Chennai climbs to 29th rank with 92.34% pass rate CHENNAI: Chennai district ups its ranking from 34 in 2025 to 29 in 2026. Pass percentage wise, the district scored 92.34 — a jump from 90.73 last year. Assessing the performance of govt schools alone, the district secured 86.25% pass — a jump from 82.84 in…
CHENNAI: Almost two years after Madras high court overturned a trial court’s death penalty on seven people and life-terms for two others in the sensational Dr Subbiah murder case, the Supreme Court called it a ‘grave error’ and restored the conviction of all the nine people.However, since the Tamil Nadu govt did not press for…
Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates from the Netherlands were returned to India in May 2026 S Vijay Kumar For more than a decade, I have campaigned for the return of the two sets of Chola copper plates held by Leiden University Library in the Netherlands. Their handover is a moment of immense satisfaction, for Tamil Nadu,…
Chennai: Hatsun Agro Product has reported a 28% rise in profit after tax at Rs 356 crore for FY26, compared with Rs 279 crore in FY25, driven by a 16% growth in EBITDA to Rs 1,190 crore. Revenue from operations grew 14% to Rs 9,959 crore, compared with Rs 8,700 crore in FY25, marking a…
Chennai: Star Health and Allied Insurance said it remains focused on long-term growth despite rising medical inflation and periodic mark-to-market volatility in its investment portfolio. The geopolitical tension-induced correction in the equity markets resulted in the standalone health insurer reporting mark-to-market losses of Rs 558 crore in Q4FY26, leading it to report a loss of…
CHENNAI: The textile industry has raised concerns over a sharp increase in cotton prices in the past two months and tightening domestic supply, along with heightened raw material and logistics costs, could adversely impact the industry, hard-hit by US tariffs last year.Neeraj Jain, managing director of Vardhman Textiles, raised concerns about domestic supply during the…
Chennai: Tambaram corporation tripled monthly water charges and connection deposits despite supplying water only twice a week. This has triggered widespread anger among residents’ welfare associations. People accused officials of imposing the steep hike without public consultation or notice. Tambaram, which requires around 130mld (million litres a day) of water for its 10 lakh residents,…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday held a meeting with district secretaries at the party headquarters in Chennai in a bid to consolidate his position within the party, even as the rebel faction held a parallel meeting reiterating their demand for the general council to be convened immediately.EPS supporter and AIADMK Rajya…
Chennai: There will not be any indirect attempts to implement Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) in Tamil Nadu, school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Tuesday.Rajmohan also criticised the practice of the Centre withholding funds over non-implementation of PM SHRI in the state and said: “These funds are meant for students, not…
Chennai: Making Chennai safer and more accessible for pedestrians will be among the top priorities of Greater Chennai Corporation’s new commissioner, Dr G S Sameeran. The 2012-batch IAS officer, who assumed charge on Tuesday, told TOI that his immediate priorities also include flood mitigation, civic preparedness and curbing stray dog menace. G S Sameeran replaced…
