Chennai: The Munich (Germany)-headquartered €7.9 billion Knorr-Bremse Group, a leading manufacturer of braking systems and supplier of safety-critical subsystems for rail and commercial vehicles, will establish a new manufacturing unit on the Sriperumbudur industrial corridor, with an investment of ₹1,907 crore.The proposed greenfield facility will be established by its Indian arm,...
Chennai: Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar (SSN) College of Engineering in Chennai announced on Monday that it will not accept applications for admissions for the next academic year (2026-27). The college received approval for progressive closure from Anna University and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).The premier college will be merged with Shiv Nadar University Chennai, which is...
CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the Madras high court that undertrials, preventive detainees, and inmates serving a short period of imprisonment could submit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms through their immediate relatives or enrol afresh to feature in the revised electoral roll.The reply was in connection with a petition filed by a Madurai-based individual...
Chennai: Wheels India Ltd, a leading manufacturer of wheels for trucks, tractors, passenger vehicles and construction equipment, has entered into a Technical Assistance Agreement with Tokyo-headquartered Topy Industries to strengthen its aluminium alloy wheels business, a move that comes alongside plans for a phased capacity expansion at its Thervoy Kandigai plant near Chennai.Under the agreement,...
Chennai: New voters, those who relocated, and people who were missed out in the SIR drive, can now enrol to get into the final electoral roll that will be out by February.GCC commissioner, J Kumaragurubaran, said last week they began distributing Form-6, an application to enrol new voters. The corporation is distributing the forms through its 3,700 booth-level officers, while the Election Commission...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP has drawn up a list of 50 assembly constituencies it considers favourable for the 2026 assembly election, based on the vote share secured by the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. In addition, the BJP has identified 15 seats for minor partners of the NDA in the state, including T R Paarivendhar's Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi and John Pandian's Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra...
Chennai: If you haven't seen the meteors coming crashing down the skies in the last few days, tonight will probably be the final opportunity as the Geminid Meteor Shower, often hailed as the 'King of Meteor Showers' is set to peak on the night of December 14 and the early hours of December 15.Under ideal dark-sky conditions, observers may witness up to 100 meteors per hour. For Chennai and much of...
YouTuber held for defying summons CHENNAI: YouTuber Savukku Shankar was arrested on Saturday by the Adambakkam police after he refused to cooperate with an inquiry and remained locked inside a house on Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road for nearly five hours, prompting officers to break open the door with assistance from the Tambaram fire and rescue services personnel.Police said Shankar had been...
The tiger’s canines are worn out, and it has wounds on its nose and limbs. UDHAGAMANDALAM: A tiger, identified as MDT-37 that killed a tribal woman on Nov 24, was captured in the early hours of Thursday in a trap cage set up by the forest department off the Chemmanatham Road in the Mavanallah area of the Nilgiris district. The forest department has decided to send the tiger, aged around 15 years, to...
CHENNAI: A medical college student died and four other students were severely injured when their BMW car rammed into a stationary truck near Thiruporur on Thursday morning.Earlier this month, two women were killed in a collision between a government bus and a van in Kunnathur village, officials said. Chief minister M.K. Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the deceased from...
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