Thindivanam was admitted to a private hospital in the city after he suffered traumatic injuries in a road traffic accident. During the course of treatment and the best efforts of the experts, he was declared brain dead on April 23, 2023 at MGM Healthcare.

    After an approved brain death certificate and thorough counselling of the family, they agreed to donate his organs in order to save the lives of a few individuals.

    His lungs, liver, kidneys, and heart valves were retrieved by a team of experts at MGM Healthcare on April 24.

    The lungs were transplanted in a 54-year-old male patient at MGM Healthcare, while the live, kidneys and the heart valves were allotted to other hospitals in the city. The hospital extended gratitude to the deceased’s family for the generous act of organ donation and urge more people to come forward to pledge their organs in the future to save lives.

  • Tribal Family Denied Entry Into Cinema Hall In Chennai? Theatre Issues Clarification

    Tribal Family Denied Entry Into Cinema Hall In Chennai? Theatre Issues Clarification

    A Scheduled Cast (ST) community family was reportedly denied entry into a theatre in Chennai despite having valid tickets. The family had tickets to watch the newly released Tamil film “Pathu Thala.”

    The theatre authority however clarified that the action had “nothing to do with the caste of the family and they were not allowed inside the theatres due to censorship rules.”

    A video of the family being turned away by the theatre staff despite having what looked to be genuine tickets went viral on social media and was widely criticised. There were voices heard pleading with the personnel to let the family inside.

    The situation spiralled out of control after the audience gathered and took a different perspective. To avoid any law and order issues, the theater’s management permitted the same family to arrive for the film. Also, a video of the family watching the movie was posted.

    Cinema house releases statement
    Rohini Silver Screens, the cinema house, later released a statement which said that the denial of entry was owing to the movie being censored U/A by the authorities.

    Notably, as per the law, children below 12 years of age cannot be permitted to watch U/A rated movies. The family had children aged 2, 6, 8, and 10, and therefore, the ticket checking staff denied them entry.

    “A few individuals along with their children with valid tickets have sought entry to the cinema to watch ‘Pathu Thala’ movie. As we know, the movie is censored U/A by the authorities,” the cinema house said in a statement.

    “Children below 12 years cannot be permitted to watch U/A rated movies as per the law. Our ticket checking staff has denied entry on this basis to the family which had come with children aged 2, 6, 8 and 10,” it added.

  • Tamil Nadu to organize year-long celebrations to mark centenary of Vaikom Satyagraha

    Tamil Nadu to organize year-long celebrations to mark centenary of Vaikom Satyagraha

    Chennai (IANS) | The Tamil Nadu government will organize year-long celebrations to mark the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha—the struggle for temple entry for Dalits and other so-called lower castes—at the Vaikom Mahadeva temple in Kerala’s Kottayam, Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Thursday. Will do Announcing in the assembly, he also said that the ‘Vaikom Award’ would be given to eminent personalities or organizations working for the betterment of Dalit people beyond the boundaries of the state.

    The chief minister also said that the awards would be given on September 17, which is the birth anniversary of Dravidian ideologue EV Ramaswamy Periyar, commonly known as ‘Thanthai Aperiyar’, and celebrated as Social Justice Day in Tamil Nadu. Underlining the importance of the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924–25 in the history of India’s reforms, he cited the impact of Periyar’s participation in the movement as the then leader of the Congress.

    Periyar is not only a leader for Tamils and Tamil Nadu. His thoughts and actions proved that he was a leader beyond languages and international boundaries. Self-respect, rationalism, equality and social justice are universal philosophies. His ideas form the basis of yesterday’s rebellions, today’s efforts and tomorrow’s developments.

    Stalin will participate in the centenary celebrations of the Vaikom Satyagraha to be held in Kottayam, Kerala on April 1 along with his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan. Stalin also told the assembly that the Tamil Nadu government would spend Rs 8.14 crore on the restoration of the Periyar memorial at Vaikom. He also said that the government would try to set up a memorial at Aruvikutty where Periyar was jailed for the first time.

    He told the assembly that the book Vaikom Protest written by Pazha Adhiyaman, a scholar and researcher in Tamil, would be translated into Malayalam and would also be published in English, Telugu and Kannada. He also said that a book on the Vaikom movement would be published by the State Government’s Text Books and Educational Services Corporation and said that competitions on speech and essay on the Vaikom Satyagraha would be organized in schools, colleges and universities across Tamil Nadu.

    Stalin said the state government was taking steps to issue a commemorative postage stamp to mark the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha.

    –IANS