Traffic violations in city Chennai: The Greater Chennai traffic police registered more than 2,900 traffic violation cases during a special enforcement drive conducted across the city from June 12 to June 14, as part of efforts to ensure safe and accident-free vehicular movement.A total of 120 vehicle checkpoints were established at strategic locations, while intensive…
NAMAKKAL: Stating that unsafe handling of food is a key route for shigella infection which leads to gastroenteritis, Tamil Nadu health minister Dr K G Arunraj on Monday said the govt had ordered food safety officers to ensure that eateries sell safe and hygienic food. “We have ordered inspections, sample collections and strict action against…
Vijay directed officials to take steps to launch the first phase of the expansion on Sept 17, extending the scheme beyond its present coverage of primary school students. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced that the state’s flagship breakfast scheme would be expanded to cover students of classes VI to…
V K Ramasamy in the 1967 film ‘Pattanathil Bhootham’ Tamil cinema has known many Ramasamys: K R Ramasamy, the singing star of yesteryear; ‘Friend’ Ramasamy and ‘Pulimoottai’ Ramasamy, comedians of an earlier era; and ‘Cho’ Ramasamy, the incomparable satirist. Yet there was none like V K Ramasamy, either as an artiste or as an individual….
SALEM: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Sunday arrested eight minor boys near Salem for pelting the Coimbatore-Chennai Vande Bharat Express with stones. The minors were presented before the Juvenile Justice Board and were released on Sunday evening after formalities.The stone-pelting happened in the Veerapandi area near Salem on May 28. Windowpanes of some coaches…
Udhayanidhi Stalin (File photo) CHENNAI: Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday condemned the sexual assault and murder of a three-year-old girl near Gummidipoondi and demanded that police identify the “real culprits” and ensure stringent punishment for them.Expressing shock over the child’s death after she was sexually assaulted and abandoned in a bush, Udhayanidhi said…
Three-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and later died (Image used for representational purpose only) CHENNAI: A three-year-old girl died after she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old guest worker at Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district on Monday. Police arrested the suspect, identified as Bipin Manjhi from Bihar.The incident sparked protests outside the SIPCOT police station, with…
Rohit Ravi, managing director, The Residency Hotels Chennai: Hospitality group The Residency Hotels is investing Rs 600 crore over the next three years to set up three new luxury hotels in South India. The expansion comes even as the company is developing two hotels in Mysuru and a second property in the Maldives.“An investment of…
Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar Iron-air is now emerging as a leading technology for long-duration energy storage (LDES), driven by compelling unit economics and storage chemistry. One startup has taken an ambitious approach to building the battery tech from the ground up.Founded in 2022, Meine Electric is building a utility-scale battery energy storage system designed…
Tamil Nadu produces more than half of the country’s electric two-wheelers No account of India’s electric-vehicle (EV) transformation is complete without Tamil Nadu. The state produces more than half of the country’s electric two-wheelers and around 40% of its total EV output, making it the undisputed hub of the electric-mobility manufacturing ecosystem. Long known as…
