The runway, they add, featured collections from Premam Silks, SSFC, Malaysia’s Bahadur Couture, Suresh Menon with NXTFACE, JCS Jewel Creations, and Page 3. One of the prominent annual runway events in Chennai, the Madras Couture Fashion Week 2026, was held recently. According to the organisers, “The 12th edition of the event held at the Radisson…
Suspended sub-registrar Justin Manikandan PALANI: The registration department has constituted a six-member special audit team to scrutinise all documents registered during the tenure of suspended sub-registrar Justin Manikandan in the Palani Registration District.According to the order, the audit will cover every document registered from February 5, 2024, when Justin Manikandan assumed charge as sub-registrar of…
Life-saving chest wall reconstruction restores breathing in crash survivor Chennai: A 42-year-old man who suffered multiple rib fractures, a fractured breastbone and a severe chest injury in a road accident recovered after doctors at SRM Global Hospitals performed a life-saving chest wall reconstruction. The advanced surgery restored the stability of his chest, allowing him to…
No promotion, no pay rise: Tamil Nadu’s super-speciality seats go begging Chennai: Govt doctors in Tamil Nadu are shunning super-speciality training because the additional qualification brings no assured promotion, salary increase or posting in the field in which they train, doctors’ associations said, leaving the state with hundreds of unfilled seats in disciplines critical to…
We inherited a system that was riddled with corruption, says minister R Nirmal Kumar Tamil Nadu minister for energy resources and law R Nirmal Kumar has emerged as the TVK govt’s defender-in-chief. In an interview with TOI’s Shanmughasundaram J, the minister says the TVK-led coalition is preparing a common minimum programme, and TVK will contest…
CM Vijay attending a meeting at Guidance office CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt led by chief minister C Joseph Vijay is likely to announce a renewed AI mission and an AI city, modelled as a self-contained unit with a 1,000-acre campus, integrating office facilities, AI model development, research and global capability centres and residential amenities such…
Arun Narayan, CEO, jewellery division, Titan Company Chennai: Retail jewellery brand Tanishq will focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and the US markets as part of its overseas expansion plans. A division of Titan Company, it currently has 30 outlets across Singapore, West Asia and the US.Arun Narayan, CEO, jewellery division, Titan Company,…
Tarun Garg, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India Ltd Chennai: Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) expects a sharp rebound in sales from the second quarter, banking on a recovery in production, a strong export order book, festive-season launches and accelerated capacity expansion, after a supplier fire and geopolitical disruptions weighed on its first-quarter performance.The company on…
Chennai: The Arignar Anna Zoological Park, once regarded as one of India’s premier zoological institutions, is grappling with a serious technical crisis as its Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has not met for four years.Its former committee members said the absence of an expert advisory panel has led to a sharp decline in operational standards, with…
Chennai: A 33-year-old man from Telangana was arrested by west zone cybercrime police in connection with a ₹12.7 lakh online fraud case. In his police complaint, Jayanthi Babu, 35, of Krishna Industrial Estate, Vanagaram, said he was contacted by a person claiming to help him secure a ₹4 crore tender for the supply of automatic…
