Girish Wagh, MD & CEO of Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles Chennai: Tata Motors expects significant sourcing efficiencies and new product opportunities from its 3.8 billion euros acquisition of Italian truck and bus maker Iveco, with the transaction on track for completion in the second quarter of FY27.Iveco sold about 140,000 vehicles and reported revenue of…
Dennis Woodside, CEO & president, Freshworks Chennai: Freshworks continues to witness interest from enterprise customers as AI adoption and platform modernisation tilt the balance in its favour, according to its chief executive Dennis Woodside.The tech investment cycle, rapidly accelerated by the AI adoption mandate, acts as a catalyst for driving IT and customer support companies…
Dennis Woodside, CEO & president, Freshworks Chennai: Freshworks continues to witness interest from enterprise customers as AI adoption and platform modernisation tilt the balance in its favour, according to its chief executive Dennis Woodside.The tech investment cycle, rapidly accelerated by the AI adoption mandate, acts as a catalyst for driving IT and customer support companies…
Duraimurugan withdraws plea seeking transfer of trial in corruption case Chennai: Madras high court has dismissed as withdrawn a plea moved by former DMK minister Duraimurugan seeking transfer of a disproportionate assets case against him from the Chennai special court for cases against MPs and MLAs to a special court in Vellore.On Thursday, when the…
Unidentified man dies by suicide near SIDCO Chennai: An unidentified man jumped in front of a speeding truck and was killed near the SIDCO Industrial Estate in Thirumudivakkam on Wednesday night. Police said Mahesh, 30, a lorry driver from Kundrathur, was returning to Thirumudivakkam from Oragadam. When he was driving past the Electricity Board office…
Chennai: Citing elements of scam in ₹284 crore worth tenders for construction of footpaths across the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) cancelled them on Wednesday.The tenders, floated days ahead of the model code of conduct for the assembly polls, had multiple irregularities such as pre-fixing tenders to a few contractors and a four-fold increase…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday appointed Natham R Viswanathan and S P Velumani as party deputy general secretaries, and Varasur A Arunachalam as party headquarters secretary. The appointments have signalled an improvement in ties with the leaders who had patched up with EPS after rebelling against him. Senior leaders P Thangamani,…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider Union govt’s proposed disinvestment of up to 3% stakes of NLC India Ltd. In a letter to the PM, Vijay said any further dilution of Union govt’s stake would undermine the public sector undertaking’s strategic character and weaken long-term public…
Chennai: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday welcomed chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s statement that Tamil Nadu govt would cooperate with Union govt on administrative matters though BJP is TVK’s ideological enemy.“As a Union minister, I welcome the announcement of TVK govt that it will cooperate with Union govt,’’ Nirmala told reporters in Kancheepuram…
Chennai: The death toll in the car accident near Poonamallee rose to two after a 27-year-old police constable succumbed to injuries at a government hospital on Thursday.The deceased, Arur Kumar ,27, along with Tamil Selvan ,32, and Saravanakumar ,28, all natives of Melur in Madurai district, were serving in the Armed Reserve Police in Chennai.The…
