Posters in Tuticorin have named Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay as the country’s next prime minister MADURAI: Posters naming Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay as the country’s next prime minister have appeared in parts of TuticorinCarrying images of Vijay, TVK general secretary N Anand and fisheries minister Srinath, the posters were…
Marie Wilson (File Photo) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu finance minister Marie Wilson is not the King of England; he cannot say that he will not appear before a court, the Madras high court said on Friday.Justice V Lakshminarayan made the observation when the minister sought exemption from appearing before a Puducherry court in connection with a…
CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) council moved a resolution against Commissioner G S Sameeran for not releasing ward councillor funds for the past three months.Councillors from DMK, BJP, CPI and CPI(M) criticised the commissioner and demanded an explanation for the delay in releasing the funds. They questioned how the government could cite a shortage…
The price monitoring committee was tracking 41 essential commodities across the state and would assess the situation and initiate action within three to four days, he said. CHENNAI: Facing a united Opposition over the steep rise in prices of essential commodities, the Tamil Nadu govt on Friday promised to roll out measures within days to…
Chennai: The state health department has created 284 superspecialist doctor posts and will assess infrastructure and staffing gaps in govt hospitals across districts after the budget session, said health minister K G Arunraj.Appointments will be made in fields including cardiology and nephrology, he said, acknowledging a shortage of superspecialists in govt hospitals. He also announced…
“Rather than allowing aviation infrastructure and future growth to become concentrated around Chennai, the state could pursue a more inclusive model by strengthening its existing airport network,” said the study Chennai: Amid the outcry over the state govt dropping the proposed greenfield airport at Parandur and voices that the decision would put Tamil Nadu behind…
Authorities continue efforts to trace travellers caught in areas affected by the flood At least 85 people from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remain untraceable a day after the killer flash flood swept through the Nepal-China border on Wednesday.Disruption of telecommunication and power lines across the affected terrain added to the anxiety of their relatives who…
Chennai: A 32-year-old police computer operator was arrested for repeatedly harassing a woman constable after she rejected his advances in Tiruvallur.The accused, Ramkumar of Tiruttani, was a computer operator at Pallipattu police station. He secured the job on compassionate grounds following his father’s service in the police department.According to police, Ramkumar was in love with…
Motofumi Shitara, president, CEO and representative director of Yamaha Motor Co Chennai: Japanese 2W maker Yamaha’s all-new YZF-R2 motorcycle, its first offering in the 200cc segment in India, made its global debut here on Thursday in the presence of Motofumi Shitara, president, CEO and representative director of Yamaha Motor Co. The company seeks to consolidate…
Sridharan Mani, founder & chief executive, Aheesa Digital Innovations Chennai: Aheesa Digital Innovations, a fabless startup, plans volume production of its broadband chips and to ramp up commercialisation efforts after completing technical validation recently.The Chennai-based startup, founded by a group of senior industry leaders, builds semiconductor chips (system-on-chip) for telecom, networking, and communications applications, and…
