K. Manikandan

ILLEGAL ACTION: Extraction of water from farm-wells has a bearing on the groundwater level in the neighbourhood. A tanker lorry being filled with water in IIT Colony, Narayanapuram, in Pallikaranai.

In session: The council meeting in progress on Thursday.

CHENNAI: A total of 59 resolutions, including one approving a Rs.1,400-crore scheme to desilt and deepen 21 canals in the city, were adopted at the Chennai Corporation council meeting on Thursday.

Jamshedpur: Now, kids can look forward to meeting new friends at Tata Steel Zoological Park this autumn.

Zoo authorities have decided to bring in a pair of ostriches this September from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai.

Aloysius Xavier Lopez

It will help in planning flood mitigation measures for Chennai

M.S.Swaminathan launches Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills

Nutrition rich: Member of Parliament M.S.Swaminathan launches the Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills at a function in M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai on Tuesday.

K. Manikandan

Veeraraghavan lake takes the cake in destruction

AWAITING ATTENTION: The damaged outlet point of Veeraraghavan Lake in Tiruneermalai.

CHENNAI: Residents and environmentalists in the southern suburbs of Chennai have alleged that local bodies and government agencies are inactive on the damage caused to waterbodies in this area.

NCR of Delhi tops the list, followed by Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai

HYDERABAD: None of the four big metro cities in the country

The first phase of IIT Madras Research Park, a global centre for research and development for companies, is likely to be completed by July, after a two-year time over-run.

India on Monday successfully launched a new-age all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite, RISAT-2 that would not just significantly enhance the country's capability for earth observation but could also be used for surveillance purposes.