Chennai: DMDK MP L K Sudhish called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office in New Delhi on Monday and requested him to prevent Karnataka from constructing a dam at Mekedatu.In a statement, DMDK said Sudhish had submitted a memorandum to Modi urging the Union BJP govt not to give the nod to Karnataka…
Chennai: Two men were arrested for flying kites using banned glass-coated manja thread in New Washermenpet. Two kites and two spools of the prohibited thread were seized.Police identified the arrested as Surya, 20, and Prashanth, 21, both residents of New Washermenpet. Acting on a tip, a team conducted surveillance on Sivan Nagar Third Street on…
Chennai: A 30-year-old man who suffered a head injury after falling during an altercation at a restaurant in Kelambakkam last week succumbed to his injuries. Police altered the case to murder.The deceased, Kirubakaran of Thaiyur panchayat near Thiruporur, had gone to a restaurant on July 28 to buy parotta. According to police, an argument broke…
Chennai: At least five unidentified men assaulted a 24-year-old online delivery worker and threatened him at gunpoint near Porur on Sunday night. The victim sustained head injuries and was admitted to a private hospital.The victim, Priyadharshan (24), a resident of Valasaravakkam, was riding his motorcycle through Karambakkam at 9.30 pm when five men intercepted him….
Chennai: Crows have been dropping dead at a corporation-run park in Indira Nagar, Adyar, nearly seven months after a similar episode in the area was confirmed as bird flu. Veterinary officials with Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) are yet to collect samples or determine the cause of the latest deaths.Park patrons said birds have been dying…
Chennai: One in three engineering toppers who scored 190 and above out of 200 marks in the engineering rank list this year did not get a seat allotment in the first round of engineering counselling. The huge absence of top rankers was mainly attributed to medical aspirants who stayed out of the counselling process after…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt on Monday moved Supreme Court seeking urgent directions to Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery water management authority’s order requiring a flow of water at the rate of 3,500 cusecs daily at Biligundulu, the inter-state border, for a fortnight. It asked the court to direct Karnataka to ensure that 4.5tmcft reaches…
Fishermen from Srinivasapuram organized a hunger strike demanding house-site pattas in Chennai on Monday. Chennai: Nearly 100 residents of Mullikuppam–Srinivasapuram went on a hunger strike on Monday, demanding govt to issue land pattas for those under survey numbers 4592 and 4593.Protesters said that despite repeated representations to officials and the local MLA and Food and…
CHENNAI: The Union govt has granted 10 projects totalling Rs 785.21 crore from the power system development fund (PSDF) for renovating and modernising substations, establishing technical and IT infrastructure, installing bus reactors, communication & data acquisition systems, and setting up battery storage system (BESS) in Tamil Nadu, said minister of state for power Shripad Naik.Responding…
(L-R) Vitor Silva, President, Michelin Africa, India and Middle East Region, Shantanu Deshpande, MD, Michelin India and Jean-François RENE, Executive Director, Michelin Chennai Chennai: Michelin is broadening its ambitions in India beyond tyre manufacturing, positioning the country as a strategic base for production, engineering, artificial intelligence, research and development, global sourcing and exports as the…
