Avadi corporation commissioner R Saranya said only six workers were admitted as inpatients and that most of those brought to the hospital were affected by panic after seeing the dead lizard. CHENNAI: More than 100 sanitation workers employed by Balaji Global, a private contractor engaged by the Avadi Corporation for sanitation services, were rushed to…
In a post on X, Stalin asked the government to explain how the seats were lost and what steps it had taken to safeguard the state’s interests. CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Wednesday questioned the loss of 151 government super specialty medical seats in the state and sought an explanation from…
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss is set to continue as party president for another year as the party’s general council (GC) unanimously elected Anbumani as the party president. The incumbent general secretary Vadivel Ravanan and treasurer M Thilagabama will also continue as general secretary and treasurer for another year. This was the first GC meeting…
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson, Aditya Birla Group Chennai: Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson of Aditya Birla Group, said that massive scale provides the resilience needed to absorb macroeconomic shocks, pointing out that UltraTech Cement increased its operating cash flow by 50% amid geopolitical tensions that disrupted supply chains and fuel costs across sectors.Speaking at the Madras…
The Tamil Nadu Secretariat Staff Association has opposed the decision to reshuffle govt offices. They cited space constraints, safety concerns and disruption to employees. Chief secretary M Sai Kumar on Monday issued orders for shifting the CMO out of Fort St George. The information and public relations dept and the CMO’s social media wing, currently…
KARUR: DVAC on Wednesday morning began conducting raids at former DMK minister V Senthil Balaji’s residence in Karur and at locations associated with his close confidantes.Sources said the raids began at around 7am. The searches are going on at the former minister’s residence in Rameshwarapatti; the Murthipalayam residence of Senthil Balaji’s assistant, Subramani; the Koyampalli…
CHENNAI: Kayalvizhi Alagiri, daughter of former Union minister MK Alagiri, was formally arrested and released on station bail by the Adyar Police on Tuesday in connection with the assault of an SBI branch manager at the bank’s NRI branch in Adyar. She appeared before the investigating officer after being summoned under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha…
Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai at Secretariat, Fort St. George in Chennai. CHENNAI: It is official. Chief minister C Joseph Vijay will move out of the cramped confines of Fort St George and check into a plush sea-facing 11-storey Namakkal Kavignar Maligai on the state secretariat campus.The VVIP floor was being readied for infrastructure, security and landscaping…
Chennai: State government is considering a demand to serve chicken biryani as part of the noon-meal programme in schools, school education minister A Rajmohan said on Tuesday.The proposal was among several demands raised when the minister met representatives of more than 150 teachers’ and non-teaching staff associations in the city. Some associations sought the inclusion…
Chennai: A practising lawyer has moved Madras high court seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu govt to fill the vacancies of two members at the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). The commission is now functioning with only the chairperson.Advocate N Panneerselvam alleged that due to the unfilled vacancy, the number of pending cases has…
