Dr R Karthik Narayan, founder and MD, Athulya Assisted Living Athulya Assisted Living is positioning itself as more than an assisted-living operator, building a senior-care platform spanning assisted living, home care and geriatric hospitals. Founder and MD, Dr R Karthik Narayan, spoke about the company’s evolution, changing customer profile, capital requirements, the senior-care ecosystem and…
Tamil Nadu has emerged as one of the top-performing states under the credit guarantee fund trust for micro and small enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme, with credit guarantees and employment generation showing strong growth over the past three financial years, according to data from FY2023-24 to June 30, 2026.Set up in 2000 by the Ministry of MSME…
Residents accuse TNPDCL of negligence Chennai: A 17-year-old college student was electrocuted after stepping on a live power cable that had snapped and was lying on the ground at a grove near Vallappakkam in Walajabad in the Kancheepuram district on Sunday. The student had gone to the grove with three friends to collect firewood, police…
IIT Madras launches musical fountain, exclusive gym for girl students within the campus Chennai: IIT Madras on Saturday launched an exclusive gym for female students, a musical fountain on campus and an exclusive space for outside-classroom activities as part of its student wellness initiatives.IIT Madras director V Kamakoti launched these facilities after Independence Day celebrations…
Vice-president CP Radhakrishnan Chennai: Vice-president C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday urged the graduates to uphold constitutional values, respect diversity and strengthen national unity.Speaking at the 22nd convocation of SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) here, he asked students to place the larger national interest above narrow self-interest.“Research achieves its highest purpose when it serves…
In photo: CM Vijay, DMK MK Stalin, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, CPM state secretary P Shanmugam CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu political parties on Sunday condemned the killing of three Tamil farmers by Karnataka forest officials in Chamarajanagar district and demanded a probe into the incident.Former CM M K Stalin said the shooting was ‘shocking’ and demanded…
Import duty hike leads to rise in smuggling Chennai: Smuggling of gold seems to be making a return to Chennai airport after a hiatus, as customs officials have made the second seizure within a week. In the latest case, a middle-aged Myanmar couple was arrested for smuggling nearly 2kg gold worth ₹2.65 crore from Bangkok…
Chennai: Plagued by repeated fires, voltage fluctuations, and sudden blackouts, residents of Kasturba Nagar in Adyar are demanding the immediate replacement of a hazardous transformer on 8th Main Road. Repeated petitions to the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) for the past four years have yielded no results.According to residents, the transformer was installed…
Residents seek a rethink of Nageswara Rao Park redevelopment Chennai: Memories of a greener, tree-filled Nageswara Rao Park came alive at a silent gathering in Mylapore on Sunday, with more than 50 residents, volunteers from Nizhal and civic activists coming together to protest what they described as the park’s growing concretisation.Since 2024, when Greater Chennai…
Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna for Bharatanatyam CHENNAI: Indian classical and Bharatanatyam dancer Sudharani Raghupathy has been conferred the Akademi Ratna Sadasyata.President Droupadi Murumu conferred the honour upon her at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Aug 13.Akademi Ratna Sadasyata (The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship) is India’s highest honor in the…
