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Diploma course in Urdu Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is offering a one year Urdu language diploma course for starters. The correspondence course offered through English or Hindi medium will be conducted by Madurai-based Gausiya Foundation. Contact classes will be conducted during weekends and study materials provided free of cost. The Ministry of Human Resource Development will provide...

Express News Service MADURAI: The deaths of homeless people, commonly termed as unknown corpses, touched a five-year low last year in the district, thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the data accessed from Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) through RTI queries over the past years, the number of unknown corpses at GRH in 2020 was 41, which is nearly half of the deaths registered in 2019. Speaking to TNIE, Director of Idhayam Trust, a city based non-governmental organisation, GR Sivak...

CM launches parking system Updated: Updated: Facility introduced in T. Nagar, Anna Nagar and Besant Nagar Share Article AAA Restoring order: With the new system, the Greater Chennai Corporation hopes to make efficient use of available spaces for parking of vehicles.   | Photo Credit: PICHUMANI K Facility introduced in T. Nagar, Anna Nagar and Besant Nagar Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday launched a vehicle parking management system aimed at streamlining parking facilities a...

Updated: February 03, 2021 01:56 IST Along with ‘Minnale’, the prolific filmmaker-actor completes two eventful decades in the industry today, and looks back at his films, family and career with fascinating insights — but what’s next? Share Article AAA Gautham Menon: The guy who made ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa’ is the best version of me   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Along with ‘Minnale’, the prolific filmmaker-actor completes two eventful decades in the industry today, a...

Bad roads give nightmares to residents Updated: Updated: Share Article THOOTHUKUDI After the rains stopped, 90 % of the roads had turned dusty with cracks and potholes, leading to hardships to residents and motorists. With the north east monsoon, the city and peripheries experienced severe rainfall during November-December 2020. When the rains stopped, the unseasonal rainfall for about 10 days in January led to chaos. Many dwellings were inundated. Low lying areas were under water for about a w...

Police fine violators using surveillance cameras Updated: Updated: Residents want police to curb over speeding bikes and MTC buses Share Article AAA Chennai Traffic police have started using surveillance cameras, installed even in smaller roads, to fine motorists violating traffic norms.   | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Residents want police to curb over speeding bikes and MTC buses In a move to make Anna Nagar free of traffic violations, Chennai Traffic police have started using surveillance camer...

Victims of accidents involving these e-vehicles will get compensation Pedestrians and motorists hit by e-vehicles used for garbage clearance will get insurance coverage. Greater Chennai Corporation officials said the civic body had started the registration of over 3,800 e-vehicles that have been used for solid waste management in the city. The registration will facilitate insurance coverage for pedestrians and motorists hit by the vehicles. “All the e-vehicles will be registered. We will ...

Language martyrs remembered Updated: Updated: January 26, 2021 04:37 IST AIADMK members led by Ministers Vellamandi N. Natarajan and S. Valarmathi took out a silent march. Share Article AAA Ministers and members of AIADMK taking out a silent march in Tiruchi on Monday, on the occasion of Language Martyrs Day.   | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH AIADMK members led by Ministers Vellamandi N. Natarajan and S. Valarmathi took out a silent march. Members of various political parties and other organisatio...

Betting racket unearthed in Aminjikarai, two arrested Updated: Updated: Police raid a club in Mogappair West and arrest 20 persons for gambling Share Article Two persons were arrested on Friday for betting over cricket matches in T. Nagar. Following a tip-off to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anna Nagar, a special team was constituted to trace the accused. The team of plainclothesmen acted as decoys and rounded up Jeetu alias Jeetendar, 28, and Suresh Jain, 37, in T. Nagar. They were handed o...

COIMBATORE: The district crime branch police arrested a 37-year-old man, who cheated several people of Rs 2.