History-sheeter facing over 50 cases arrested Chennai: An A+ category history-sheeter, Ennore Dhanasekaran, who has more than 50 criminal cases pending against him, was arrested at a star hotel in Guindy by Avadi police on Thursday. They seized a country-made pistol and a luxury car, also arresting two of his associates.The contractor, who is executing…
Chennai saw the highest percentage—92.2%—of domestic flights of IndiGo, Air India Group, Akasa, Alliance Air and SpiceJet operating on time in May, among the top 10 busiest Indian airports followed by Kolkata (84.7%), Hyderabad (84.4%), Bengaluru (82.3%) and Kochi (81.5%%). The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday released domestic air travel data for…
Chennai: The 100-MLD Minjur desalination plant is expected to resume operations by Dec, bringing relief to North Chennai neighbourhoods. However, the plant will initially supply only 20 MLD before gradually ramping up to its full capacity. Officials said the restoration was delayed as critical equipment required for the repair works had to be imported, and…
TVK’s `friendly parties’ met and decided to take forward the formation into an official alliance on July 1 Chennai: Days after TVK’s ‘friendly parties’ met and decided to take forward the formation of an official alliance, differences among alliance partners have begun to surface. CPI and CPM have questioned govt’s decision to provide jobs to…
Chennai: The state’s higher secondary education traversed on an upward graph over the past four years, with the net and gross enrolment rates (NER/GER) witnessed a steady increase over the past four years, from 64% and 80.1% in 2022-23 to 73.1% and 85.1% respectively in 2025-26. NER refers to the percentage of children who are…
Chennai: The Indian gaming market is witnessing stronger consumer spending, with combined revenue from in-app purchases (IAP) and advertisements projected to reach $1.5 billion this year and $2.4 billion by 2029, up from about $1.1 billion in 2025, according to a report by MIXI Global Investments (MGI). The report said this reflects the market’s evolution…
Tsutsumu Otani, President, CEO and Managing Director, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Chennai: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI), the country’s second-largest two-wheeler maker by volumes, is gearing up for a fresh product offensive, with plans to launch two to three new premium motorcycles above 200cc and new electric scooter models this year, while simultaneously…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has retained its top position among the states in gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education by enrolling 52.3% of youth aged between 18 and 23 in various degree, diploma and certificate programmes in the institutions, according to Union govt’s latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report for 2023-24. The…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, on Friday, will lay the foundation stone for setting up a new factory to manufacture the global footwear brand Adidas at Karur in central Tamil Nadu. Established at an investment of ₹1,700 crore, the facility will generate employment opportunities for 13,500 persons.This will be the first industry-related event that…
TVK govt goes on rebranding spree Chennai: After youth-centric DMK schemes such as Nan Mudhalvan were changed to Thiran Tamil Nadu, Mudhalvar Padaipagam to Padaipagam, the latest welfare scheme to shed its prevbranding under the new regime is ‘Magalir Vidiyal Payanam’ – the DMK govt’s flagship free bus travel programme for women. It has been…
