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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...

Chennai: India needs an ethical AI (artificial intelligence) alliance with all states, industries minister T R B Rajaa said here on Wednesday. "All the states need to be involved and consulted. What is acceptable to Tamil Nadu may not be acceptable to Assam or Gujarat, so every single state needs to be involved. Academia, civil society, state govts, and independent experts need to be consulted....

Chennai: Customers of state-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) complained of disruptions in services on Wednesday. While UPI payments were affected, some customers flagged problems over withdrawing cash from ATMs. They took to social media to highlight their plight, which includes issues over accessing the bank's app for transactions. When contacted, a senior IOB official said, "We faced technical...

CHENNAI: Chennai Customs has busted a gold-smuggling syndicate involving airline crew at Chennai airport, seizing a total of 9.46 kg of gold worth Rs 11.5 crore and arresting five persons.The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai Customs, acting on specific intelligence, intercepted an Indian male crew member of Emirates flight EK-544, which arrived at the Anna International Airport, Chennai from...