Vehicle fumes, construction dust cause drop in Adyar air quality
CHENNAI: It's south Chennai's pride with its beaches and large institutional spaces that are considered green lungs. But air pollution levels in Adyar have been rising rapidly in the last seven years...
View ArticleVelachery residents protest change in traffic arrangement
CHENNAI: Tension prevailed in Nehru Nagar off Velachery Main Road for more than three hours on Saturday as residents threatened to block the busy stretch after traffic police closed a gap in the...
View ArticleIs Chennai an invisible gas chamber?
Staring at the blanket of smog from smouldering garbage at Pallikaranai, where a dumping ground is located, Harikumar, a resident of neighbouring Balaji Nagar, recalls a time when the air was cleaner...
View ArticleThe police: now you see them, now you don’t
In a city that hardly sleeps, night-time is when, taking advantage of thin traffic, youngsters zoom through the roads on their flashy vehicles. And when these young riders have consumed alcohol, the...
View ArticlePolice stations and patrol vehicles to get CCTV cameras
The Chennai city police will be able to monitor sensitive areas in a more efficient manner as Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has announced that 2,700 CCTV cameras will be installed across Chennai. The...
View ArticlePollution up, checking system dated
CHENNAI: Pollution levels in the city are rising like smoke from an inferno but the state pollution control board continues to cling to an outdated monitoring system, not carrying out checks on...
View ArticleChain snatching spree continues in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Though the police have increased patrolling in the city following 10 chain snatching incidents in the city, three more such incidents were reported even on Friday. In the first incident...
View ArticleSignals command scant respect from motorists
Vehicle users taking the Besant Avenue Road are amused at the installation of pedestrian signals on the stretch near the back gate of The Theosophical Society (International Headquarters). The signals...
View ArticlePolice jeeps to have cameras, keep an eye on city
Police patrol vehicles in the city will soon do more than just transport personnel from point A to B. They will now become part of a surveillance network that will monitor and record all activity...
View ArticleCops to monitor protests realtime on cellphone
CHENNAI: The city police are getting up to speed. If things pan out as planned, officers of the squad could be the first in country to be able to monitor protests and any public fracas realtime, with...
View ArticleCops fail to curb cellphone driving
Visakhapatnam: City traffic cops are finding it difficult to deal with mobile offenders due to shortage of staff. Using mobile phones, while driving, has turned a major headache for the traffic police....
View ArticleORR turns killer stretch : Ill-equipped Hyberabad traffic cops fail to keep...
HYDERABAD: The semi-finished Outer Ring Road (ORR) is turning out to be a killer stretch. In the last few days, two major accidents have been reported . In fact, on an average, seven accidents,...
View ArticleCops fail to curb cellphone driving
Visakhapatnam: City traffic cops are finding it difficult to deal with mobile offenders due to shortage of staff. Using mobile phones, while driving, has turned a major headache for the traffic police....
View ArticleORR turns killer stretch : Ill-equipped Hyberabad traffic cops fail to keep...
HYDERABAD: The semi-finished Outer Ring Road (ORR) is turning out to be a killer stretch. In the last few days, two major accidents have been reported . In fact, on an average, seven accidents,...
View ArticleChain-snatchings pose a challenge to police
The recent death of a woman after falling off a two-wheeler during a chain-snatching incident on Osmania University campus came as a rude jolt to people. Chain snatchings are not unheard of in the...
View ArticleCops fail to curb cellphone driving
Visakhapatnam: City traffic cops are finding it difficult to deal with mobile offenders due to shortage of staff. Using mobile phones, while driving, has turned a major headache for the traffic police....
View ArticleTraffic affected in Chennai as fans flock to K Balachander’s house to pay...
CHENNAI: It might have been years since K Balachandar made a movie, but Chennai showed how much it missed the ace director. All roads leading to his house in Alwarpet were choked with traffic on...
View ArticleORR turns killer stretch : Ill-equipped Hyberabad traffic cops fail to keep...
HYDERABAD: The semi-finished Outer Ring Road (ORR) is turning out to be a killer stretch. In the last few days, two major accidents have been reported . In fact, on an average, seven accidents,...
View ArticleBike gang goes on snatching spree
HYDERABAD: On a day when the state home minister remarked in the assembly that the city is turning "a dangerous place to live," chain-snatchers struck in quick succession at several places in...
View ArticleCops fail to curb cellphone driving
Visakhapatnam: City traffic cops are finding it difficult to deal with mobile offenders due to shortage of staff. Using mobile phones, while driving, has turned a major headache for the traffic police....
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