Torsten Schmidt, CEO and MD of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Hannover (Germany): Bringing India to the core of Daimler Truck’s global business, Achim Puchert, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, on Monday announced the creation of ISEAA (India, Southeast Asia and Australia-Pacific), a new customer region covering 42 countries. It is the fourth region of Mercedes-Benz Trucks…
Young boys practice at the corporation football playground at Mullai Nagar, Vyasarpadi in Chennai | C Suresh Kumar Chennai: Sports infrastructure in chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency is set for a boost, with tenders floated for two facilities at a combined cost of about ₹62.82 lakh under constituency development funds.At Mayor Krishnamurthy Nagar,…
Chennai’s walls go blue green: The initiative, ‘Wall.E – BlueGreen Chennai’ launched by the Environmentalist Foundation of India in collaboration with the GCC aims to transform defaced public walls into vibrant murals Chennai: From pictures of Indian blackbucks to herons, moorhens and coastal life, the city’s walls are getting a colourful makeover. The Greater Chennai…
Flyers arriving at Chennai airport directly board cabs in front of T1 terminal at the newly inaugurated Plaza in chennai on Sunday. (Venkadesh story) Chennai: Passengers arriving at Chennai airport’s domestic Terminal 1 can now walk out of Gate A2 and board their pre-booked cabs at a new pickup point right outside the terminal, instead…
High office does not confer immunity from judicial process, but legitimate practical difficulties may justify judicial accommodation Srimathi VenkatachariOn Aug 28, a Madras high court judge asked counsel for Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson a question: “Are you the King of England?” The minister was facing criminal proceedings before a Judicial Magistrate in…
Puducherry/New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports Mukul Wasnik has written a letter to higher education secretary Deepti Gaur Mukerjee expressing serious concern over eviction notices served to residents of Annapurna Farms by the Auroville Foundation.Wasnik in the letter highlighted that the Auroville Foundation recently directed residents of Annapurna Farms…
CPM state secretary P Shanmugam making the announcement in Trichy TRICHY/CHENNAI: CPI and CPM have decided to contest the Oct 6 byelections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, emphasising their position of political non-alignment with TVK while backing its govt to “keep BJP away”.CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Sunday announced his party would contest in Madurantakam…
Ishwarya, whose father is a construction labourer and mother a domestic helper, joined CKL in Season 4 while studying at a government school in Vyasarpadi. CHENNAI: For 14-year-old A Ishwarya, football began as something she did not even know existed. Today, the beautiful game has provided the Class IX student from Namakkal the chance to…
S B P Pattabhi Rama Rao (PRR), MD of Chennai-based Gourmet Popcornica In the Bastar-Kondagaon region of Chhattisgarh, gunfire once defined life; it has now been replaced by the sound of popcorn popping.For S B P Pattabhi Rama Rao (PRR), MD of Chennai-based Gourmet Popcornica, the transformation exemplifies an unusual proposition: agriculture can be organised…
FUTURE FOCUS: Ramco Cements Ltd is at the forefront of the sustainability agenda in the industry India is the world’s second-largest cement market, driven by strong structural demand from urbanisation, infrastructure development, housing and industrial growth. Cement production capacity stood at 718 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) at the end of FY26, with independent agencies…
