Lead concentrations in turmeric due to post-harvest processing: Study Chennai: Lead concentrations in turmeric powder sold in markets are due to contamination during post-harvest processing, handling, or deliberate adulteration, says a new study by Toxics Link. It gave a clean chit to the cultivation stage.Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) collected raw turmeric…
Chennai: A 34-year-old Nepal national was found dead with severe head injuries in Thalambur, near Thiruporur, on Thursday morning. The man, identified as Bahadur, was employed at a private firm near Thiruporur and stayed in a rented house in Thalambur. Police said Bahadur had argued with a woman living nearby on July 28. The woman…
Black Pelicans-Cooum River near Napier Bridge Chennai: Residents of five Velachery neighbourhoods have urged National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) to exclude their areas from the Pallikaranai Marsh influence zone, which was designated a Ramsar site. They said homeowners are unable to obtain building plan approvals to rebuild old houses, sell their properties or…
Chennai: Sundaram Home Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sundaram Finance, on Thursday posted a 37% increase in net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, at Rs 85 crore against Rs 62 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.Disbursements for Q1 FY27 went up 12% to Rs 1,665 crore as compared to…
CHENNAI: A Chennai sessions court on Thursday sentenced businessman Shaji Purushothaman to five years of rigorous imprisonment for causing death of a 13-year-old boy after he drove a car under the influence of alcohol and ran over people sleeping on a pavement near Egmore in 2013.Shaji Purushothaman, director of EMPEE group of companies, on May…
Informal workers labor in Tamil Nadu’s sweltering heat across farms, construction sites, brick kilns, salt pans, and stone quarries, highlighting harsh working conditions and heat stress in India’s unorganized sector. Chennai: Nearly 88% of outdoor informal workers surveyed across 11 Tamil Nadu districts were exposed to unsafe heat levels during summer, while 42.5% faced such…
CHENNAI: A special CBI court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to seven years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on him for fraudulently obtaining an Indian passport using forged documents and a false identity.The court convicted Rajan under charges of cheating, forgery, cheating by personation and knowingly submitting forged documents…
Chennai: Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company (Chola MS) on Wednesday posted a dip in profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 86 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, against Rs 107 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.Its Gross Written Premium (GWP) grew 6.7% at Rs 2,130 crore in Q1 FY27 over Rs 1,997…
The searches are part of ED’s efforts to trace the source of funds received by the accused in the Coimbatore car bomb blast case. CHENNAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Thursday started searches in 16 places in Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Mumbai in connection with the 2022 Coimbatore car bomb blast case. The searches are…
Tarika Balakannan, Shanmughasundaram JChennai: Six days into the 24-hour sit-in at Balan Illam, an organiser grabbed the mic to announce the Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Her own voice, roughened by continuous sloganeering, carried the news.The protesters burst into hoots and chanted “Inquilab Zindabad,” meaning long live the revolution. The slogan has grown more…
