Vikram Mohan, chairman and managing director of Pricol Chennai: Coimbatore-based Pricol, a leading manufacturer of vehicle dashboards and driver information systems, continues to outspend most of its Indian auto component peers on research and development (R&D). The sustained investment has helped the company build a competitive edge in high-value segments such as driver information systems…
Chennai: A 21-year-old man, who was on his way to celebrate his birthday, was killed in a road accident near Chengalpet on Sunday night.Jeeva, a resident of Sangutheertha Kulam in Thirukazhukundram, was riding a motorcycle near Pulikundram in Chengalpet district when it collided with an oncoming vehicle while he was negotiating a curve, the police…
Chennai: Thousands of commuters using Pattabiram railway station have urged Southern Railway to open a ticket counter on the station’s western side as they are forced to climb the steep footover bridge and reach the eastern side to buy tickets and return to board the suburban trains.There are three platforms in the Pattabiram station. Platform…
Chennai: A DMK functionary was injured after three unidentified youngsters attacked him with knives near his house in Tondiarpet on Sunday.The victim, Raja, 46, deputy secretary of a DMK ward in Netaji Nagar near Tondiarpet was standing near his house and chatting with his neighbour Ganesh, when the attack took place, police said.Three men arrived…
Chennai: A DMK functionary was injured after three unidentified youngsters attacked him with knives near his house in Tondiarpet on Sunday.The victim, Raja, 46, deputy secretary of a DMK ward in Netaji Nagar near Tondiarpet was standing near his house and chatting with his neighbour Ganesh, when the attack took place, police said.Three men arrived…
Medical Negligence Alleged Chennai: The body of a five-year-old girl, who died after being admitted to a private hospital in Ambattur with a fever, was exhumed on Monday, eight months after her burial, as her parents have alleged medical negligence.The child, Neslinria, daughter of Sheenu Alexander and Jisha of Athipattu, was admitted to a private…
CPI state secretary M Veerapandian CHENNAI: CPI state secretary M Veerapandian on Monday said “horse-trading” of MLAs was taking place in Tamil Nadu and that it must be stopped for the welfare of the state.Veerapandian told TOI that the Left parties would contest the forthcoming rural local body elections on its own to test its…
Chennai: Food and civil supplies Minister P Venkataramanan on Monday inspected the implementation of the chief minister’s breakfast scheme at the Corporation Primary School in Nochikuppam under the Mylapore constituency.During the inspection, the minister reviewed the quality, taste, hygiene and nutritional value of the breakfast served to students. He also interacted with students and teachers…
Chennai: DMK organisational secretary R S Bharathi on Monday submitted yet another complaint to governor R V Arlekar accusing the TVK govt of indulging in horse-trading. The complaint was based on the remarks of former AIADMK minister M R Vijayabhaskar that TVK invited him to join the ruling party.Bharathi said in the complaint that TVK…
MTC was already operating 25 such buses. The facility has now been extended to 44 more schools across the city and suburbs, bringing more students under the scheme. Chennai: As many as 3,365 students from corporation and government-aided schools used Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s exclusive free school buses on Monday, the first day of the expanded…
