Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur will remain closed to visitors on October 22 and 23 after the H5N1 bird flu virus was confirmed in water birds at the zoo.
Author: NT Bureau
Chennai’s drinking water reservoirs are holding nearly 50 per cent less water than during the corresponding period last year, raising hopes that the northeast monsoon will replenish the lakes and ensure adequate supply in the coming months.
For decades, the phrase Indian cinema usually meant Hindi films, with everything else filed under regional. That filing system has collapsed. The biggest Indian releases now arrive as national events, planned across languages from the first day of shooting. A Tamil star’s film opens strongly in Bihar. A Telugu action film outgrosses Hindi releases in Mumbai. Malayalam thrillers find devoted audiences who do not speak a word of Malayalam. The change was driven by audiences first, then recognised by producers, and it has permanently altered how the entertainment business in India is financed, marketed and reported. The pan-India film is…
For most of its history, the Indian internet was built in English for a relatively small, urban, English comfortable audience. That is no longer the audience that is growing. The expansion of the last several years has come from smaller cities, towns and villages, from users whose first smartphone is also their first computer, and whose language of daily life is Hindi. Industry surveys, including the annual internet reports from IAMAI and Kantar, have consistently found that a majority of Indian internet users prefer content in an Indian language, and Hindi accounts for the largest share of that preference. News…
Chennai, Oct 21: Chennai airport police have arrested a 52-year-old former Airports Authority of India (AAI) official for allegedly cheating 12 people of ₹23 lakh by promising permanent jobs at the airport and its air cargo complex. The accused, Kumari Kala of Malaipattu near Sriperumbudur in Kancheepuram district, had worked as a senior superintendent at Chennai airport before taking voluntary retirement in 2025. After retirement, she reportedly operated a goods vehicle rental business under a contract and frequently visited the cargo section at Meenambakkam. Police said she allegedly introduced herself to cargo vehicle drivers as a senior airport official and…
MUMBAI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi government of being apprehensive about the proposed protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, claiming that the restrictions imposed ahead of the demonstration reflected a lack of confidence. Dipke left Mumbai for New Delhi to participate in the planned protest at Jantar Mantar, where the CJP is demanding Kumar’s resignation over allegations of manipulation of electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. In a post on X shortly before boarding his flight, Dipke said the preventive detentions of protesters and the security restrictions…
Chennai, Oct 8: The Tamil Nadu government has made the filing of asset details mandatory for government employees to be considered for promotion. According to an order issued by Chief Secretary Sai Kumar, all government employees have been directed to upload details of their movable and immovable properties, savings, loans and other liabilities on the Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System (IFHRMS) portal by October 31. The declaration should also include properties acquired in the name of another person on behalf of the government employee. In such cases, employees have to provide details of the person in whose name…
Chennai, Aug 26: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has upheld the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s recommendation directing Karnataka to ensure a flow of 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days. The decision was taken at the 56th meeting of the CWMA held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of S K Haldar. Officials representing Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala participated in the meeting. Tamil Nadu was represented by Water Resources Department Secretary Prashant M Wadnere and Cauvery Technical Cell Chairman Thiru Subramanian. The meeting followed the Supreme Court’s direction to the Tamil…
Mumbai, Aug 14: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday ordered a probe into the attack on Shiromani Akali Dal president and former Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal in Nanded. Fadnavis called up Badal and enquired about his health, sources said. A man attacked Badal with a knife when he was visiting the Gurdwara Mata Sahib Devan Ji Mugat in Nanded at around 1.45 pm, an official said. Badal was rushed to a private hospital for treatment, police said, adding that one person has been taken into custody in connection with the attack. Badal’s condition was stable, the…