Chennai: A 28-year-old man, who was detained and questioned by the police after creating a nuisance near a TASMAC outlet in MGR Nagar, died after returning home. His family claimed that he died due to police assault, while the police denied the accusation and stated that he had pre-existing health issues related to alcohol addiction….
Chennai: Zoho Corp has built an indigenously designed and manufactured server platform as part of its plan to own the technology stack from hardware to end applications and reduce costs. The company designed key components, including the motherboard, microcontrollers, data centre secure control modules (DC-SCM), network interface cards, firmware and chassis, assembled locally through Indian…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. CHENNAI: In a corner of the forensic museum at Madras Medical College, inside an old wooden, glass‑fronted cupboard, a jar holds the sawn‑off half of a human head, with a small label: M11. There are no records or documents describing the specimen, but professors say it belonged to C…
Tamil Nadu BJP leader Amar Prasad resigned from the party on Wednesday, days after former state BJP president K Annamalai stepped down from the organisation. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP state secretary Amar Prasad resigned from the party on Wednesday, days after former state BJP president K Annamalai stepped down from the organisation.Announcing his decision on…
PIL seeks disqualification proceeding against 3 AIADMK MLAs who resigned days after election (File Photo) CHENNAI: Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi’s M L Ravi has moved the Madras high court seeking to declare TN govt’s gazette notification accepting resignation of three AIADMK MLA’s Maragatham Kumaravel, S Jayakumar, and P Sathyabama as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary…
CHENNAI: Like Aladdin rubbing the magic lamp to set the genie free, Bharathiraja liberated an intense version of Tamil cinema that had long remained bottled up within studio sets and shooting floors. With 16 Vayadhiniley (1977), he blazed a trail and revealed the rugged and lush beauty of Tamil Nadu’s countryside to both filmmakers and…
CHENNAI: Veteran filmmaker and actor Bharathiraja, one of the most influential figures in Tamil cinema, passed away in Chennai on Wednesday, June 10. He was 84.The celebrated director had been battling health issues for several months. According to sources close to the family, Bharathiraja had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments and respiratory complications, including…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph is set to attend the Niti Aayog governing council meeting, convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on June 11. He will leave for Delhi on a special flight on Wednesday morning.Vijay last met Modi during his two-day trip to the national capital a fortnight earlier. “The chief minister…
Chennai: Amid reports that state-owned shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders is exploring the development of a large shipbuilding cluster in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu’s proposed shipyard project at Tuticorin appears to remain on track. The indication comes after industries minister S Keerthana visited HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, on Monday. The South…
CUDDALORE: Two fishermen from Parangipettai in Cuddalore district and a fisherman from Puducherry, who went missing at deep sea, were rescued by fellow fishermen on Monday after six gruelling days. The trio were discovered in an unconscious state inside their stranded boat off the Cuddalore coast. Cuddalore district fisheries officials said the trio ventured out…
