Day: August 16, 2019

The city police arrested six persons for peddling ganja at Basin Bridge. Four women and two men from Pulianthope were caught during a vehicle check at Periamet.

According to the police, the victim, identified as Bhava Jagu (32), a daily wage earner, arrived in the city to meet his sister and her family.

A man who runs a leather shop at Periamet lost Rs 20 lakh in an alleged attention diversion case yesterday.

The country’s 73rd Independence Day was celebrated with a difference at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus, near Chennai, Thursday, with a mini marathon on the theme of water conservation.

Krea University inducted its first cohort of undergraduate students at its School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences at Sri City recently.

Chennai 2000 Plus Trust and Music Durbar will present lecdem Ilayaraja Master of Ragas during the Aadi Isai Thiruvizha at Arusuvai auditorium, Somasundaram Street, off North Usman Road, T Nagar, tomorrow, at 4 pm.

Following School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan’s statement that he was not notified about a circular asking students not to wear wrist bands that identify their caste, BJP leader H Raja today asked the Minister to initiate departmental action against the official who issued the circular.

Nearly 2.2 lakh housing units, worth Rs 1.56 lakh crore, launched in 2011 and before across seven major cities are yet to be completed by real estate developers, according to property consultant JLL India.

Food regulator FSSAI has made safety audit mandatory for licensed food business operators (FBOs) dealing in dairy, poultry, fish, eggs and meat and their products as well as food catering.