There is a steady inflow of AIADMK leaders to TVK headquarters at Panaiyar on Saturdays Welcoming AIADMK functionaries to TVK on May 28, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said TVK is the new AIADMK. Maybe Arjuna was overwhelmed. Maybe it was a Freudian slip.Vijay seems to have given the green signal to TVK local units to…
Chennai: A 54-year-old autorickshaw driver was arrested by Teynampet police for sexually harassing a 27-year-old woman passenger on Tuesday. On Tuesday evening, the woman, hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, boarded the auto of V Srinivasa Rao, 54, of Royapettah, to travel from Mylapore to Teynampet. At the end of the trip, when she was getting out…
Chennai: A 16-year-old was killed after a container lorry hit the motorcycle she was travelling on near Tiruvottiyur on Wednesday night. The victim, Taslin Begam, of Thangal in Tiruvottiyur, was studying in Class XII at a private school. Police said she was riding pillion on a motorcycle with a friend, from Kaladipet towards Ennore Expressway.Police…
Chennai: The state govt on Thursday affirmed its commitment to establishing Olympic centres of excellence to produce Olympic medal winners and position Tamil Nadu as India’s leading sporting powerhouse.Addressing the assembly, Governor R V Arlekar said, “These world-class centres will offer athletes the finest training infrastructure, elite coaching, cutting-edge sports science, performance analytics, and comprehensive…
Chennai: TVK govt led by C Joseph Vijay on Thursday accused the previous DMK govt of fiscal mismanagement and of failing to take effective steps to curb a drug culture in Tamil Nadu, blaming widespread availability of narcotics for a breakdown of law and order.In his maiden address to the assembly, governor R V Arlekar…
Tamil Nadu Governor R V Arlekar CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt appears to be moving from confrontation to cooperation with Centre going by the way events unfolded as the new assembly began its first full session with governor R V Arlekar’s maiden address on Thursday.The session began with the rendition of Tamil Thai Vazhthu. The national…
Chennai: Veteran CPI leader C Mahendran on Thursday joined chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. He formally inducted himself into the two-year-old party at its headquarters in Panaiyur.He told reporters after joining that Vijay has given hope that a corruption-free govt was possible. Mahendran recalled his lifelong association with CPI and said despite…
Chennai: Launching a scathing attack on the 38-day-old TVK govt, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palanisami said the governor’s address lacked substance. He accused the govt of failing on all fronts, particularly law and order and agrarian welfare. He also ruled out the political entry of his son Mithun.Palanisami told reporters after the governor’s address…
The upcoming Chennai facility will cater to growing domestic demand and export markets for fastening products Chennai: YKK India, the Indian arm of Japanese fastening products maker YKK Corporation, will invest $150 million to set up a new manufacturing facility at Origins by Mahindra, Chennai.The proposed plant, YKK India’s third manufacturing facility in the country,…
Gilles Bariguian, global CEO of Delsey Paris Chennai: French luggage and travel accessories brand Delsey Paris is exploring opportunities to deepen sourcing and contract manufacturing partnerships in India as part of a broader strategy to double its India business from its current level of under €10 million by 2030, even as it acknowledges that China’s…
