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  • Bus driver hugs bus, kisses steering wheel on retirement day. Watch June 05, 2023 08:41 AM IST

    Bus driver hugs bus, kisses steering wheel on retirement day. Watch

    In a video released on Twitter recently, the bus driver based in Tamil Nadu can be seen kissing the wheel and bowing down in front of the bus before hugging the bus.

  • Omron to open first Indian medical devices plant in Tamil Nadu: Report May 30, 2023 10:16 AM IST

    Omron to open first Indian medical devices plant in Tamil Nadu: Report

    Omron will make devices including blood pressure monitors and will invest nearly 1.3 billion Indian rupees (about $15.7 million) to set up the plant, the sources said, declining to be identified ahead of an official announcement later on Tuesday.

  • Stalin rides bullet train in Japan, bats for 'equivalent' service in India May 28, 2023 08:25 PM IST

    Stalin rides bullet train in Japan, bats for 'equivalent' service in India

    Stalin also addressed Tamils living in Japan, while highlighting the link between the Tamil and Japanese languages.

  • Income Tax searches underway at premises linked to Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji May 26, 2023 10:09 AM IST

    Income Tax searches underway at premises linked to Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji

    The searches were being held in cities including Karur and Coimbatore, at the premises of individuals allegedly linked to the minister, sources said without elaborating.

  • Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin will lead business delegation to Singapore from May 23 to 24 May 20, 2023 07:21 AM IST

    Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin will lead business delegation to Singapore from May 23 to 24

    Around 350 businesspeople and members of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and government officials of both sides are expected to participate in the Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave on May 24, the SICCI said in a press release on Friday.

  • SC stays West Bengal ban on The Kerala Story, producer agrees to run additional disclaimers May 18, 2023 04:00 PM IST

    SC stays West Bengal ban on The Kerala Story, producer agrees to run additional disclaimers

    The SC has however adjourned the case after summer vacations, when the challenge to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certification will be heard after the judges see the movie.

  • Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announces 4% DA hike for 16 lakh govt employees, pensioners May 17, 2023 02:13 PM IST

    Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announces 4% DA hike for 16 lakh govt employees, pensioners

    The move, which would entail an additional expenditure of Rs 2,366.82 crore annually to the exchequer, will benefit 16 lakh government employees, teachers, pensioners and those receiving family pension, an official release said on Wednesday said.

  • MC Explains: How a bull-taming sport from Tamil Nadu reached the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court May 17, 2023 09:17 AM IST

    MC Explains: How a bull-taming sport from Tamil Nadu reached the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court

    Justice Joseph, who led the Constitution Bench which heard the case, is due to retire on June 16, during the court’s summer vacation, owing to which the judgment is expected to be pronounced this week.

  • Love of heritage: The courtyard houses of Chettinad’s Tamil bankers May 14, 2023 10:12 PM IST

    Love of heritage: The courtyard houses of Chettinad’s Tamil bankers

    Kanadukathan, around 15km from Karaikudi, is the best places to admire the heritage houses, built between the mid-1800s and early 1900s, of the Chettiyar community, who were traditionally bankers and businessmen.

  • Video: Man blocks elephant’s path by standing on road in Tamil Nadu, arrested May 12, 2023 04:44 PM IST

    Video: Man blocks elephant’s path by standing on road in Tamil Nadu, arrested

    The video generated mixed reactions from Twitter users, with some praising police officials for arresting the man while others were left confused over why such as step was taken.

  • ‘Why should West Bengal ban The Kerala Story while it's exhibited in rest of the country, CJI Chandrachud observes May 12, 2023 03:34 PM IST

    ‘Why should West Bengal ban The Kerala Story while it's exhibited in rest of the country, CJI Chandrachud observes

    The CJI also observed that the film is being exhibited in States that have similar demography as West Bengal.

  • Hyundai Motor India to invest Rs 20,000 crore in Tamil Nadu May 11, 2023 03:49 PM IST

    Hyundai Motor India to invest Rs 20,000 crore in Tamil Nadu

    As part of our long-term vision, the company has finalised plans to develop and establish Tamil Nadu as a base for Hyundai's EV manufacturing in India, Hyundai Motor India MD and CEO Unsoo Kim said.

  • IMD predicts cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal, western disturbance to affect Northwest India May 04, 2023 03:34 PM IST

    IMD predicts cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal, western disturbance to affect Northwest India

    Under its influence, a low-pressure area is expected to form over the same area around May 7 and then consolidate into a depression over the Southeast Bay of Bengal by May 8.

