The Cooum River originates in the neighbouring district of Tiruvallur, at its namesake village, and runs a course of roughly 70 km before joining the Bay of Bengal on the eastern coast.

Among the many things that are being destroyed in natural calamities are heritage structures and mitigating climate change is an urgent need to protect these valuable edifices, according to speaker

CHENNAI: It appears that religious institutions have a wrong notion that the blessings of God cannot be obtained unless there is loud noise of religious songs or chantings through cone and other ba

CHENNAI: With Hindustan Unilever and the workers of its erstwhile thermometer factory in Kodaikanal finally reaching an agreement, the focus has now shifted to the other major concern – cleaning up

CHENNAI: With new projects including smart cities coming into focus, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is preparing a blueprint to set up a Centre of Excellence in Construction Engineering

CHENNAI: In yet another iconic initiative aimed at enhancing Tamil Nadu's green cover, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday inaugurated a Statewide Massive Tree Planting Programme of planting 68

CHENNAI: The next step in better utilisation of the State’s prodigious wind power resources has been taken with the appointment of a special officer for Renewable Energy Management at Tamil Nadu T

Groundwater occurs in semi-confined to confined conditions in the porous alluvial formations.

The Madras High Court has passed an interim order directing the State government not to allow construction on water bodies in the State.

CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release Rs 5,000 crore, ‘on account’, from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for t