Chennai: Political leaders from Tamil Nadu including Chief minister C Joseph Vijay have extended birthday wishes to Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday.“Wishing you a long life and good health in service to the nation,” Vijay said in his X post. “May you be blessed with good health, happiness, and long life as you…
Chennai: VCK leader and social justice minister Vanni Arasu on Thursday flayed DMK for condemning the arrest of NTK Dharapuram candidate M Karthika as NTK chief Seeman had criticised social reformer E V R Periyar. DMK hit back saying that condemning the arrest of a woman politician does not mean supporting the principles of the…
At the 42nd convocation of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) Chennai: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday called for greater use of emerging technologies to prevent disease and protect young people’s health.Addressing the 42nd convocation of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), he said artificial intelligence, genomics and…
Since our community was granted ST status, I was able to get a seat in medical collegeS Kokila, MBBS student ‘Pasiththavanuku meen pudika kaththukodu’ (Teach a hungry person how to fish). For years, Sakthivel A would read the proverb painted on a wall in his boarding school but never understood what it meant. Years later,…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu para long jumper Solairaj Dharmaraj took the field in Aichi Nagoya Para Asian Games on Thursday determined to defend the gold medal he won in Hangzhou three years ago. But the competition took an unexpected turn when Japanese athlete Yuma Tamaki raised an objection about the spike that Solairaj was wearing for…
Chennai: Chennai police are planning to issue an Interpol blue corner notice against businessman N Prakash Kannaiah, who is believed to be in the UK, and bring him back to Chennai, in connection with the child rape cases involving Gem Granites chairman R Veeramani.A Look Out Circular (LOC) has already been issued against him after…
CHENNAI: Nepalese national Sudeep Bogati’s daring escape from the high-security central prison at Puzhal here will beat any jail-break movie hands down.Aged 21 years, lean and small built, Bogati synced his escape bid with the 10-minute change of guards at the watch tower. On Tuesday night, he pulled out solar power cables fixed along the…
From Friday, heavy monsoon rain is likely to return to the city, with the IMD issuing a yellow alert for heavy rainfall of 6- 12cm in 24 hours in the city and neighbouring districts over the next four days Chennai: Sunshine and cloudy skies interspersed throughout the day, followed by light rain in parts of…
Chennai: Hatsun Agro Product Ltd (HAP), a leading private sector dairy company, reported a 6% increase in net profit to Rs 116 crore for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2026, compared with Rs 110 crore a year earlier.Revenue from operations grew 19% to Rs 2,898 crore from Rs 2,428 crore in the year-ago quarter.For the…
Chennai: Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL), a group company of IndianOil, reported a sharp increase in profit for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2026, driven by improved refining margins and strong plant operations.The company’s profit after tax (PAT) for Q2 FY27 rose to Rs 2,271 crore from Rs 732 crore a year earlier, more than…
