CHENNAI: A bird strike grounded a British Airways flight that was supposed to fly from Chennai to London in the wee hours of Monday. The bird hit took place around 3.30 am seconds before the flight landed in Chennai with 226 passengers on board from London. However, the flight landed safely and the passenger were…
K Annamalai launched his ‘We the Leaders’ forum advocating healthy politics and societal change COIMBATORE: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday refrained from attacking any political party at the first state conference of his newly launched ‘We the Leaders’ (WTL) forum in Pollachi.On the contrary, he gave a call for ‘healthy politics’…
In Tamil Nadu, successive govts over the past three decades have stonewalled legislation over caste killings K ChandruAs Tamil Nadu, which prides itself on a century-long tradition of social justice and progressive reforms, continues to debate the need for law to prevent crimes committed in the name of honour, Karnataka has enacted a legislation in…
Chennai: A 27-year-old welder was hacked to death and his face disfigured with a broken beer bottle in a suspected revenge attack near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district on Saturday night. Four persons were arrested in connection with the incident.Sunil, who worked as a welder, was found dead beneath the Arani river bridge with multiple cut…
Chennai: Former DMK minister E V Velu, who returned from Singapore to Chennai, said he had neither committed any corruption nor was he scared of police.Talking to reporters at Chennai airport, Velu dismissed allegations that he travelled abroad to evade police action. Velu said he would face the police inquiry and prove that the charges…
90-year-old woman dies after wall collapses at work site in Kolathur Chennai: A 90-year-old woman died after a compound wall collapsed on her during renovation work at her house in Gangaiamman Koil Street in Kolathur on Saturday evening.The victim, Chellammal, who lived with her son and his family, was washing vessels near the compound wall…
Matrimandir – Golden Temple for meditation in Auroville, an experimental township in Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India Chennai: An exhibition — featuring photographs, videos, testimonials and documentary material — titled ‘Auroville: An Experiment Under Threat’ was held in Puducherry on Saturday and Sunday. Major Arun Ambathy, a organiser of the event, told TOI that the…
The TVK govt’s White Paper on state finances triggered political debate. A similar assessment of the state’s power sector attracted far less attention as its findings were hardly surprising. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has been losing money for years, with little meaningful intervention, though some corrective efforts were made in recent years.A financially weak…
J Radhakrishnan, CMD of TNPDCL and additional chief secretary to Tamil Nadu govt Following the release of the TVK govt’s White Paper on the power sector, the administration has identified key priorities and an investment programme to put the sector on a sustainable path. In an interview,J Radhakrishnan, CMD of TNPDCL and additional chief secretary…
Ravikumar Ramanujam is a Chennai-based former business journalist with about 25 years of experience covering industry and the TN economy BY INVITATIONRavikumar RamanujamTwenty years ago, Sriperumbudur was little more than a fast-growing industrial township on the outskirts of Chennai, known primarily for its automobile and component factories. Today, the corridor has emerged as one of…
