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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: Chennai

From Chennai, Mann vows ‘immediate steps’ to start breakfast scheme in Punjab govt schools 

Punjab CM was in Tamil Nadu to attend an event to announce the expansion of M.K. Stalin government’s breakfast scheme to all aided primary schools in the state.

Protests erupt in Chennai over SC order on removal of street dogs in Delhi-NCR

Animal lovers, activists protested in Chennai Sunday, only days after protests were held in the national capital despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNNS.

Why DMK’s handling of Chennai sanitation workers’ protest is causing strain in ruling alliance

VCK says manner in which Chennai police dealt with protesting sanitation workers was unacceptable; CPI(M) and Congress have sought CM Stalin's intervention.

800 sanitation workers detained at midnight in Chennai after 13-day protest

After Chennai municipality announced plans to outsource waste management to private firms, workers began protesting, saying the move threatened their job security, livelihoods.

Trash piles up across Chennai areas as sanitation workers protest privatisation move

City corporation decided to outsource collection-transportation of waste to a private body, a project pegged at Rs 2,363 cr for 10 yrs, sparking anger among contractual sanitation employees.

Tamil Nadu on mission to get Blue Flag tag for 4 of its beaches. But Marina presents a unique challenge

4 yrs ago, state's Kovalam beach for the Blue Flag certification, a globally recognised eco-label awarded by Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education.

Chennai is being governed on PowerPoint—plans shine on slides, fail on streets

The city once prided itself on civic order. But under the DMK, it has been made to believe that dysfunction is normal, accountability is too much to ask for, and complaints should be whispered, not filed.

Anna University rape case—the ‘Sir’ who was never unmasked, to a rare, quick conviction

Police took just 162 days to complete probe, file charge sheet and secure life sentence for M Gnanasekaran, in case that became a flashpoint between TN’s ruling DMK & opposition parties.

Once a sewage dump, Chennai’s Buckingham Canal is now home to thriving mangrove cluster

New lease of life for Buckingham canal is a result of plantation of saplings under Chennai Project within Green Tamil Nadu Mission, aimed at increasing green cover in the state.

Multi-billion dollar firm Rippling co-founder’s bitter custody battle plays out in full public glare

Chennai boy Prasanna Sankar, now a tech entrepreneur based in Singapore, and wife Dhivya Sashidhar are embroiled in a bitter divorce and custody battle over their nine-year-old son.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.