Chennai: A 54-year-old woman, Mathura, of Pulianthope, died of injuries on Sunday a week after she was knocked down by a minor riding a motorcycle. Police arrested the 17-year-old’s father, Amirjan, 42, on charges of allowing the boy to ride the bike.The Pulianthope traffic investigation wing altered the case to causing death by rash and…
According to police, pilots Vishal Bhaskar and another officer detected the technical glitch around 9.05 am while flying the helicopter (ZA 1420) and safely landed it in a farmland at Keerapakkam, near Vandalur. CHENNAI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Chetak helicopter made an emergency landing in an agricultural field in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district on…
Chennai: Less than 24 hours after Greater Chennai Corporation claimed to have cleared encroachments in a late Saturday night eviction drive, the T Nagar Pedestrian Plaza slipped back into its old ways. By Sunday evening, vendors reclaimed the stretch and vehicles were once again parked across the pedestrian zone – indicating that the entire eviction…
Chennai: From screening Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan blockbusters to the latest Bollywood releases, Theyagaraja Theatre in Thiruvanmiyur has been the hub for generations of Chennaiites for watching movies. Now, after decades as a neighbourhood landmark, the theatre is set to make way for a ₹500-crore mixed-use commercial development, bringing the curtain down on one of…
Chennai: Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday alleged that TVK was levelling false charges on DMK out of frustration that it was unable to break DMK just like the way it was splitting AIADMK.Taking a dig at chief minister C Joseph Vijay for his earlier statement that he would not let any corrupt go…
straight talk: Over the years, RTI activists have staged protests across TN urging govt to address concerns over lack of accountability and access to information G AnanthakrishnanChief minister C Joseph Vijay’s pre-election promise of enacting a Right to Services Act within six months of assuming office puts him on a Nov 10 deadline, although it…
Finance secretary M A Siddique Tamil Nadu’s fiscal turnaround will be driven by cleaner governance, transparent procurement and stronger tax administration, says finance secretary M A Siddique. In an interview, the additional chief secretary (finance) discusses the state’s reform agenda, plans for an Economic Advisory Committee, PSU restructuring and the strategy to create fiscal space…
Nithin Chandra, Chennai-based senior partner at Kearney A state’s fiscal situation can shift materially within a single budget cycle, as Tamil Nadu’s own numbers demonstrate. The revenue deficit in FY26, at `78,324 crore, is the highest the state has ever recorded—even higher than during the COVID year of FY21. This did not happen overnight. Warning…
As the C Joseph Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government prepares to present its maiden Budget later this month, its fiscal strategy is beginning to take shape. The focus is on improving tax collections through stricter enforcement, plugging revenue leakages, reforming state-owned enterprises, and curbing wasteful expenditure, while protecting politically sensitive welfare schemes and sustaining…
Chennai airport sees decline in rankings as Kolkata closes gap Chennai: The drop in Chennai airport’s aviation rankings in the country has been gradual but steady, thanks to poor passenger amenities, runway saturation and airlines increasingly suspending operations. Once the third-busiest airport after Mumbai and Delhi, it slipped behind Bengaluru and Hyderabad in recent years….
