#Chennai news

Restoring Kadapakkam Lake into North Chennai’s largest eco-park
DMK’s plan to expand Velachery lake backfires as residents fight for livelihood
From flooded streets to dry doorsteps: Chennai’s strategic battle against heavy rains
Devil is in the details: Who is funding how much really for Chennai Metro Rail project’s phase II?
At least five die, about 100 hospitalised due to heatstroke at IAF’s air show at Chennai Marina Beach
Chennai Metro Rail project’s phase II – with 128 stations – gets Centre’s nod
Ground report: With one foot in and one foot out, it’s a struggle to ride Chennai buses
Migrant workers of Chennai: A ‘trapped life’ in a land of opportunities
Chennai man kills sex worker over money dispute, stuffs her body in suitcase
Chennai police arrest ‘motivational speaker’ Mahavishnu for insensitive remarks on disabled people
UTI patient in Chennai suffers brain damage after Ceftriaxone infection; hospital ordered to pay over ₹50 lakhs to her son
Tamil Nadu BSP chief and Dalit leader Armstrong hacked to death in Chennai by a bike-borne gang
Madras HC grants bail to former Kalakshetra professor Sheejith Krishna, accused of sexual assault
Tamil Nadu cities dominate the ‘top cities for women in India’ Inclusivity Index; Southern cities do well overall
Blue Dragons: Spotted on Chennai’s Elliot’s Beach, these stunning ocean creatures are non-lethal but don’t mess with them
Oil slick clearing: CPCL mobilises four agencies from Chennai, Mumbai, Paradip
Access to mobility can increase women’s participation in workforce: Report
Ennore oil spill: Laid low by Cyclone Michaung, Chennai’s fishermen now dealing with a new crisis
Government hospital mortuary in Tamil Nadu hands over baby’s body in cardboard box, draws flak
Cyclone aftermath: North Chennai cries for attention as civic body focuses on core city areas

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Rahul Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay stand together holding a bouquet of white flowers during a meeting in Chennai. — Rahul Gandhi invites Vijay to join anti-BJP campaigns; SIR, CJP protests discussed

All major roads remained heavily guarded by police and armed personnel, with access restricted to everyone. — In groups of four, through back lanes: How students tried to reach a sealed Jantar Mantar

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. — BC reservations for local body polls: AP Cabinet clears Rajiv Ranjan Mishra Commission recommendations

InJest in a satirical column by South First. Names, places, situations are all fictitious. Caricature by Satish Acharya/South First. — Chickens on a roll to sponsor all opposition protests

‘Cowardice!’: Rahul, Priyanka slam government, back India’s youth

Barricaded Delhi — Gen Z deserves better than an undeclared Emer-Gen Z, says Shashi Tharoor

ED seeks day-to-day hearing in Jagan disproportionate assets cases

CPI(M) says Delhi police denied food, water and medicines to Pinarayi Vijayan; vows to continue protest

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Abhijeet Dipke, founding president of the Cockroach Janata Party. — Abhijeet Dipke’s grandmother dies; CJP says no information about his whereabouts

Rahul Gandhi and Vijay at Chennai. — ‘This government will go’: Rahul Gandhi tweets before meeting CM Vijay for lunch

Journalists detained by Delhi Police — ‘Koi media nahin hai’: Even journalists covering CJP protest not spared by Delhi Police

TN anti-CEC protests: Alleged skull fracture; Udhayanidhi, Kanimozhi slam CM Vijay

On CJP protest day, Elon Musk addresses ‘Prime Minister Ambani’

74.6 lakh voters cleared in Telangana SIR; fate of 73 lakh remains uncertain

The unseen burden of caring for a loved one with mental illness

Delhi Police entered the Air India plane in which Abhijeet Dipke was travelling and detained him and his fellow CJP leaders. — CJP protest: New Delhi sealed, dissent detained before first slogan