Geetha Srimathi

Journalist @the_hindu. Views expressed in tweets are personal. ✉️ [email protected]

[D Suresh Kumar @dsureshkumar]

The C Joseph Vijay Government would do well to rethink and allow the Justice Kurian Joseph Committee on Union-State Relations to complete its work.

https://t.co/TEmAi8yjxY

[Thinakaran Rajamani @thinak_]

'India's first AI scam': Around 2,200 AI-generated fake books published by Agal Vilakku Publications have been removed from Tenkasi District Central Library. Staff were shifting the books, most priced above Rs 1,000, to a separate storeroom when we visited today. Library staff, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the books began arriving in mid-December 2025 and were all received before the Assembly election under the previous DMK regime. Tenkasi is among several districts that reportedly received large consignments of these books.

[Pugalventhan Venkatesan @pugalventhan_91]

!!Alert!!
!!Warning!!
#Biomedical and #ExpiredMedicine waste dumped in water bodies #AdyarRiver near #Gerungabakkam

@Tnpcbofficial and @CPCB_OFFICIAL wake up and do something!

@arivalayam @KanimozhiDMK @pttv_tweets @omjasvinMD @KomalGautham @Sidprabhakar7

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

Chennai-based Parai Isai artiste N. Deepan on all that goes into making music with those electrifying beats! - in the latest episode of @the_hindu's Notes & Chords series.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

In this episode of The Hindu’s Notes & Chords series — featuring conversations with seasoned artistes and young practitioners of music — @Meerasrini speaks to Parai Isai artiste N. Deepan from Chennai. He speaks about the instrument, Parai, the experiences of making Parai in workshops and the art of making it.

Video & Editing: Shivaraj S

Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/JgcmOleEz6

[Dennis S. Jesudasan @DennisJesudasan]

A photo exhibition through the lenses of people with psychosocial disabilities! In Chennai later this month!

[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

More red flags. On the 5 elephants shipped from Assam to Tamil Nadu, @NENowNews visited hamlet where one owner is said to live and locals didn't know anyone by that name. DNA work -- to see if their mothers are captive elephants -- doesn't prove so either. https://t.co/7mb23H14Ht

[aksheev thakur @aksheevthakur]

A must read

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

The unseemly haste with which five elephants from Assam were transported to temples in Tamil Nadu raises pertinent questions about the process of animal transfer, and whether the rules are cheat proof.

@GeethaSrimathi examines the entire issue threadbare, explaining how elephants are acquired for temples in the State, and the yawning gaps in the rules, and processes that allow humans to ‘trade’ in pachyderms.

https://t.co/R9XxShAwhI

[CA_JM_Chennai @Jayanta_Chennai]

@GeethaSrimathi indeed times have changed & we know better where these sentient brings belong. 🙏

[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

Out today, this report by @GeethaSrimathi in the Tamil Nadu edition of @the_hindu on these elephant transfers. More questions for everyone involved in this transaction. 1/2

[B. Kolappan @kolappan]

Major scam in books purchase for Periyar Arivulagam. It is a shame. Who is responsible?

https://t.co/xv4ARzuc81

[Arvind Krish Bala @ourwind]

#TamilNadu #Forest Department is taking the first steps to conserve vanishing #foxes and #jackals and their habitats.

[R Aishwaryaa @AishRavi64]

⛑️🦺🧤 Workers with Greater Chennai Corporation still not using safety gear for cleaning blocks in silt catch pits and drains amid the Northeast monsoon rains | Photo of workers cleaning drain with bare hands in Jamalia, Perambur.

No discussion on this was held during the recent council meeting.

@THChennai @the_hindu @chennaicorp

[Sunitha Sekar @SunithaSekar]

This delay by Chennai Metro Rail has resulted in thousands of commuters in areas like Alapakkam, Virugambakkam, Valasaravakkam and Saligramam not being able to access stations closer to their residence despite the opening of this mass rapid transit along Arcot Road.

[R Aishwaryaa @AishRavi64]

🌊🌧Chennai Northeast monsoon rains 2026 |
Sea water has crossed the road at Ennore’s Bharathiyar Nagar in North Chennai:

"The situation remains manageable, though residents may need assistance if water levels rise overnight," said Vishanth of Ennore Solidarity Group.

Fishermen were instructed not to venture into the sea or spread their nets on Oct 26 and 27, so nobody entered for fishing as far as we know now, he said.

No immediate injuries or other problems were reported, but people remain in the locality as they monitor the situation. If the sea continues to breach and water entered homes in case of rain, help would be needed, he mentioned.

Visuals from: Ennore Solidarity Group

@the_hindu @THChennai

#chennairain #ChennaiRains #TamilNadu #NorthChennai

[Vijay Kumar S @vijaythehindu]

“There was a clear breach of security protocol as the prisoners managed to pass through a three-tier barrier manned by security personnel,” says DGP (Prisons) Sandeep Rai Rathore

STF personnel deployed in forest areas abutting Theni, police engaged in intensive combing operations along the #TamilNadu #Keralam inter-State border

#Theni #JailBreak

https://t.co/9RYh1MK0dE

[R Aishwaryaa @AishRavi64]

Northeast Monsoon | Heavy rain forecast over next 24-48 hours: Chennai Corporation deployed real-time drone surveillance, set up zonal control rooms & readied relief centres, kitchens, motor pumps. Also monitoring reservoirs, waterbodies in outskirts.
@chennaicorp @THChennai

[Ramya Kannan @ramyakannan]

Has your timeline also been overtaken by the supposed wonders of Lymphatic Drainage Massage? If you believe some of them, it could be the next snake oil!
But what is Lymphatic Drainage Massage actually? What are the true benefits? I write in @the_hindu

https://t.co/TN2ZHdNwpy

[Sunitha Sekar @SunithaSekar]

The Hindu highlighted the need to improve the train timings and frequency in the Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch recently.

https://t.co/18h5Sfonxo