Chennai: A 56-year-old mattress trader drowned after his autorickshaw plunged into Krishna canal near Uthukottai in Tiruvallur district on Saturday.Police said Murugesan, 56, of Surapet near Puzhal, and his associate, Suman, 44, travelled from village to village selling mattresses. On Saturday, they finished work at Ponthavakkam near Uthukottai and stopped near Krishna canal. While Suman…
Chennai: A group of 30 farmers from Tamil Nadu who were on their way to New Delhi to protest against Mekedatu dam were detained by Maharashtra police in Nagpur on Sunday and were sent back to Chennai. Leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss criticised the action and demanded that the…
Tiruchirappalli: Burying themselves neck-deep in sand on the banks of the Cauvery, farmers in Tamil Nadu staged a dramatic protest demanding the immediate release of river water from Karnataka for irrigation, accusing the neighbouring state of denying them their rightful share and jeopardising the Kuruvai crop.The protest was led by Farmers’ Association leader Ayya Kannu,…
32-year-old dies, friend injured in accident Chennai: A 32-year-old man died, and his friend suffered severe injuries after a lorry hit their motorcycle on the Vandalur-Minjur Outer Ring Road near Kundrathur. The lorry driver, Ramesh Kumar, 43, has been arrested.The victim, identified as Sundar of Ramanathapuram, was travelling from Pallavaram towards Avadi with his friend…
Ex-SBI officials among 8 convicted in bank fraud case, get 10 years RI Chennai: Nearly 15 years after the State Bank of India (SBI) was defrauded of ₹1.97 crore, a special CBI court has convicted eight people, including two former bank officials, sentencing each to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposing fines ranging from…
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will dismantle tariffs that had long eroded the competitiveness of Indian goods For years, Tamil Nadu’s manufacturers had the factories, skills, export infrastructure and networks to compete in the UK. What was absent was a level playing field. The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which…
Frank Jayasinghe: A man the world needed Corleigh StixrudFrank Jayasinghe, a great influence of mine, indeed of many in the field of international education, passed away on Friday, July 31, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was 93.He will deservedly be remembered and celebrated for his role in bringing the International Baccalaureate curriculum to India as…
SNN Sankaralinga Iyer with the former TN CM late K Kamaraj Few places in India have produced as many industrial pioneers as the belt around Kallidaikurichi in southern Tamil Nadu. Long before industrial clusters became a policy buzzword, this corner of Tirunelveli spawned entrepreneurs who helped turn TN into one of India’s manufacturing powerhouses. Within…
Chennai: Police seized ₹1.08 crore in cash from a private courier parcel van near Red Hills on Saturday and are probing to find out whether the money was transported through hawala channels. The cash was recovered during a routine vehicle check at a police checkpoint in Padianallur, where Red Hills police intercepted a parcel van…
Chennai: Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company Syrma SGS Technology expects its exports to cross Rs 1,500 crore in the current fiscal (FY27) ) up from about Rs 1214 crore in FY26, banking on rising global demand and supply-chain diversification to drive revenue growth and profitability despite headwinds from commodity inflation.Speaking to TOI, Jasbir Singh Gujral,…
