Chennai Air Cargo Customs officials intercepted an export consignment, bound for Qatar,Doha, based on intelligence regarding narcotics smuggling. As per the shipping bill, the 7 packages were declared as containing 55 weighing scales.

Chennai: Drugs worth Rs 5.1cr hidden in cargo bound for Doha, seized; 2 arrested 

Imagine attending a wedding virtually and having the sumptuous, traditional wedding fare delivered at your doorstep, as you near the end of the livestream. Well, this did indeed happen to about 150 virtual guests who were based out of Chennai.

Host surprises virtual guests attending marriage by home-delivering wedding feast

At least three people have died due to cyclone Nivar, which made landfall near Puducherry late last night.

Cyclone Nivar makes landfall; heavy downpour in Chennai and Puducherry

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday sprang a surprise here when he virtually broke protocol to get out of his vehicle and walk on the busy GST Road outside the airport to greet supporters, minutes after he landed here for a two-day visit of the city.

Amit Shah springs a surprise, walks on Chennai road to greet supporters 

With Chennai city and outlying districts receiving regular rains in the recent weeks, water levels in reservoirs that cater to the city’s needs are on the rise. In what is a respite for people a drought-prone city, the combined storage of the reservoirs have surpassed the halfway mark.

Amid monsoon, water levels in reservoirs around Chennai over half capacity 

As per the state health department bulletin on Thursday, Tamil Nadu has surpassed a total of 700,000 COVID-19 cases (700,193), by adding 3,077 new infected persons.

Tamil Nadu COVID-19 count breaches 0.7 million mark; recovery rate over 93%

At a time when Chennai’s daily Covid-19 cases are dipping below the 1,000-mark consistently, the findings of a second serosurvey has revealed that 32.3 per cent of the city’s population has developed IgG anti-bodies to Covid-19.

One-third of Chennai's population has Covid-19 antibodies: Serosurvey

Chennai Air Customs officials seized two parcels that contained a total of 165 MDMA or Ecstasy pills, worth Rs 5 lakhs or USD6779, that arrived at the Foreign post Office from Netherlands.

165 Ecstasy pills from Netherlands seized in Chennai; worth USD6779

Customs Air Intelligence Unit Officials in Chennai have seized Pseudoephedrine powder worth over 54,000USD or Rs. 40 lakhs. The contraband was hidden in courier parcels that were bound for Australia via courier.

Drugs worth USD54K hidden in orthotic belts, trophies bound for Australia, seized in Chennai

After a five-month plus hiatus, the Chennai Metro Rail services and long distance buses linking various districts in Tamil Nadu recommenced operations on Monday.

Metro Rail, long distance trains; bus services resume in TN

A serosurvey conducted by the government authorities in between mid-July and early-August has indicated that one-fifth of Chennai’s population has been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Chennai: 1 in 5 locals have been exposed to COVID-19: Govt survey

India's biggest crocodile park may close down due to lack of funds

The ban of flights to Kolkata from high COVID-19 prevalence cities, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad will continue till 31st August, said the Bengal government.

Ban on flights to Kolkata from 6 corona 'hotspots' extended till August 31

Tamil Nadu on Monday crossed three lakh COVID-19 cases while the death toll crossed the 5,000 mark with the addition of 114 fatalities. With 5,914 new cases, the infection tally touched 3,02,815 and the 100 plus deaths for the eighth consecutive day took the toll to 5,041, a government COVID bulletin said.

Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu case count breaches 300,000-mark, toll surges past 5,000

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 10) inaugurated the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair, via video conferencing.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates submarine optical fibre cable connecting Port Blair and Chennai

Just like a scene out a movie, when all options had run out, a miracle intervention changed things and brought smiles. Well, it's not much of a surprise, the intervention was from none other than Indian actor Sonu Sood and just like many of his touching gestures in recent times, he chartered a flight for 100 students, from Moscow to Chennai, thus facilitating their safe and direct repatriation on Wednesday.

From Moscow to Chennai on a half-occupied flight chartered by Sonu Sood, medical students recall journey

Two days after the horrific explosion that killed over 130 people in Beirut, serious concerns have been raised now about tonnes of chemical explosives that have been stored in a private container near Chennai. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Beirut like facility found in Tamil Nadu, Tonnes of explosive chemicals in Chennai

Highly placed sources have told WION that the 740 tons of Ammonium Nitrate stored at a Private Container Freight Station, about 30kms north of Tamil Nadu’s capital city Chennai, will be safely disposed within a month.

Chennai: Sources say 740 tons of Ammonium nitrate will be safely disposed in a month

An aged couple ended their lives in Chennai on Wednesday, owing to poverty and their sons’ neglect. From the suicide note, it was understood that the couple’s last wish was to be cremated by the Police.

Chennai: Cops perform final rites after aged couple end lives due to poverty, sons' neglect

For the first time, Chennai Air Customs has seized LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) stamps, besides pills and crystals of MDMA commonly known as ecstasy. In total, 131 MDMA pills, 14 grams of MDMA crystals and 25 LSD stamps valued about Rs 600,000 (USD 8,004) were recovered and seized under the NDPS Act, 1985.

Chennai customs seize narcotics worth over 8,000 USD

July 17 in history: First post-World War II meeting, downing of Malaysian jet MH17 and more

Chennai has been the epicentre of coronavirus in the souther state of Tamil Nadu. The city has been seeing a dangerous surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases.

COVID 19: Chennai set to ease lockdown amid rising cases

In the second incident of thwarted Ecstasy smuggling via foreign post in a week, Chennai Customs have seized a parcel containing 100 pills of MDMA, worth over 3 lakh Rupees.

Two ecstasy drug parcels seized in Chennai over last week; combined value 15 lakhs

Environmentalists and activists have lashed out at the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to denotify Vedanthangal, a popular bird sanctuary-cum-wetland that is located in the Chengalpattu district, nearly 100kms away from Chennai.

Environmentalists urge Tamil Nadu Govt to save Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary and its ecological heritage

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