TN to withdraw cases against students booked during NEET protests Chennai: TVK govt said on Sunday that it will withdraw all cases registered against students who took part in protests demanding a ban on NEET.School education minister A Rajmohan said on X that the decision was taken based on directions from chief minister C Joseph…
Chennai: The first phase of Census 2027, for houselisting and housing, will begin across Tamil Nadu on Saturday, with around 1.15 lakh enumerators set to conduct a month-long door-to-door survey covering every household in the state.Enumerators will collect information through a 33-question schedule on housing conditions, civic amenities and access to utilities until Aug 30,…
Chennai’s reputation as India’s healthcare capital has long rested on its hospitals and medical tourism. Increasingly, however, it is also becoming a destination for growth capital. Recently, Iswarya Fertility Center, a city-based IVF chain, secured more than `350 crore (about $37 million) from global healthcare investor OrbiMed Asia—one of the largest private equity investments in…
Tamil Nadu ranks third in terms of business contribution to Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company (Kotak Life), accounting for 9% of the insurer’s overall business in the country. In FY26, it reported assets under management (AUM) of 1,03,156 crore, up 12.4% year-on-year from 91,807 crore in FY25. In an interview, Mahesh Balasubramanian, MD and CEO,…
The inscription says that the stone was erected in the memory of Kiran, son of Aththiyan, who fought against Apannur and died Chennai: A 2,000-year-old Tamil Brahmi-inscribed hero stone was found in Appanur village in Ramanathapuram. Epigraphists say the writings on the stone could belong to 1st century BCE, making it one of the earliest…
MADURAI: A POCSO court in Thoothukudi on Monday awarded double death sentence to a 38-year-old man convicted in the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl from Vilathikulam.Police identified the accused as Dharmamuneeswaran alias Maveeran. The girl had gone missing in March 2026, following which Kulathur police registered a case that was later altered to…
