The Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi exponent, who completes 75 years in dance. The city’s classical arts fraternity came together to celebrate Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi exponent Rathna Kumar, who completed 75 years in dance this year. Friends, fellow artistes, well-wishers and some of Chennai’s most respected names turned up to honour and applaud the veteran dancer and…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will require around 12,400MW of additional thermal power capacity by 2034-35 to meet its projected electricity demand, Union power ministry informed Lok Sabha on Thursday.Of this, 2,640MW is under construction, 1,000MW is under bidding and a notice inviting tender has been issued for another 660MW, minister of state for power Shripad Naik…
CHENNAI: Sri Lankan has arrested 1,306 Indian fishermen and seized 179 fishing boats since 2023, Union govt told Rajya Sabha on Thursday. As of July 23, thirty fishermen and 171 boats seized in these years remained in Lankan custody.Tamil Nadu accounted for 1,182 of the captured fishermen, which is more than 90% of the fishers…
The runway, they add, featured collections from Premam Silks, SSFC, Malaysia’s Bahadur Couture, Suresh Menon with NXTFACE, JCS Jewel Creations, and Page 3. One of the prominent annual runway events in Chennai, the Madras Couture Fashion Week 2026, was held recently. According to the organisers, “The 12th edition of the event held at the Radisson…
Suspended sub-registrar Justin Manikandan PALANI: The registration department has constituted a six-member special audit team to scrutinise all documents registered during the tenure of suspended sub-registrar Justin Manikandan in the Palani Registration District.According to the order, the audit will cover every document registered from February 5, 2024, when Justin Manikandan assumed charge as sub-registrar of…
Life-saving chest wall reconstruction restores breathing in crash survivor Chennai: A 42-year-old man who suffered multiple rib fractures, a fractured breastbone and a severe chest injury in a road accident recovered after doctors at SRM Global Hospitals performed a life-saving chest wall reconstruction. The advanced surgery restored the stability of his chest, allowing him to…
No promotion, no pay rise: Tamil Nadu’s super-speciality seats go begging Chennai: Govt doctors in Tamil Nadu are shunning super-speciality training because the additional qualification brings no assured promotion, salary increase or posting in the field in which they train, doctors’ associations said, leaving the state with hundreds of unfilled seats in disciplines critical to…
We inherited a system that was riddled with corruption, says minister R Nirmal Kumar Tamil Nadu minister for energy resources and law R Nirmal Kumar has emerged as the TVK govt’s defender-in-chief. In an interview with TOI’s Shanmughasundaram J, the minister says the TVK-led coalition is preparing a common minimum programme, and TVK will contest…
CM Vijay attending a meeting at Guidance office CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt led by chief minister C Joseph Vijay is likely to announce a renewed AI mission and an AI city, modelled as a self-contained unit with a 1,000-acre campus, integrating office facilities, AI model development, research and global capability centres and residential amenities such…
Arun Narayan, CEO, jewellery division, Titan Company Chennai: Retail jewellery brand Tanishq will focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and the US markets as part of its overseas expansion plans. A division of Titan Company, it currently has 30 outlets across Singapore, West Asia and the US.Arun Narayan, CEO, jewellery division, Titan Company,…
