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…
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…
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…
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,…
Chennai: The Sanmar Group has emerged as the strategic investor in affordable housing finance company Aham Housing Finance after infusing Rs 100 crore ($10.5 million) through its group entity Sanmar Shipping Ltd (SSL).The equity investment gives Sanmar Group a controlling stake of around 43% in Aham Housing Finance, making it the largest shareholder in the…
Chennai: Former chief minister and DMK MLA O Panneerselvam on Thursday denied rumours that he was set to join the ruling TVK.Panneerselvam told a news channel that “false information” was being spread that he was going to resign from his MLA post and join TVK. He said he neither has any plan to resign his…
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…
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…
Chennai: Obtaining a community certificate often turned out to be a harrowing experience, especially for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students. The state govt has sought to put an end to the delay in issuing the certificates now. State social justice minister Vanni Arasu said district district collectors have been directed to ensure time-bound issuance…
