Road cave in on Radha Krishnan salai on Sunday. Chennai: A 4ft portion of Radhakrishnan Salai in Mylapore caved in on Sunday due to damage to a stormwater drain, marking the third such incident at the same spot. Greater Chennai Corporation said it will start work to replace the damaged pipeline on Sunday night.The cave-in…
Chennai: What was projected as a digital upgrade to give liquor buyers greater choice and transparency has instead exposed the deep-rooted nexus of Tasmac retail employees and suppliers to promote sales of certain brands. Buyers across Tamil Nadu said outlets refused to hand over brands booked online though the app showed stock availability.The state govt…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami Chennai: Rebel AIADMK leaders S P Velumani and Natham R Vishwanathan upped the ante on Sunday accusing party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of taking unilateral decisions that cost the party crucial alliance opportunities and contributed to its defeats in successive elections since 2021. The two also accused Palaniswami…
Dr Agarwal’s Health Care chairman Amar Agarwal with CEO Adil Agarwal Chennai: After Africa, eye care chain Dr Agarwal’s Health Care is looking to enter the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Initially, it will launch facilities in the UAE.“We are evaluating GCC as a market and, particularly, to begin with, we will start in the…
Chennai: More than half of Maruti Suzuki India’s domestic passenger vehicle sales in FY26 came from what the company classifies as “green vehicles”, indicating its bet on multiple technologies rather than a single route to cleaner mobility. The category—which includes CNG cars, mild hybrids, strong hybrids and battery-electric vehicles—accounted for 52% of sales in FY26,…
Nambi Narayanan is former director of advanced technology and planning at Isro Nambi NarayananThe upcoming spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam is strategically important to the nation, and the state govt should take the initiative to promote the location. We are talking about private players associated with launches. For instance, a small satellite launcher developed by Indian space…
Isro’s upcoming launch complex under construction at Kulasekarapattinam in Tuticourin district The Indian space industry is at a crucial juncture. Skyroot’s orbital mission last month made India the third country in the world to have private launch capabilities. With a host of promising startups beginning commercial operations and eyeing a global space market estimated at…
Suresh S Kalpathi, executive director and chairman, Veranda Learning Solutions Following a long list of acquisitions funded by high-cost private credit to scale the business, the Chennai-based education company Veranda Learning Solutions reported its first full-year net profit in FY26. In an interview, Suresh S Kalpathi, executive director and chairman, said the offshoring wave is…
Chennai: TVK govt is set to table a resolution in the state assembly on Monday to make Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu as the first item in all govt functions and events in educational institutions.According to the agenda of the assembly proceedings for Monday, the resolution to be tabled by chief minister C Joseph Vijay said Tamil…
Chennai: A human chain and sloganeering marked day nine of the ban-NEET protest organised by the Anti-NEET Federation in Koyambedu on Sunday.More than 50 protestors, including students and activists, held up placards and formed a human chain along Ayyappa Nagar first main road in Koyambedu seeking exemption for the state from NEET and urging the…
