The Madras High Court on Friday said it would not hesitate to summon Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran if the process of declaring vending and non-vending zones across the city does not get expedited by the Town Vending Committee. A special Division Bench of Justices R. Suresh Kumar and A.D. Jagadish Chandira pointed…
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) student wing on Friday (September 6, 2024) condemned the observations made by Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi that the State Board syllabus in government schools was “uncompetitive and below par.” In a meeting, the members of the student wing resolved to stage protests with the permission of DMK president and…
Assurant, a Fortune 500 Insurance and Finance company, will be setting up its Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai. A memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between the firm and Guidance Tamil Nadu in Chicago, in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. Headquartered in Atlanta, Assurant provides disaster management products and…
A worker was killed and three others suffered injuries in an explosion at a firecracker unit in Paruthikadu village, near Ayodhiyapattinam, in Salem district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday (September 4, 2024). The police said at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, four workers were unloading raw materials used for making firecrackers from a vehicle, and as…
Union Minister of State L. Murugan. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan on Tuesday condemned the incident in which miscreants allegedly smeared human faecal matter on the walls and locks of the Government Primary School at Ambedkar Nagar in Erumapatti Town Panchayat in Namakkal…
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin receiving a warm welcome in Chicago. Eaton, a global Fortune 500 company specialising in power management solutions, is making a significant investment in Tamil Nadu with the establishment of a new research and development (R&D) and global application engineering centre at Perungudi here. This facility, entailing an investment of â‚ą200 crore,…
Aruppukottai Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gayathri, who was manhandled by some of the protesters in Aruppukottai on September 3, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tension prevailed in Aruppukottai following a skirmish between the police and protesters during which some persons reportedly manhandled a women Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gayathri, on Tuesday (September 3, 2024)…
Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Justice S.M. Subramaniam of the Madras High Court on Tuesday (September 3, 2024) asked whether judges are not entitled to refrain from signing an order dictated in open court and decide to hear the case, by giving due opportunity to the litigants to make their submissions, before taking…
The administration of the Government Arts and Science College, Valparai, placed three temporary staff under suspension on Monday, after they were arrested on Saturday on charges of sexually harassing female students. While two temporary lecturers and a computer lab assistant were placed under suspension by the college’s principal (full additional in-charge), a skill course trainer…
 The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology has proposed a STEM programme, exclusively for women scientists and student researchers.  Called SHE STEM, it will offer grants to women researchers and scientists to enable them carry forward their research, said S. Vincent, member secretary of the council. Since 1993, when the council…
