Chennai: Amid the ongoing interstate row over Cauvery river, Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday upheld Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) recommendation and directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs (1 tmcft) of water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days, effective August 12.The emergency meeting was held in New Delhi against the…
Actor Trisha Krishnan returned to social media with cryptic posts after a controversy CHENNAI: Actor Trisha Krishnan has returned to social media with a series of cryptic Instagram Stories, days after the controversy surrounding former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s alleged double-meaning remark involving her.The actor first shared pictures from her grandmother’s 98th…
Actor Trisha Krishnan returned to social media with cryptic posts after a controversy CHENNAI: Actor Trisha Krishnan has returned to social media with a series of cryptic Instagram Stories, days after the controversy surrounding former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s alleged double-meaning remark involving her.The actor first shared pictures from her grandmother’s 98th…
Chennai: Leading tyre maker MRF saw its consolidated net profit decline marginally in the first quarter of FY27 as a sharp increase in raw material costs offset healthy demand and double-digit growth in revenue.Consolidated profit after tax stood at Rs 495 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared with Rs 502 crore in…
Chennai’s roads are deteriorating due to ongoing monsoon rains and incomplete utility works. Fresh rainfall has caused traffic congestion and waterlogging in several areas CHENNAI: Damaged roads, fresh rain-related traffic disruption and the city’s race to complete stormwater-drain works are among the issues dominating attention in Chennai.With the monsoon exposing weaknesses in civic infrastructure, the…
Chennai: VO Chidambaranar (VOC) Port Authority has become the first port in India to receive ISO 50001:2018 certification for its Energy Management System. The port was also accredited by Bureau Veritas as a Scope-2 Emission-Free Port, with renewable sources meeting 93.89% of its electricity needs in FY26. VOC Port currently has 7.04 MW of solar…
A woman walking with an umbrella to shield herself from the rain | File photo Chennai: Evening rain brought traffic to a near standstill across several parts of Chennai on Monday, with vehicles crawling for hours on key arterial roads and commuters reporting unusually long journeys and higher auto or cab fares to get home.Bumper-to-bumper…
Tamil Nadu’s biodiversity push is missing a local touch S PaulrajThe Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board (TNBB) is failing to achieve its statutory goals, with 13,600 biodiversity management committees (BMC) existing largely on paper and failing to engage local communities in the preparation of people’s biodiversity registers (PBR). Despite some access and benefit sharing collections, the…
State of the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road in Chennai Chennai: The ride back home from schools and offices was rather bumpy on the 200-foot Radial Road between Pallavaram and Thoraipakkam on Monday, with commuters having to dodge giant potholes and pits filled with rainwater every step of the way.Though the main carriageway was largely passable, not…
Chennai: The state assembly saw a heated debate over the language and pronunciation of the members in the house, after one of the MLAs pointed out errors made state finance minister N Marie Wilson in his budget speech.Kadayanallur MLA T M Rajendran alleged that Wilson’s Tamil pronunciation had mistakes and that he excessively used English…
