Chennai: Leaders of CPM and CPI skipped the meeting of `friendly parties’ convened by TVK on Wednesday, but called on chief minister C Joseph Vijay at the secretariat prior to the meeting reaffirming their support to the TVK govt. The left leaders rejected former chief minister M K Stalin’s remark that TVK govt would collapse…
From left: S Viji, non executive director & Srivats Ram, CMD of Wheels India Chennai: Auto components maker Wheels India Ltd will continue its investment cycle in FY27 with a capital expenditure of around ₹300 crore, up from ₹261 crore spent last year, as it expands capacity in its tractor, windmill components, hydraulic cylinders and…
A representative blood donation camp in Tamil Nadu shows donors seated on medical cots with healthcare staff and sterile equipment in a clean community hall, illustrating public health and voluntary blood donation efforts. Chennai: Calling for a shift away from replacement blood donation in hospitals, health minister K G Arunraj on Wednesday said that Tamil…
Chennai: A 20-year-old nursing college student was arrested in Tiruttani for morphing a photo of a woman and posting it on social media along with her mobile phone number. The accused was assaulted by villagers before police intervened.Police said the accused, Naresh, of a village near Tiruttani, has been locked in a long-standing land civil…
DHARMAPURI: PMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday called for a youth mobilisation, similar to the 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, to stop Karnataka’s move to build a dam across the Cauvery river in Mekedatu. Anbumani launched a public awareness march from Biligundlu — the entry point of the Cauvery river in Tamil…
A bar attached to a Tasmac shop in Chennai. Photo by C Suresh Kumar CHENNAI: Bars attached to Tasmac liquor shops across Tamil Nadu will be shut as their licences expired on June 30. The state has warned of strict action against anyone found consuming liquor in public.“We have decided to close the bars as…
Ex-banker, company CMD get 7-year jail for loan fraud Chennai: A CBI court in Chennai sentenced a former senior manager of the Central Bank of India in Chennai and the chairman and managing director of a private company to seven years of rigorous imprisonment each in a housing loan fraud case. The court also imposed…
More than 13 years after a drunken driving crash in Egmore claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and injured five others, a Chennai sessions court convicted EMPEE Group scion Shaji Purushothaman for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences. The court issued a non-bailable warrant against him after he failed to appear…
CHENNAI: At least five former AIADMK ministers, 15 former MLAs and hundreds of district functionaries and cadres will join TVK on Thursday. The former ministers include C Vijayabaskar, M R Vijayabhaskar, M S M Anandan and S Valarmathi.Aadhav Arjuna will welcome them at a private hotel in Mamallapuram at 10am. The former ministers may meet…
Chennai: Leaders from VCK, IUML, MDMK, and Congress are set to attend a meeting of ‘friendly parties’ that TVK will host at Kovalam at around 4pm on Wednesday. The meeting is expected to set the tone for the ruling party to float a new front comprising the parties that are supporting it. Vijay is also…
