Construction site at Annanagar in Chennai With construction costs rising, homeowners and architects are increasingly exploring material-efficient alternatives that reduce expenses and environmental impact. From filler slab ceilings that use terracotta pots to cut concrete consumption; to fly ash bricks with high recycled content for internal walls, several design choices can significantly lower the use…
Chennai: A probe by the CBI can be ordered only in rare cases as per the orders of the Supreme Court, the Madras high court observed on Tuesday, refusing to direct the CBI to probe the manner in which the released convict in the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, A G Perarivalan, was…
Chennai: In a corner of the forensic museum at Madras Medical College, inside an old wooden, glass‑fronted cupboard, a jar holds the sawn‑off half of a human head, with a small label — M 11. There are no records or documents describing the specimen, but professors say it belonged to C Alavandar, a pen salesman…
Chennai: A 28-year-old man, who was detained and questioned by the police after creating a nuisance near a TASMAC outlet in MGR Nagar, died after returning home. His family claimed that he died due to police assault, while the police denied the accusation and stated that he had pre-existing health issues related to alcohol addiction….
Chennai: Zoho Corp has built an indigenously designed and manufactured server platform as part of its plan to own the technology stack from hardware to end applications and reduce costs. The company designed key components, including the motherboard, microcontrollers, data centre secure control modules (DC-SCM), network interface cards, firmware and chassis, assembled locally through Indian…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. CHENNAI: In a corner of the forensic museum at Madras Medical College, inside an old wooden, glass‑fronted cupboard, a jar holds the sawn‑off half of a human head, with a small label: M11. There are no records or documents describing the specimen, but professors say it belonged to C…
Tamil Nadu BJP leader Amar Prasad resigned from the party on Wednesday, days after former state BJP president K Annamalai stepped down from the organisation. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP state secretary Amar Prasad resigned from the party on Wednesday, days after former state BJP president K Annamalai stepped down from the organisation.Announcing his decision on…
PIL seeks disqualification proceeding against 3 AIADMK MLAs who resigned days after election (File Photo) CHENNAI: Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi’s M L Ravi has moved the Madras high court seeking to declare TN govt’s gazette notification accepting resignation of three AIADMK MLA’s Maragatham Kumaravel, S Jayakumar, and P Sathyabama as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary…
CHENNAI: Like Aladdin rubbing the magic lamp to set the genie free, Bharathiraja liberated an intense version of Tamil cinema that had long remained bottled up within studio sets and shooting floors. With 16 Vayadhiniley (1977), he blazed a trail and revealed the rugged and lush beauty of Tamil Nadu’s countryside to both filmmakers and…
CHENNAI: Veteran filmmaker and actor Bharathiraja, one of the most influential figures in Tamil cinema, passed away in Chennai on Wednesday, June 10. He was 84.The celebrated director had been battling health issues for several months. According to sources close to the family, Bharathiraja had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments and respiratory complications, including…
