MADURAI: A highway robbery gang was busted after a suspect’s wife repeatedly called him to ask why he was late and when he would return home. Mobile tower records helped Tamil Nadu police trace the gang to Madhya Pradesh. Alleged mastermind Makasud Khan, 35, was arrested and remanded in judicial custody in Tuticorin on Monday….
One of the largest wooden palaces in Asia, the 17th-century Padmanabhapuram Palace in Kanyakumari district, is a monument protected and maintained by the department of archaeology, Keralam. With six lakh visitors a year — more than 1,000 a day during peak seasons — the Travancore-era heritage structure in Padmanabhapuram near Thuckalay is buckling under the…
Chennai: DMK has sought permission from the assembly speaker to move privilege motions against chief minister C Joseph Vijay and law minister C T R Nirmal Kumar, alleging they made “false and factually incorrect” remarks on the floor of the assembly about former chief ministers M Karunanidhi and M K Stalin and on the Sarkaria…
JC Global is planning to expand its recycling capacity Chennai: Global investment firm Circulate Capital will invest $9.5 million in Jayachandran Global Refineries Pvt Ltd (JC Global), marking its eighth investment in India and the first deployment from its $300 million Asia Fund II into South Asia.Circulate Capital has signed definitive documents to acquire a…
Annadurai 117th birth anniversary Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and the leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin were among the leaders who paid tribute to former chief minister and DMK founder C N Annadurai on his 117th birth anniversary on Tuesday.In a post on X, Vijay recalled Annadurai’s…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu secured investment commitments of Rs 15,300 crore during chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s visit to London, according to an official release. They include memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a letter of intent.Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd and its European and UK-based joint venture companies signed a memorandum of…
DMK leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu CHENNAI: Police have registered cases under various legal provisions against senior DMK leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu over alleged defamatory remarks against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay during recent party demonstrations, an official said on Tuesday.Besides DMK deputy general secretary Raja…
An MTC bus driver died after being assaulted during a Vinayagar Chaturthi procession clash. CHENNAI: An MTC bus driver died after he was assaulted during a clash that broke out amid a Vinayagar Chaturthi procession in Ramapuram in the wee hours on Tuesday. Ramapuram police arrested five people in connection with the murder.The procession, organised…
Regional transport officials imposed penalties totaling nearly twenty-five lakh rupees on omni buses. KRISHNAGIRI: Regional transport officials imposed penalties totalling nearly Rs 25 lakh on more than 20 omni buses during surprise inspections on the national highway in Hosur from 2am until dawn on Tuesday.The drive targeted omni buses allegedly charging excessive fares and evading…
JC Global is planning to expand its recycling capacity Chennai: Global investment firm Circulate Capital will invest $9.5 million in Jayachandran Global Refineries Pvt Ltd (JC Global), marking its eighth investment in India and the first deployment from its $300 million Asia Fund II into South Asia.Circulate Capital has signed definitive documents to acquire a…
