TN govt is monitoring rainfall situation in TN: SengottaiyanTNNChennai: State revenue and disaster management minister K A Sengottaiyan said on Tuesday that the state govt was fully prepared to handle the southwest monsoon. He said the govt was monitoring the rainfall situation in the state in the wake of Indian Meteorological Department’s alert that 22…
Chennai: A speeding car rammed a furniture-laden van near Perungudi railway station in Velachery on Monday, throwing a 19-year-old worker off the vehicle. The youth, who had suffered severe head injuries, died at a govt hospital on Tuesday.Jones was employed at a furniture store in Velachery and was assisting with a delivery when the accident…
Chennai: A 22-year-old Nepalese national and two minors were arrested by Kilpauk police after they made obscene gestures at two women in Purasawalkam. The trio was apprehended by an auto-rickshaw driver and members of the public before being handed over to the police.According to police, the incident occurred on Purasawalkam High Road. A woman and…
₹2,177 cr first tranche to be released for extended rural drinking water scheme till 2028Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt and the Union govt on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, paving the way for the release of ₹2,177 cr as the first tranche of central funds for the…
Every initiative to streamline Tasmac meets with resistance from within and produces the same result: stalemate, and then status quo Chennai: Tasmac has a problem: the govt that owns it cannot control it. The first set of announcements Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay made after taking office was to shut 717 liquor shops operating within…
Annamalai met Union home minister Amit Shah and explained the reasons for his decision ‘Party Hopeful of Retaining, But He ‘Not Reconsidering’CHENNAI: Former BJP Tamil Nadu state president K Annamalai on Tuesday submitted his resignation to party national president Nitin Nabin, along with a report outlining the reasons behind the party’s rout in the recent…
TNNChennai: A day after CM C Joseph Vijay taunted AIADMK as a spent force, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami launched a caustic attack on the questioning the TVK for alleged breakdown of law and order.Referring to reports that a 23 year old youth from Chennai’s Tondiarpet, named Vishnu, was beaten to death for opposing…
On Tuesday, when the plea came up for hearing, counsel for the petitioner requested the court to permit him to withdraw the plea Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed as withdrawn a plea seeking registration of cheating and money-laundering cases against chief minister C Joseph Vijay for his alleged suppression of financial transactions and…
The sector is better positioned to withstand weather-related disruptions than in the past Chennai: The tractor industry remains cautiously optimistic about demand in the current fiscal year after posting a record performance in FY26, despite concerns that a potentially deficient monsoon could dampen rural sentiment and farm incomes. The industry has projected single-digit growth for…
38% of travellers still exchange cash before travelling abroad Chennai: Even as Indian travellers plan to spend more on overseas holidays following the recent reduction in Tax Collected at Source (TCS), most remain unclear about the true cost of foreign exchange, with hidden forex charges and non-transparent pricing remaining major pain points, according to Wise’s…
