Marie Wilson (right) is the managing director of Jeppiaar Institute and fought election from RK Nagar seat on a TVK ticket. CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader N Marie Wilson, who pulled off a sweeping victory from Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, has been entrusted with key finance, planning and…
CM C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet to 33 ministers, with 23 new additions taking the oath. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet with another 23 ministers taking oath as ministers at a function held at Lok Bhavan in Chennai. In total, there are 33 ministers and two more ministries such as…
CHENNAI: S Rajesh Kumar, the Congress Legislature Party leader from Killiyoor, raised slogans hailing Congress leaders Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the oath-taking ceremony as state minister at Lok Bhavan on Thursday, prompting an intervention from governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.Kumar, while reading from the official oath, suddenly deviated and praised party leaders K. Kamaraj,…
CHENNAI: The induction of RK Nagar MLA N Marie Wilson and Velachery MLA R Kumar into the cabinet has further strengthened Chennai’s representation in the ministry, adding to the existing band of ministers from the city, including CM C Joseph Vijay, rural development minister N Anand, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna and school education minister A…
Chennai: India retained its position as the world’s second-largest electric two-wheeler market in 2025 after China, amid single-digit growth, as reduced subsidies and tighter localisation requirements weighed on demand, according to the latest Global EV Outlook report by the International Energy Agency.Global electric two-wheeler sales rose 15% year-on-year to nearly 10mn units in 2025, accounting…
S Rajesh Kumar and P Viswanathan CHENNAI: As many as 19 MLAs from TVK and two Congress legislators — S Rajesh Kumar and P Viswanathan — are set to be sworn in as ministers on Thursday by governor R V Arlekar at Lok Bhavan.The expansion comes 12 days after chief minister C Joseph Vijay and…
Chennai: TSF Group, comprising companies such as Wheels India and Brakes India, along with Bosch, has proposed forming a 50:50 joint venture to develop and manufacture next-generation electronically controlled air system products for commercial vehicles, targeting global truck and bus markets.TSF Group, which represents the T S Santhanam branch of the erstwhile TVS Group, said…
Chennai: Velachery MLA R Kumar has asked GCC to withhold payment to a contractor after flagging quality defects during an inspection of a stormwater drain (SWD) work project in Jeevarathnam Nagar.When Kumar inspected a SWD site on Jeevarathnam Nagar Second Street on Monday, he came prepared with measuring tapes. The video, showed officials measuring the…
Chennai: A 23-year-old woman, suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer, underwent a life-saving bone marrow transplant using donor stem cells brought from Poland. As there was no matching donor in her family, Rela Hospital, along with DKMS Foundation, arranged for a compatible donor and transported the stem cells under specialised conditions….
Chennai: A new immunology laboratory offering free or subsidised diagnostic services for economically disadvantaged patients is now open at Madras Medical Mission Hospital. Doctors say it could improve outcomes for nearly 9,000 patients on Tamil Nadu’s kidney transplant waiting list.The HLA — Human Leukocyte Antigen — test, conducted before an organ transplant, maps the unique…
