The private school bus was carrying 15 students from Chennai airport when it collided with a container truck Chennai: Four students and the driver of a private school bus suffered minor injuries after the bus collided with a container truck near Sholavaram in Tiruvallur district on Monday morning.According to police, 15 students of a private…
Unforeseen issues with Metro foundations have caused a major engineering roadblock. The project’s completion deadline has been pushed back to February 2027. CHENNAI: More than 80 pillars, girders and 50 spans have already been constructed/placed in a Rs 621-crore flyover being built on one of Chennai’s busiest roads, but it has hit a major engineering…
Banana cultivation in Trichy has fallen from 6,000 hectares to 4,500 hectares Your ‘elai saapadu’ or traditional meal served on a fresh banana leaf may cost more now. Traders say lower supplies of rice from neighbouring states and a drop in banana cultivation in Trichy caused by drought have pushed up the prices of these…
Residents gathered at Perambur MLA office, Chennai TNNChennai: Tension prevailed outside the chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur MLA office in Sharma Nagar, as residents of Selaivayal in Kodungaiyur gathered over lack of proper roads, drainage, and streetlights in their locality.The residents, who came to submit their petition on Monday morning, said repeated representations to…
Tamil Nadu will soon launch a new health insurance scheme for elderly residents. (File photo) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will launch the Chief Minister’s Elderly Health Insurance Scheme, a programme that will provide free, cashless medical treatment to nearly 38 lakh residents aged 70 and above, with no income ceiling for eligibility — a move the…
Chennai: Sleuths from Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday intercepted two men in possession of foreign currency worth ₹17.65 lakh and thwarted their bid to smuggle the cash to Bahrain. Based on a tip-off, the officials camped at Chennai airport and intercepted two men who were scheduled to fly to Bahrain on a Gulf…
Chennai: The resignation letters of six AIADMK MLAs were accepted only after conducting an inquiry to ascertain whether they had resigned voluntarily, Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar has informed Madras high court.“The MLAs submitted resignation letters written in their own handwriting. I conducted inquiries with each of them. I accepted the letters…
While deep-tech funding surged to $2.96 bn in 2025, a gap in the Series B and C stages remains a major financial constraint Chennai: Secondary sales remain a key exit avenue for India’s deep-tech ecosystem, even as capital flows and public listings of deep-tech companies have continued to rise over the past decade.According to the…
Mukesh Ahuja, MD, Tube Investments of India Ltd Chennai: Tightening global availability of battery cells is emerging as a key cost challenge for Murugappa Group’s electric-vehicle businesses, with prices expected to remain firm for at least the next two to three quarters even as improving volumes help narrow losses.“It’s a genuine challenge that we are…
While deep-tech funding surged to $2.96 bn in 2025, a gap in the Series B and C stages remains a major financial constraint Chennai: Secondary sales remain a key exit avenue for India’s deep-tech ecosystem, even as capital flows and public listings of deep-tech companies have continued to rise over the past decade.According to the…
