Chennai Metrowater inches closer to goal of continuous water supply in Adyar zone

Water would be sourced from 110-mld Nemmeli desalination plant and 530 mld Chembarambakkam water treatment plant.   | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Inching closer to its ambitious goal of providing…

Provide adequate facilities at night shelters to protect people from biting cold: HC

The direction was issued after the court took suo motu cognisance of a January 11 report by The Hindu titled ‘Night shelters packed, patients, kin brave the cold outside hospitals’. | Photo Credit: File…

Rachna Yadav not material witness in her husbands murder, says police

Days after Rachna Yadav, a resident of Shalimar Bagh, was shot dead at point-blank range by two bike-borne assailants, police on Monday denied the possibility that she was a target…

Concerns raised over continuing gaps in SIR process

A booth-level officer assisting a voter as part of the SIR procedure. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Representatives of political parties have demanded an extension of the deadline for resolving…

Workers union writes to NHRC on e-commerce platforms practising forced labour

The Gig and Platform Service Workers Union on Monday wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for platforms practising “forced labour” through “target based” and “time bound work”. The…

Cuts and ratings: On the CBFC, Parasakthi and Jana Nayagan

Popular films that raise uncomfortable political questions or involve actors with stakes in active politics seem to invariably get caught up in issues related to certification and release. The controversies…