Omjasvin M D
@omjasvinMD
Journalist from Tamil Nadu. Currently Principal Correspondent at Times of India. Follow for exclusives, breaking news & investigation. Views are personal.
Honoured with the Enviro Award for impactful civic and environmental reporting on floods, water body encroachments, pollution and solid waste management. Received the award from Madras High Court judges justice Anita Sumanth and justice M S Ramesh, in the presence of justice M…
Tamil Nadu govt to train youngsters to become social media influencers. MSME department’s EDII launches a three day workshop.
In 2005, an adoption agency was blacklisted for child trafficking. Twenty years later, Aruna Leruitte, a 33-year-old Belgian national, adopted from the same agency landed in Madurai— in hope of tracing her roots. Read full story at: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/b…
Temple city Madurai fails in Swachh rankings, comes last rank (40) in cleanliness, among million plus cities of India. Scores 37% in door to door waste collection, 26% in waste segregation and a miserable 3% in cleanliness of public toilets!!
‘The Temple City’, that attracts highfootfall of tourists, 2.7 crore last year, is the one of the major travel destinations in the state and is also the dirtiest, according to the Swachh Survekshan survey. Why?
Hospital suite turns into chief minister’s office with all amenities.
Chief minister M K Stalin reviews Ungaludan Stalin initiative from Apollo Hospitals.
Dowry Deaths in India: Nearly, 7000 cases reported yearly. Only 4500 charge-sheeted and just 100 end in conviction. Our #DataPoint analysis of NCRB data: 67% probes took 6+ months 70% charge-sheets took 2+ months 90% cases still pending in court @VigneshJourno
Stray dog bites 3 college students on Madurai campus timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/s…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is currently under medical observation at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, on Tuesday reviewed the progress of the ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ (With You, Stalin) outreach programme with Chief Secretary N Muruganandam. Doctors have permitted the CM to…
Thousands of Chennai roads are still waiting for a proper re-lay, with over 900 untouched since 2021. Despite massive spending by @chennaicorp, poor planning and Metro water-related delays have left key areas struggling with potholes and unsafe surfaces. #ChennaiRoads
Rs 1692 crore spent totally on relaying Chennai roads in the last five years and yet no results. What roads that were exactly relaid? Tax payers money down the drain. @Swedha_RK
TOI Impact: Chennai Corporation finally acknowledges the “mounting corruption” done by #TEXCO and has said they have “officially” terminated their contract, and parking will be free anymore for public. TEXCO’s contract however expired last Dec itself, and they still continued…
Chennai’s Mega Parking Scam: If you’re paying for parking in Marina, Besant Nagar, or T Nagar — hold off. What’s playing out is a scam in plain sight. Young boys, mostly in their early 20s, are collecting parking fees in public spaces without any valid contract in place. They’ve…
Omni buses run over Miyawaki forest in NHAI Clover Grade separator at Maduravoyal, convert it into a bus parking bay.
Watch | Why are people driving 20 km just for veggies and fruits? 🍎🥕 Chennai’s best-kept secret — an AC organic market inside Semmozhi Poonga — run by Tamil Nadu govt is drawing 500+ loyal shoppers every weekend. No middlemen, just farm-fresh produce from Ooty, Kodaikanal,…
Watch | Uppu Kodu, Killi Thattu and Atya Patya…. what are these games and why Tamil Nadu youngsters are reviving them? This game finds a mention in Natrinai literature and its only big picture representation was in 1968 film Puthiya Bhoomi starting former chief ministers MGR…