Tamil Nadu energy minister R Nirmalkumar Chennai: A day after TOI reported that hard disks had gone missing from the TNEB headquarters in Chennai, energy minister R Nirmalkumar said crucial and sensitive data were already available as physical documents.Asked whether the theft was an attempt to put the new govt under pressure, the minister said…
Chennai: Skywatchers have a striking celestial display awaiting on June 9 as Jupiter and Venus appear unusually close together in the evening sky.The two brightest planets will seem around just 1.6° apart in a conjunction, although they will actually be separated by hundreds of millions of kilometres. They have been approaching each other for weeks.In…
All 717 outlets are expected to be completed by Friday Chennai: Tasmac has resumed closing outlets after a week-long pause, but not all were the ones that were supposed to be.Though 616 outlets have been shuttered as of Thursday, some of those being closed do not match the list originally drawn up by district managers….
CUDDALORE: The Vridhachalam police have registered a case against four people, including a woman TVK functionary, following a violent altercation and assault outside a local rice store near the Palakkarai junction in Vridhachalam in Cuddalore district. The incident, which reportedly stemmed from a dispute over blocking a part of the entrance of the store with…
The minimally invasive intervention involved specialists from gastroenterology and interventional cardiology Chennai: Doctors at Kauvery Hospital in Vadapalani treated a 73-year-old woman suffering from a long-standing colovaginal fistula by repurposing a cardiac occlusion device, originally designed to close holes in the heart, to seal an abnormal connection between the colon and vagina. The procedure offered…
Chennai: Madras high court has asserted that unlawful assembly by itself would not amount to commission of offence. The court made the observation while quashing criminal cases registered against 15 RSS members for celebrating the organisation’s 100th anniversary without prior permission.“In this case, there is no material to show that there was any promulgation of…
The decision comes after Congress, a long-time ally of DMK, severed its ties with the Dravidian party to join the TVK-led govt in Tamil Nadu. CHENNAI: DMK is no longer part of the INDIA bloc, party spokesman T K S Elangovan said on Thursday. He made the statement to ANI hours after DMK headquarters issued…
The Hyundai management with Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay Chennai: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said its first mass-market dedicated electric vehicle (EV) for India will be rolled out from its Sriperumbudur factory near Chennai this year, as the company has designated Tamil Nadu as its flagship EV manufacturing hub for the country.HMIL’s…
The three projects are expected to generate employment for around 8,200 people. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt on Thursday signed an MoU with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the implementation of three projects in the state involving an investment of Rs 18,600 crore, in the presence of chief minister C Joseph Vijay. This is the…
Chennai: Hit hard by the poll defeat, DMK has begun the process of making structural changes to improve organisational efficiency. Former chief minister M K Stalin held a meeting with the party seniors on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen the organisation.Party leaders say one of the key proposals discussed by the DMK was a…
