DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran questioned Chief Minister Vijay’s changing positions. CHENNAI: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran questioned Chief Minister Vijay’s stand on delimitation and the Mekedatu dam issue.Speaking to reporters in Chennai, Maran accused Vijay of changing his position after meeting Union home minister Amit Shah.“After passing a unanimous resolution in the state assembly seeking to…
Chennai: Social justice minister Vanni Arasu rejected the allegations of Bharathidasan, a research scholar from Tamil Nadu pursuing higher education in Malaysia under a state govt scheme, that he had not received financial assistance this year.Speaking in the assembly, Vanni Arasu said it was the scholar who failed to submit relevant documents while seeking funds….
Chennai: A beam of sunlight falling on a patch of dead leaves. A cat sunning herself. A canopy of trees. At a glance, they would seem like regular photographs, but these are different. All the 50 pictures on display at the exhibition at IIT Madras this week were clicked by blind photographers aided by sighted…
Chennai: Months after Metro Water completed underground drainage work, the two-km Camp Road–Agaram Main Road stretch in East Tambaram continues to be in poor shape. Potholes, uneven patches and unfinished portions has made commute difficult for motorists and pedestrians.The stretch branches off from the Camp Road junction on Velachery Main Road and connects to Tambaram…
Called the move ‘anti-national’ Chennai: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a direct attack on Congress, labelling its decision to restrict the singing of Vande Mataram to just two stanzas as “anti-national.”Responding to Congress Working Committee’s resolution on the national song, Shah accused the party of reviving its decades-old “politics of appeasement.” Shah…
Chennai: Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah batted for early resolution of water sharing disputes among southern states through dialogue involving the Union govt. Shah also pitched for interlinking of rivers from Brahmaputra to Cauvery and Godavari to ensure that India faced no water shortage for the next 100 years.“We have succeeded in making water-related…
Coimbatore: Thanjavur-based startup Pullinam Aerospace Technologies has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Coimbatore-based Skyworks Aviation International to supply 100 light aircraft in a deal valued at Rs 175 crore to Rs 200 crore.The agreement covers Pullinam’s PAT-LSA01, an indigenous two-seater Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft currently under development in both electric…
Mid-size SUVs accounted for 18.2% of domestic PV sales in the first quarter of FY27 Chennai: Indian car buyers’ love for SUVs is moving up the price ladder. After years in which compact SUVs powered the country’s shift away from hatchbacks and sedans, mid-size SUVs are now taking a bigger slice of the passenger vehicle…
Mullaperiyar dam photo by: TOI Chennai: Kerala chief minister V D Satheesan pitched for a new dam replacing Mullaperiyar reservoir, while Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar renewed his push for a dam across Cauvery at Mekedatu during the 31st Southern Zonal Council meeting on Thursday. Both CMs assured that Tamil Nadu’s water interests would…
CHENNAI: Not too long ago, Tamil Nadu javelin thrower T Dharanidharan represented India in the U-20 World Athletics and finished a creditable sixth. But that’s just a case in isolation as the state throwers find themselves in a tight corner — having to run from pillar to post just to attain permission for training at…
