Chennai: India has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global diversification of manufacturing supply chains, with European companies sharply increasing investments in the country as businesses look beyond traditional production hubs, according to the latest UNCTAD analysis.The trend comes at a time when India and the European Union are working to conclude…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu govt on Tuesday announced a nearly 25% salary hike for Tasmac employees, saying the move is aimed at addressing one of the reasons cited by staff for collecting ₹10 over and above the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) at liquor outlets. It also warned that employees found overcharging customers would face strict…
Chennai: More than one lakh patta holders across South Chennai have been pushed into an ownership and house development crisis, while construction activity worth about Rs 1 lakh crore are lying stuck depriving govt of revenue of over Rs 19,000 crore, after the CMDA froze planning approvals around the Pallikaranai Ramsar site in Oct last…
A suspended woman police inspector and two others were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Tamil Nadu Police in connection with an alleged investment fraud involving more than ₹8.17 crore collected from 56 depositors through promises of high returns, low-cost gold coins and discounted plots. Chennai: A woman inspector of police, Sheela…
Chennai: Former AIADMK minister K C Veeramani and Arcot MLA S M Sukumar skipped the party’s review meeting chaired by general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday. The event was part of series of district wise functionaries’ meetings convened to analyse the party’s poor electoral show.Veeramani’s associates said that the former minister left for USA…
India needs laws to ensure that decisions affecting liberty, livelihood and justice are not left to machines that cannot be held accountable S VimalaArtificial Intelligence may possess intelligence, but only law can ensure responsibility, fairness, and humanity. The sentence captures one of the greatest legal questions of our age. AI is no longer a futuristic…
Chennai: Ahead of the local body elections, the state govt has asked state election commissioner Jothi Nirmalasamy to resign, sources told TOI.The move comes days after the govt asked chairpersons and members of several other state bodies to step down, fuelling criticism that C Joseph Vijay’s govt is seeking to purge institution heads appointed by…
Chennai: Around a year ago, a diversion was introduced on Anna Salai at the SIET College junction in Teynampet — towards Cenotaph Road for the construction of the Saidapet-Teynampet elevated corridor. All vehicles coming from Thousand Lights had to take a diversion of more than 1 km to rejoin Anna Salai, or to travel back…
Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO of Mercedes-Benz India Chennai: Mercedes-Benz India said more than half of its sales in the country now come from cars priced above Rs 1 crore, while nearly one in three vehicles sold costs more than Rs 1.4 crore, as the German luxury carmaker is doubling down on a strategy centred…
NAMAKKAL: An illegal liquor racket is operating round-the-clock in Namakkal district’s Pallipalayam, around 600 metres from the local police station and close to Avaranggadu Krishnaveni Girls Higher Secondary School, residents and activists have alleged.They said the network ran a “24/7 door delivery” model that targeted working class residents despite the govt’s measures to curb illicit…
