Chennai: Madras high court has sought responses from Tamil Nadu govt and and the Chennai city commissioner of police on a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of B T Arasakumar, who was arrested on charges of bribery and cheating private schools on the promise of obtaining various approvals, under the Goondas Act.The petition, filed…
Erode boy goes to Brown University Chennai: When 17-year-old Pranav Ilango leaves for the US later this month to begin his undergraduate studies at Brown University, his parents will be sending him on a flight they once dreamed of.Pranav, from Erode, has won a full scholarship worth ₹3.55 crore to study at Brown, where he…
Chennai: Milky Mist Dairy Food, the Tamil Nadu-based dairy products company, has raised about Rs 465 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), which opens on August 11 and closes on August 13.The IPO Committee of the Board, which met on August 10, 2026, finalised the allocation of 3,32,35,713 equity…
The biggest hurdle is the uncertainty surrounding Parandur, the site selected by the previous Tamil Nadu government for Chennai’s second airport. CHENNAI: Chennai’s long-pending second airport project has reached a crucial juncture, but the proposed greenfield airport at Parandur remains caught between the city’s growing aviation needs and opposition over land, waterbodies and the impact…
CHENNAI: Customs sleuths at the Chennai airport seized 920 grams of gold, worth Rs 1.4 crore, from a woman who arrived here from Dubai on Monday.The air intelligence unit of Chennai customs intercepted the woman, who arrived here on an Emirates flight, as she attempted to exit via the green channel.Customs sleuths thoroughly searched her…
Led by Vatal Nagaraj of the Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha and Manjunath Deva of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike, more than 60 activists gathered at the toll plaza around 10.20am, raising slogans against Tamil Nadu and marching towards the border. KRISHNAGIRI: Bus services were affected between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for three hours on Monday due…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami Chennai: Rebel AIADMK leaders S P Velumani and Natham R Vishwanathan upped the ante on Sunday accusing party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of taking unilateral decisions that cost the party crucial alliance opportunities and contributed to its defeats in successive elections since 2021. The two also accused Palaniswami…
Chennai: TVK govt is set to table a resolution in the state assembly on Monday to make Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu as the first item in all govt functions and events in educational institutions.According to the agenda of the assembly proceedings for Monday, the resolution to be tabled by chief minister C Joseph Vijay said Tamil…
Chennai: A human chain and sloganeering marked day nine of the ban-NEET protest organised by the Anti-NEET Federation in Koyambedu on Sunday.More than 50 protestors, including students and activists, held up placards and formed a human chain along Ayyappa Nagar first main road in Koyambedu seeking exemption for the state from NEET and urging the…
Puducherry: Union home minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen on strengthening Union territories and the union govt was committed to development of Puducherry.Conferring the President’s Colours upon the Puducherry police on Sunday, Shah said successive Union govts had provided only ₹3,500 crore to Puducherry for developmental works from 1950 to 2014….
