Chennai: Brakes India, part of the T S Santhanam Group (a faction of the larger TVS Group of Companies), and Japan-based TBK Co. Ltd. have signed a capital and business alliance agreement under which Brakes India will acquire a 10% shareholding in TBK through a primary capital infusion for an undisclosed sum.TBK, a leading global auto component manufacturer in the M&HCV segment, specialises in...
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin said the DMK will garner at least 2.5 crore votes in the upcoming assembly election due to the welfare measures rolled out by his govt across the state.Addressing the DMK district secretaries via video conference from Chennai, Stalin said the DMk govt's welfare programmes have directly benefitted 1.86 crore people, which would help the party improve its perfomence in...
Chennai: Traffic was disrupted on the Minjur–Vandalur Outer Ring Road after a tanker lorry transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overturned when the driver lost control of the vehicle on Monday morning.The lorry was dispatched to Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh from a company in Athipattu Pudhu Nagar.As the tanker reached a curve on Minjur–Vandalur Outer Ring Road, the driver, Murugan from Tenkasi,...
Chennai: From the dark days of the pandemic, when her family lost its income and her powerlifting dream seemed impossible, 20-year-old college student V S Yogalakshmi fought her way to a global podium through relentless practise. She lifted 142.5kg, more than twice her 40-kg frame, to win an international title against participants from 21 countries in Nov.Her victory at the United World Sports and...
KUMBAKONAM: A Class 12 student of a government school died early Sunday morning after being allegedly attacked by a group of Class 11 students, police said.According to authorities, fourteen Class 11 students of Government Arignar Anna Model Higher Secondary School in Patteeswaram attacked the senior student on December 4 following a clash between their classes.The students reportedly struck the boy...
A man in his 40s was recently brought with signs of a stroke to Dr S Karthikeyan. The patient had gone to sleep after his night shift and when he woke up in the afternoon, his wife noticed his speech was slurred and his hand movements weak. “He had a stroke while sleeping and 12-14 hours had passed. Luckily, we were able to remove the clot and he’s now able to lead a normal life,” says the...
Chennai: The government will hold at least 1,000 free health camps across the state on Sundays starting October 29 to screen people for common ailments during monsoon, said health minister Ma Subramanian on Saturday.The camps will screen people for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, cholera and typhoid seen during the rainy season, he told reporters. “We are told there will be heavy rain on Sunday and...
CHENNAI: TVS Group on Saturday unveiled a Rs 100crore corpus scholarship for Tamil Nadu’s engineering students to mark the centenary celebrations of T S Srinivasan, one of the key founders of the group. The ‘TVS Cheema Scholarship’ was unveiled by Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin along with Venu Srinivasan, chairman emeritus, TVS Motor. It is designed to offer financial support to 500 deserving engineering...
CHENNAI: The sewage pumping station in Tondiarpet zone will not be functional from 11am to 11pm on October 30 due to the interlinking of sewage pipelines in MKB Nagar.Metrowater has advised residents of Tondiarpet zone to contact the area engineer of the zone if there are emergency cases of sewage overflow.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Compendium of Case Reports (TCCR), a medical research paper on the compilation of rare diseases and surgeries in the state, was released by the minister of health and family welfare Ma Subramanian on Thursday while releasing the logo for the Directorate of Medical Education and Research. This will help doctors and medical students understand rare diseases, their characteristics, and...
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