Off to a start: Work being launched on modern integrated compost yard at Venkatamangalam near Vandalur on Wednesday.

TAMBARAM: Effluents discharged from common sewage treatment plants will be pure enough to be used in industrial units, gardening and other purposes, Niranjan Mardi, Secretary, Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply, said on Wednesday.

The A&N Islands were rocked by a strong earthquake on Tuesday night. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and was recorded at the north Andaman region, nearly 137 miles north of Port Blair.

Karunanidhi opens assembly line of Renault-Nissan plant

CHENNAI: The State government is formulating a policy on automobiles and components and it will be ready soon, Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Wednesday.

Topics to be covered include renewable energy, climate change
Space summit will also be organised Children's Science Congress also planned

CHENNAI: The 98 {+t} {+h} Indian Science Congress will be held at SRM University, Kattankulathur, between January 3 and 7. It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

CHENNAI: Cycle lanes will be created by Chennai Corporation to promote cycling and control vehicular pollution and fuel consumption.

Customs officials have seized about 500 tonnes of hazardous waste, which arrived at Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu from Greece and Reunion Island, a territory controlled by Greece and France.

Mayor M.Subramanian and Anna University Vice Chancellor P.Mannar Jawahar interact with engineers of Chennai Corporation at a training programme on Wednesday.

CHENNAI: Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Secretary, R. Bandyopadhyay on Monday urged the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) to include

Asks petitioner to suggest alternative site to authorities

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has declined to interfere with the construction of a sewage storage-cum-treatment plant in a lake land at Ka.Kuppam village in Villupuram taluk.