NLC India has already announced Rs 1.01 lakh crore investment plan through 2030 Chennai: NLC India (NLCIL), the lignite-cum-power major, is planning a capital expenditure (capex) of about Rs 23,600 crore, including its joint ventures, in FY27.In FY26, the company’s capex spending stood at about Rs 9,131 crore, its highest-ever annual capex, representing an 18%…
Domestic sales of PV makers Chennai: The Indian passenger vehicle (PV) industry delivered a resilient performance in May 2026, with four of the six leading automakers—which together account for nearly 94% of India’s PV volumes—posting double-digit year-on-year growth despite recent vehicle price increases driven by rising raw material costs linked to the West Asia crisis,…
CHENNAI: A worker was beaten to death by a mob after he allegedly misbehaved with a woman in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu Friday.The deceased was identified as Prosenjit Das (35) from Kamrup district in Assam. Police said he was among the six workers who had arrived in Tiruvallur Wednesday in search of employment and…
Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has switched allegiance, joining the Vijay-led TVK party on May 27. CHENNAI: Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has joined actor-politician Vijay’s TVK, party sources said on Thursday, marking yet another setback for the AIADMK amid a string of recent defections.Natarajan, who previously served as Tamil Nadu’s tourism minister,…
Udhayanidhi Stalin (File photo) CHENNAI: Leader of Opposition and DMK youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday flayed TVK govt for the recent crimes reported across the state.In a post on X, Udhayanidhi said 25 murders, four double murders, and 19 sexual offences were reported in Tamil Nadu…
Chennai: Against the backdrop of the BJP’s poor performance in the 2026 Assembly elections, where the party won only one of the 27 seats it contested, the Tamil Nadu unit has decided to hold district-level office-bearers’ meetings across the state from May 24 to May 29 as part of an outreach and review exercise.Apart from…
A Amalraj is a 1996-batch IPS officer. Photo by A Prathap CHENNAI: Additional director general of police (ADGP) A Amalraj, a 1996-batch IPS officer, has been posted as the Chennai city police commissioner. ADGP Abhin Dinesh Modak has been posted as the Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) replacing ADGP T S Anbu. Additional chief…
CM C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet to 33 ministers, with 23 new additions taking the oath. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet with another 23 ministers taking oath as ministers at a function held at Lok Bhavan in Chennai. In total, there are 33 ministers and two more ministries such as…
Marie Wilson (right) is the managing director of Jeppiaar Institute and fought election from RK Nagar seat on a TVK ticket. CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader N Marie Wilson, who pulled off a sweeping victory from Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, has been entrusted with key finance, planning and…
CHENNAI: S Rajesh Kumar, the Congress Legislature Party leader from Killiyoor, raised slogans hailing Congress leaders Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the oath-taking ceremony as state minister at Lok Bhavan on Thursday, prompting an intervention from governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.Kumar, while reading from the official oath, suddenly deviated and praised party leaders K. Kamaraj,…
