A fresh political confrontation has erupted in Tamil Nadu after DMK MLA G V Markandeyan was arrested over his alleged threatening remarks against Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, with the legislator claiming that police threatened him at gunpoint and attempted to assault him while in custody. Markandeyan, who represents the Vilathikulam Assembly constituency, was arrested…
TUTICORIN: A 40-year-old man electrocuted his two minor children to death before killing himself at Saveriyarpuram near Pudukottai in Tuticorin district on Friday. Police said the man was distraught after his wife left him for another man.The deceased were identified as Mary Michael, a truck driver, his daughter Mary Nirosha, 14, a Class IX student,…
Chennai: Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has proposed a Rs 7,000-crore Phase II expansion at its Tuticorin manufacturing complex, widening its production portfolio beyond passenger cars to include electric scooters and buses. The expansion would significantly increase the scale of operations at the factory located in the southern Tamil Nadu port city and is expected to…
Tamil Nadu’s success was built on auto and auto components, textiles, leather goods and heavy engineering Ramanathan SWhen a new govt assumes office, there is an expectation that it must immediately announce new policies, launch new schemes and signal a departure from the past. In industrial development, however, the opposite is usually true: investors value…
