Thousands of passengers on board at least five express trains that started from Chennai Central on Monday were forced to put up with unkempt and stinky toilets besides dust-ridden berths as maintenanc

The crucial tunnelling of the underground stretch of the on-going Metro Rail project is set to begin this month.

Senior CMRL officials told this newspaper that the drive of the first tunnel-boring ma

Piped drinking water supply to as many as 4,000 rural habitations across the state has been delayed indefinitely owing to standoff between Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) and its con

The 100-ft Road from Kathipara to Koyambedu does not scare motorists any longer. Vehicle movement here is smoother and two-wheeler riders face less peril while manoeuvring between buses and cars on th

The cover story of TIME magazine which projected Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in poor light appears to have provided a chance for a midget group of Congressmen to register loyalty.

The Ameri

Gone are the days when people wrote petitions to draw the attention of authorities. A city-based civic group involved in addressing rail and road passengers’ grievances has conducted a survey that br

For four-long decades, Subbiah, a 58-year-old agricultural labourer of Manapatty in Pudukkottai, dreamt of living in a concrete house of his own.

Today, he is among 60,000 others in Tamil Nadu who l

Implementing a government scheme is no easy task. From evicting encroachments to land acquisition, numerous hurdles delay implementation of a government project, particularly if it is a road widening

The kind of arrangements both DMK and Congress parties made to receive UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee at Chennai is proof of the intensity the president election campaign has touched this

The state public works department (PWD) has been given three months to complete all drain works and prevent flooding and inundation in the city during the northeast monsoon.

A high-level meeting chai