  • Labour Law Reforms: Tamil Nadu reversing flexible work shifts is lost opportunity for business, workers, jobseekers May 04, 2023 08:24 AM IST

    Labour Law Reforms: Tamil Nadu reversing flexible work shifts is lost opportunity for business, workers, jobseekers

    There’s evidence that rigid labour laws are impacting output and productivity. Unfortunately, discourse on labour regulation is often framed as a zero-sum game – business versus labour – one winning at the other’s expense. But labour reforms help draw in larger investments, which leads to higher employment, productivity, and wages

  • Labour laws amendments fall victim to politics in Tamil Nadu May 03, 2023 08:54 AM IST

    Labour laws amendments fall victim to politics in Tamil Nadu

    While the decision to roll back the labour reforms is not conducive to business, it is a reaffirmation that, in a democracy, change occurs slowly

  • Delhi-bound flight cancelled due to technical snag, TN CM Stalin postpones visit to New Delhi April 27, 2023 11:00 PM IST

    Delhi-bound flight cancelled due to technical snag, TN CM Stalin postpones visit to New Delhi

    The private carrier was cancelled due to the technical snag following which the Chief Minister returned home.

  • 'Speak in Tamil, not Hindi': AR Rahman tells wife at award function in Chennai. Watch April 27, 2023 07:00 PM IST

    'Speak in Tamil, not Hindi': AR Rahman tells wife at award function in Chennai. Watch

    'Hindi imposition' as members of Tamil Nadu's leading DMK party call it, has faced revived opposition after a series of local incidents.

  • National Medical Devices Policy 2023 secures the Cabinet green light April 27, 2023 06:43 AM IST

    National Medical Devices Policy 2023 secures the Cabinet green light

    Last year, the government had floated an approach paper on the draft national medical devices policy 2022 for consultation.

  • TN tobacco ban: SC stays Madras HC order overturning ban April 25, 2023 07:22 PM IST

    TN tobacco ban: SC stays Madras HC order overturning ban

    In January 2023, the Madras High Court held that since none of the Central or State laws on sale and consumption of tobacco and food safety provide for any permanent ban on tobacco products, the state could not have imposed an indefinite ban by a government order.

  • Welspun One Logistics Parks partners GRT Group, to invest Rs 700 crore for developing two warehousing projects near Chennai April 25, 2023 10:56 AM IST

    Welspun One Logistics Parks partners GRT Group, to invest Rs 700 crore for developing two warehousing projects near Chennai

    The projects are being undertaken as part of the memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to invest Rs 2,500 crore in the state over five years.

  • Tamil Nadu: Stalin government permits serving of liquor in several public places, conference halls, banquets April 24, 2023 11:13 AM IST

    Tamil Nadu: Stalin government permits serving of liquor in several public places, conference halls, banquets

    On May 24, 2016, Jayalalithaa announced the closure of 500 liquor shops and shortening the hours of State-run liquor shops across the state.

  • Tax sleuths raid G-Square properties across 50 locations in Tamil Nadu April 24, 2023 10:33 AM IST

    Tax sleuths raid G-Square properties across 50 locations in Tamil Nadu

    The raids are being conducted in more than 50 places linked to G Square realtors, as per the reports.

  • Tamil Nadu Assembly passes Bill to allow 12-hour shifts for factory workers April 21, 2023 10:43 PM IST

    Tamil Nadu Assembly passes Bill to allow 12-hour shifts for factory workers

    Workers in the state will have the option to work for four days in a week with three days' paid leave, and total weekly working hours will remain unchanged, said Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu. This will benefit women workers, the minister said while adding that action will be taken against factories that force employees to work against their wishes.

  • JSW Energy arm commissions 51 MW wind project in Tamil Nadu April 21, 2023 04:06 PM IST

    JSW Energy arm commissions 51 MW wind project in Tamil Nadu

    The total current installed capacity of the company has reached 6,615 MW while the under-construction capacity stands at 2,855 MW

  • Tamil Nadu inks pact for Rs 2,300 crore investment with footwear firm April 17, 2023 02:11 PM IST

    Tamil Nadu inks pact for Rs 2,300 crore investment with footwear firm

    The MoU was signed with High Glory Footwear, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Pou Chen Corporation, "the world's largest branded footwear manufacturer," in the presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin, a tweet by Guidance Tamil Nadu, said.