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Bumper-to-bumper traffic at Kilambakkam on Sunday.

Heavy traffic on roads to Chennai as lakhs return after Pongal break

Express News Service

3 hours ago

Two officers were transferred, and disciplinary action was initiated against 25 other personnel.

Transfer of cops shifted after Pongal celebration videos in two Chennai police stations revoked

Express News Service

5 hours ago

TNGECL stall at the Chennai book fair in Nandanam on Sunday.

Green Energy Corporation's stall draws consumer interest at Chennai Book Fair

S Guruvanmikanathan

5 hours ago

The proposed drinking water reservoir, announced in the 2025–26 State Budget, is planned across about 4,300 acres of coastal wetlands between East Coast Road and Old Mahabalipuram Road.

Fishing villages oppose Kovalam–Mahabalipuram reservoir project, warn of livelihood and wetland loss

SV Krishna Chaitanya

18 Jan 2026

suicide

IT employee kills eight-year-old daughter, dies by suicide in TN's Chengalpattu

Express News Service

4 hours ago

The accident occurred near Tharapakkam when the motorcycle reportedly went out of control.

Youth dies in bike accident near Kundrathur

Express News Service

4 hours ago

Dusk to dawn to dusk: How Pongal weighs on the shoulders of Chennai’s tired sanitation workers

Dusk to dawn to dusk: How Pongal weighs on the shoulders of Chennai’s tired sanitation workers

Nidharshana Raju

7 hours ago

As per available records, the Adansonia digitata (baobab) is the oldest among them, aged close to 300 years. It is located at Andhra Mahila Sabha on Greenways Road.

Chennai to tag 50 century-old giants as heritage trees under state mission

SV Krishna Chaitanya

18 hours ago

Representative image of traffic diversion for I-Day rehearsals.

Traffic diversions announced for Republic Day rehearsals, celebrations in Chennai

Express News Service

18 hours ago

Image of share auto used for representative purpose

One killed, seven injured as share auto hits flyover railing in Chennai

Express News Service

18 Jan 2026

Image used for representative purpose.

Two killed, one injured by ‘intoxicated’ bikers, friends in Chennai road rage attack

Express News Service

18 Jan 2026

Thousands of people thronged Vandaloor zoo on the occasion of Kaanum Pongal

Sea of visitors crowds beaches, recreational spots in Chennai to celebrate Kaanum Pongal

Express News Service

18 Jan 2026

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