Projects need to follow voters, to the added areas in Chennai CHENNAI: Electoral data after SIR underscores that the added areas are growing fast while the core city stays stagnant, underscoring the need for a policy shift in infrastructure investment and timely completion of civic projects. Even after nearly 30% deletions, the electorate in Sholinganallur,…
AG Perarivalan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. (TOI file photo) CHENNAI: Expressing shock over the enrolment of AG Perarivalan, a convict in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, in the Bar Council of TN and Puducherry, Congress MP R Sudha has written to President Droupadi Murmu urging cancellation of his…
Chennai: Chennai-based real estate developer DRA has deployed an AI-based construction intelligence platform, using AI across project management, quality inspection, site monitoring, procurement optimisation, workforce productivity, safety analytics, delay prediction and decision-making.Ranjeeth Rathod, managing director of DRA, said this is their attempt to exploit AI-based efficiency in the physical sector, as AI models are rapidly…
Chennai: Allied healthcare aspirants — from prospective physiotherapists and optometrists to lab and imaging technologists — are scrambling to decode a maze of eligibility rules, as course-wise criteria under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions are scattered across multiple documents and sometimes seem to contradict one another. “There is no single, authoritative reference…
Chennai: As many as 20 of 57 students pursuing BA Economics (honours) degree at Madras School of Economics (MSE) have secured admissions in top international schools such as London School of Economics, Barcelona School of Economics, Columbia University, and National University of Singapore for the academic year 2026-27.Students said the strong curriculum and quantitative training…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Ombudsman reiterated that TNPDCL should not collect estimate and extension charges from electricity consumers seeking new services as long as such extensions are not exclusively inside the consumer premises. Disposing of an appeal filed by G Pazhani Kumar of Varadharajapuram, ombudsman K Indrani directed TNPDCL to revise the estimate charges…
Chennai: Sigenergy, the Shanghai-based energy storage systems and solar solutions maker, is planning to invest $150mn-$200mn to establish a large-scale manufacturing facility in India, as it seeks to tap into the country’s rapidly expanding renewable energy and battery storage market.The company, which commenced its Indian operations a few months ago, is evaluating suitable locations, state-level…
Chennai: Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ), a 125-year-old jewellery retailer, is planning a domestic and international expansion with an initial investment of Rs 500 crore. The company is targeting revenue of Rs 5,000 crore by FY28, supported by retail expansion and sustained consumer interest in jewellery. “Currently, we have annual revenues of over Rs 2,400 crore….
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that it has not directed DVAC to file an FIR against DMK minister K N Nehru based on information provided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). “The order only states that an FIR must be registered regarding the alleged offence,” the court said while hearing review applications moved by Nehru…
Chennai: A worker from Odisha died after inhaling suspected toxic fumes while cleaning a sump water tank at an ethanol unit in Tiruvallur district on Monday night. Four others have been hospitalised.Police said the deceased, Dananth Jaya Malik, 24, was employed at a private company in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Thervoy Kandigai near Gummidipoondi,…
