As India seeks to build a globally competitive sports goods industry, Tamil Nadu is emerging as one of the strongest contenders for a large-scale manufacturing hub, leveraging its deep industrial ecosystem, export infrastructure, and vast MSME network. NITI Aayog‘s recent assessment of state-level readiness for sports goods manufacturing identified Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu…
CHENNAI: In another setback for AIADMK, former health minister and Viralimalai MLA C Vijayabaskar resigned from the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday.Vijayabaskar is the fifth AIADMK MLA to resign since the 2021 Assembly election. With his resignation, the party’s strength in the House has come down to 42.He submitted his resignation to assembly speaker JCD…
There is new money, old money, and then the kind of money that could make someone the world’s first trillionaire!With SpaceX set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut on Friday in what is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, that possibility may no longer seem far-fetched. If the listing goes as planned,…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday launched an attack in Delhi Assembly on opposition parties over the women’s reservation bill, which was recently defeated in Lok Sabha, stating that it was time for women to “stop pleading and start fighting” for their rights.Addressing a one-day special session of the assembly on the issue,…
New Delhi: Delhi govt Wednesday said 88% of the construction work on the Karawal Nagar double-decker flyover project in northeast Delhi had been completed and a revised cost of Rs 291 crore had been approved, with the project targeted for completion by Dec.The revised estimate was cleared at the fifth Expenditure Finance Committee meeting chaired…
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns among students over possible loss of marks due to the use of On-Screen Marking (OSM) for evaluating Class XII examinations, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday sharply reduced the fees for obtaining answer sheets, verification and re-evaluation, even as it defended the digital evaluation system as a globally accepted…
Taylor Swift turned the Tight End University (TEU) 2026 meet into her own concert as she hit the stage and performed LIVE. The singer, who was accompanying her fiance Travis Kelce to the event in Nashville, Tennessee, surprised the attendees as she took to the stage for a special performance alongside country star Lainey Wilson,…
New Delhi: Singer Yo Yo Honey Singh on Thursday told Delhi High Court he did not sing the “vulgar” 2006 track, ‘Vol. 1’, allegedly released by him and Badshah under their collaboration Mafia Mundeer.His counsel said: “This is an opportunity for me to make sure that this stigma goes because this is not mine. This…
DVAC recovers ₹82L during surprise checks at 35 taluk offices Chennai: Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Friday conducted joint surprise checks at 35 taluk offices across Tamil Nadu and recovered ₹82.1 lakh, including ₹13.78 lakh in unaccounted cash and ₹68.32 lakh in suspicious digital transactions, during the statewide drive. In…
AITC files police complaint against rebel leaders (ANI images) All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Sunday lodged a police complaint alleging that several rebel leaders forged the party’s name, symbol and official letterhead to impersonate the organisation.In a letter addressed to the Officer-in-Charge of New Town Police Station under the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, the AITC…
