CPCL achieved a refinery capacity utilisation of 108% in Q1FY27 Chennai: Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) reported a sharp turnaround in its financial performance for the first quarter of FY27, posting a standalone net profit of Rs 1,017 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, against a net loss of Rs 57 crore in…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has announced a protest at Palani on July 25, alleging illegal registration of valuable land belonging to the Palani Mutt. Claiming that the ongoing CB-CID investigation is compromised, he called for a CBI probe to ensure transparency.In a statement, Palaniswami said the mutt land, worth around Rs 100…
Chennai: After years of relying on private tankers and borewells for drinking water, more than four lakh residents in Perungalathur, Peerkankaranai, Thiruneermalai, Chitlapakkam, Madambakkam and Sembakkam are set to get piped supply under a proposed ₹500-crore project by the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.The project is part of a wider plan to extend piped drinking water…
Chennai: Madras high court has dismissed as premature a plea moved by former DMK MLA and former minister V Senthilbalaji and his brother R V Ashok Kumar seeking a direction to Tamil Nadu police not to harass them under the guise of investigating pending cases against them, including for the alleged horse-trading attempts to topple…
(Photo credit: AI) Thousands of students and professionals seek paying guest accommodation in Chennai annually CHENNAI: Three years ago, S Hameed, 24, stepped out of Chennai Central with a backpack, a job offer and the hope of building a better future. He had come from Puttur in Andhra Pradesh, after his UG. But finding a…
CHENNAI: From Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar to senior minister K A Sengottaiyan and several of his younger cabinet colleagues, governance briefly took a back seat on Thursday as the ruling establishment queued up for the first day, first show (FDFS) of Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s much-awaited film Jananayagan.Even as anti-NEET…
CHENNAI: Public sympathy rightly demands a humane response, but constitutional govt insists that compassion remain subject to law. The interim order of the Madurai bench of Madras high court permitting the Tamil Nadu govt to issue temporary appointment orders to legal heirs of those who lost their lives in the Karur tragedy has opened an…
CHENNAI/INDORE: Students and people from across society joined protests in multiple cities Wednesday, demanding accountability over examination irregularities and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation — defying police curbs, preventive detentions and heavy deployment.In Ahmedabad, police detained nearly 125 student protesters outside Gujarat University. Protests also spread through Hyderabad, Patiala and Haryana’s Bhiwani. In Chennai,…
Police detain members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) during a protest near Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore, Chennai Chennai: DMK and CPM flayed the TVK govt on Wednesday for cracking down on SFI and DYFI members who held protests against Neet. DMK accused TVK of adopting double…
He consumed alcohol, barged into a house and sexually assaulted a 48-year-old woman who was asleep. Chennai: A 29-year-old Nepalese national was arrested by Choolaimedu police after he was accused of trespassing into a house and molesting a 48-year-old woman while she was asleep on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Kesavan, is a native of Nepal…
