Beginning Thursday, customers can browse the live inventory of more than 4,000 Tasmac outlets on a new online portal, pay digitally and collect their purchase from the store of their choice. (Representative image) CHENNAI: For decades, buying liquor in Tamil Nadu meant standing in a queue at a state-run outlet and hoping the bottle you wanted was…
University Grants Commission (UGC) has also announced several higher educational reforms, including introducing one-year postgraduate programmes in distance and online mode. (Representative image) CHENNAI: In a key development for higher educational institutions in the state, Tamil Nadu govt has decided to come up with a state higher education policy allowing four-year undergraduate degree programmes.“A state…
CHENNAI/THANJAVUR: Former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged double entendre alluding to a popular female actor. He was released later in the evening on station bail.Udhayanidhi, TVK supporters said, had made a sexually loaded remark linking CM Joseph Vijay with an actress whose name the crowd was…
Chennai: Southern Railway will operate three pairs of EMU passenger special trains between Arakkonam and Tiruttani from Aug 5 to 7 to handle the expected surge of devotees travelling for the Aadi Krithigai festival at Tiruttani Murugan temple. The special services will be operated by extending select EMU trains up to Tiruttani, providing additional connectivity…
Aarthi Krishna, MD, Sundram Fasteners Chennai: Sundram Fasteners Ltd (SFL) will invest ₹400 crore this fiscal to expand manufacturing capacity across automotive and industrial segments. The auto components major reported double-digit growth in revenue and net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.The proposed capital expenditure is aimed at supporting rising customer demand across…
Chennai: A 25.5km stretch between Arakkonam and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu has emerged as the sole bottleneck preventing the completion of the 262km Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway, where more than 90% of the corridor is ready.From the Bengaluru end, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has completed the 96.7km stretch up to Byreddipalli in Andhra Pradesh…
Chennai: Eye care chain Dr. Agarwal’s Health Care on Tuesday posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 55 crore, up 44.6% year-on-year from Rs 38 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.Its total income rose 23.9% to Rs 620 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 501 crore in the year-ago quarter. EBITDA stood at…
Effects on concentration, memory Chennai: Engineering students studying courses such as computer science engineering at VIT Chennai may soon play classical board games such as Pallanguzhi or Adupuli Attam or Paramapadham at their labs and classes. The institute is planning to scientifically investigate how traditional Tamil games along with selected teachings of Tirukkural and Tirumandhiram…
Chennai: Inspector Mohammed Buhari and home guard Srinivasan were arrested on Tuesday for extorting about ₹40 lakh from a businessman by threatening to implicate him in the 2024 murder of BSP leader K Armstrong.The two were produced before VIII metropolitan magistrate court in George Town and remanded in judicial custody.The arrests followed a complaint by…
Show stoppers: Olympian Circus has 30 artists from around the world performing A ginormous canvas tent, exotic animals in the ring, and families sweating it out in the sweltering heat. A circus, making its debut in Madurai this month, is replacing that age-old scene with an air-conditioned auditorium and sans animals. It goes without saying,…
