DMK, political parties condemn Karnataka govt for Mekedatu dam remarksTimes News NetworkChennai: DMK, Congress, NTK, DMDK and Dravidar Kazhagam on Sunday condemned the Karnataka govt for its remarks on Mekedatu dam.Former minister K N Nehru, in a statement, criticised Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar for stating that the state would submit a fresh…
Chennai: Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies saw a sharp increase in costs during Q4FY26, as raw material cost inflation, extended working capital cycles, wage hikes and rupee depreciation squeezed margins. Prices of memory modules surged on the back of global AI-driven demand, while the West Asia conflict pushed up cost of key inputs such as…
TN REVIEWS DRUG SMUGGLING THROUGH FRUITS IN PRISONS, LEGAL AID AND HOSPITAL CARETimes News NetworkChennai: Following allegations that narcotic drugs were being smuggled into prisons through fruits and other items brought by visitors, law minister C T R Nirmal Kumar on Sunday said the state was planning to modernise screening systems and examine whether frequently…
TVK GOVT WILL LAST 50 YEARS, NOT FIVE, RAJMOHAN REPLIES TO STALINTimes News NetworkChennai: TVK minister Rajmohan on Sunday contested DMK president M K Stalin’s remarks that the C Joseph Vijay-led govt may not last five years, and said it would continue with public support for “50 years and beyond”.“Earlier, he [Stalin] had said we…
Times News NetworkChennai/Salem: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Sunday called up the parents of the 10-year-old girl, who was murdered in Coimbatore and assured them the culprits would be punished..“Don’t worry, I am here for you,” Vijay assured the parents, according to sources at the secretariat. The child’s grandmother told Vijay no other child…
Chennai:A nine-day-old baby girl was abducted by a woman from outside the RSRM Government Maternity Hospital in Royapuram on Sunday evening after the suspect offered to help the infant’s mother arrange an autorickshaw to return home.Police later traced the baby to a house in Pulianthope and arrested a woman — in connection with the case.Geetha,…
Chennai: A teacher died, while his woman colleague and four students suffered injuries as their car veered off a flyover near Kundrathur and fell into a 30ft deep ditch on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Prabhakar, 44, a teacher at the Pazhaverkadu Govt Higher Secondary School and resident of NGO Colony, Ponneri, Tiruvallur district….
Chennai: Power cuts continued to hit several neighbourhoods across the city through Sunday, with a nearly 22-hour outage at Apollo Hospital in Perungudi intensifying public concern.Electricity supply to the hospital was cut around 2.30pm on Saturday, and videos and photographs showing darkened sections of the premises, a nurse using an ambu bag to assist a…
Chennai: Commuters using the main entrance of Chennai Egmore Railway Station are facing severe inconvenience during peak hours owing to traffic congestion, haphazard parking and encroachments on Gandhi-Irwin Road.Passengers said barricades near the entrance have made pick-up and drop-off difficult. The stretch is especially clogged between 3am and 7am and again from 3pm till late…
Times News NetworkChennai: A 22-year-old woman died after an immersion water heater exploded in a bathroom at Kumarakuppam near Tiruttani on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Uma Maheswari, wife of Sudhakar, 27. The couple has a one-and-a-half-year-old son.According to police, Uma Maheswari had entered the bathroom when a loud explosion was heard from inside….
