CHENNAI: Commuters on city suburban rail network are likely to face inconvenience on July 5 and 12 (next two Sundays) as Southern Railway has cancelled 41 EMU services between Chennai Beach and Tambaram, Chengalpet, Arakkonam and Tirumalpur due to a five-hour line and power block for engineering work. The block will be in force between…
CHENNAI: Madras high court on Friday dismissed an anticipatory bail application filed by former DMK minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan who faces a criminal case for his reported derogatory statements against chief minister C Joseph Vijay at a public meeting held on June 20. “Since 1967, only people from the cine industry are ruling Tamil Nadu….
Chennai: It has been three days since the validity of bars attached to Tasmac’s retail vending shops expired, but their business continued to thrive illegally — thanks to zero enforcement from Tasmac management.There are more than 200 bars attached to Tasmac outlets in the city, and their licences expired on June 30. However, when TOI…
Suburban train in Chennai Chennai: Commuters on the city’s suburban rail network are likely to face inconvenience on July 5 and 12 (next two Sundays) with Southern Railway cancelling 41 EMU services for five hours to facilitate engineering works between Chennai Beach and Tambaram.A release said that the line and power block has been permitted…
A team of lawyers led by Richardson Wilson, representing former Tamil Nadu minister E.V. Velu, on Thursday appeared before the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) office in Alandur and sought additional time for his appearance in connection with an inquiry initiated on a complaint against him. Chennai: A team of lawyers representing former DMK…
TN forest department rolls out mobile forensic lab, fire-response vehicles and upgraded arms for forest foot soldiers Chennai: To tackle forest fires more effectively, Tamil Nadu’s forest department has introduced an all-terrain vehicle capable of dousing flames in remote, off-road areas that are otherwise difficult to reach during emergencies.The state’s forest fire season runs from…
Private entrepreneurs are showing interest in carrying out primary processing of tuna on board fishing vessels to convert it into ‘sashimi-grade’ fish Chennai: The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), under the Union ministry of commerce and industry, is in discussions with Quikjet Cargo Airlines to ferry tuna from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to…
Chennai: Ramco Systems, an enterprise software company, appointed its president and chief operating officer, Sandesh Bilagi, as chief executive officer.In his new role, he will drive Ramco’s global growth agenda and accelerate its strategy to become an AI-native enterprise software company, it said in a statement. Sandesh led the operational turnaround that returned the company…
Chennai: Former Ambasamudram MLA Esakki Subaya called on Speaker J C D Prabhakar at the secretariat on Friday and submitted his explanation for resigning from the MLA post.The explanation was in response to the show-cause notice issued to him following a representation from AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. EPS has sought action against the…
MADURAI: A day after Tamil Nadu governor R V Arlekar met senior district officers in Madurai, state law minister R Nirmal Kumar said Lok Bhavan had no authority to review administrative works and instructed officials not to participate in such exercises.“Administrative powers to review govt work rest solely with the elected govt and its representatives….
