Passenger vehicle exports were led by utility vehicles, underscoring the global shift towards SUVs Chennai: Despite mounting geopolitical tensions, India’s automobile exporters delivered a surprisingly strong performance in Q1 of this fiscal. Nearly 2 million vehicles were shipped overseas, with two-wheelers, passenger vehicles and three-wheelers driving growth. Total exports rose 34% year-on-year to 1.96 million…
Chennai: DMK leader and former minister E V Velu, who appeared before officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in Alandur on Wednesday for questioning in connection with a case involving alleged irregularities worth ₹3.23 crore in the highways department, was questioned for nearly five hours.Velu appeared before the agency after Madras high…
Kerala home minister meets Vijay Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay is likely to share the stage with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in an anti-drug awareness event in Kerala.Kerala home minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday called on Vijay and invited him to participate alongside Mohanlal in the event organised as part of Kerala’s anti-drug…
Chennai: Madras high court has issued notices to the state and Union govts on Wednesday, seeking their response on whether shrimp hatcheries located along the coast are required to comply with coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notifications issued by the Centre.The first bench of Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan took up…
Chennai: A 19-year-old biker, a city college student, crashed into the parapet of the Anbazhagan Flyover in T Nagar, fell off the bridge and died on Tuesday.Police said R Sandeep was on his way to meet his friend when he lost control of his motorcycle while riding across the Anbazhagan flyover. After the crash, he…
Chennai: A 29-year-old local Kabaddi coach, who had been absconding for nearly three weeks, was arrested by the Semmancheri police in Kodaikanal in connection with the sexual assault case of a 17-year-old girl.The accused, identified as Raji ,29, who runs a kabbadi club, had been evading police arrest since the Semmancheri All Women Police Station…
Chennai: Park suburban station, one of the city’s busiest multimodal transit hubs, will be inaugurated in its redeveloped form by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on July 17 under the Amrit Station Scheme. The ₹14.79-crore project has upgraded the station with improved passenger amenities and seamless connectivity between suburban rail, MRTS and Metro…
Chennai: TVK on Wednesday sacked its Chengalpet east district joint secretary N V Veera alias Veerasamy from the party in the wake of allegations that he received money as bribe. Veera, who was the president of Mambakkam panchayat union in Chengalpet district, refuted the charges. Later in the night, he was picked up by police…
MADURAI: The controversial registration of a parcel of 1.4-acre of land, belonging to the Arulmigu Dhandapani Swami Mutt in Palani in Dindigul district and valued at over Rs 100, has been declared as null and void by Madras high court.On Wednesday, a division bench of Justice C V Karthikeyan and Justice R Sakthivel allowed an…
AIADMK functionaries of Erode East Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday told party functionaries that the TVK govt would fall within the next 18 months and called upon party functionaries to work for the success of AIADMK in the upcoming local body polls.EPS, who resumed his district wise review meetings, urged district…
