India should focus on producing cheap, efficient and small electric cars over the next five years. "This will boost energy conservation and help cut down carbon emissions," said Ravi Kant, chief executive officer, Tata Motors.
Days after a sitting Madras High Court Judge was denied entry into a club in Chennai for wearing a dhoti -- the state's traditional attire, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it would look into the issue and take action in consultation with its law department.
The former finance minister's only child was arrested at Chennai airport.
The workshop will feature some of the best screenwriters and filmmakers from around the world. One of the writers who have confirmed participation is Jean Claude Carriere who will do a video conference. Kamal Haasan himself will join the discussions and don the role of faculty during the workshop and seminar.
Investors ICICI Venture and PremjiInvest as well as a lender of Subhiksha Trading Services have objected to the cash-strapped retailer's merger plan with Chennai-based Blue Green Constructions and Investments, in which it acquired a 40 per cent stake in June last year.
Food and grocery retailer Subhiksha has taken the acquisition route to list its shares on the stock exchanges. The company wants to avoid an initial public offer in view of the turbulence in the capital market.
A senior official of the premier Central technical institute told reporters that the students had "violated" defined guidelines of IIT-Madras.
In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by JNU and BHU.
David Leavitt, one of America's distinguished writers, chose to write on the relationship between mathematicians G H Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Nadkarni, 86, died on Friday following old-age related illness.
With the Madras high court declining to stay the Tamil Nadu government's order granting them remission, as many as 1,405 life convicts were on Monday released from various prisons in the state on the occasion of the birth centenary of late chief minister C N Annadurai.
The 43-year-old musician, who won the Oscars for Best Original Music and Best Song for his compositions in Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards, arrived at the Chennai airport from Dubai by an Emirates Airways flight at around 2.30 am.
Poor faculty and scholarships also dissuade students.
The government brought back former Chennai Police Commissioner T K Rajendran, DGP and Inspector Genral prisons, as Chennai Police Commissioner replacing Ashutosh Shukla.
In the global arena, they are salient members of scientific and research community, leaders of corporations VCs and entrepreneurs. When one takes a broad view, the fact that they bring glory to the country of origin is something to feel proud of.
Three IIT-M students have developed a smart air purifier that removes dust, pollen, pet dander, particulates and pollutants that cause us the most harm, like mould, viruses, bacteria and gaseous chemicals.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S Rajagopalan posted the complaint to September 27 when it would be taken up for further proceedings after scrutiny.
All the four were detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for making speeches supporting the outlawed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam in Chennai in April 2002.
Sterlite in a statement said the judge observed there was a difference between public perception and ground reality.
Nokia India has seen exports from its telecom Special Economic Zone at Sriperumbudur near Chennai reach Rs 1,650 crore (Rs 16.50 billion) in 2006-07, according to figures provided by the Madras Exports Processing Zone.
This is part of the nine memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 5,027 crore, including Hero Group-backed Ather Energy's over Rs 600 crore investment, to establish a manufacturing facility for e-vehicles.
They were distributing pamphlets which allegedly containing defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami.
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
TVS was represented in court by K Parasaran, Mukul Rohtagi and Dushyant Dave, among others. C A Sundaram appeared for BAL.
The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024. Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus AIADMK-BJP's 39.72%) is not insurmountable on a bad day, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
"By no stretch of imagination can we say that the effect of the film was intrinsically dangerous to public interest," the judge said.
The Madras high court on Thursday had ordered his release on bail in the Sankararaman murder case.
The young woman's death has led to an outrage on illegal hoardings being put by political parties despite them causing inconvenience and posing a threat to people's safety.
This is a case relating to non-filing of Income Tax returns during 1991-94.
Tamil Nadu cricket association conducted formal bid process to select 8 franchisee owners, raising Rs 33 cr.
The Union government is considering a proposal to empower the states to frame separate labour laws in certain specific locations to attract investments, Union Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath said on Friday.
The announcement comes two days ahead of the proposed historic launch of the ISRO's 100th satellite along with 30 others in a single mission from Sriharikota.
Some relatives of those dead alleged that those on life support like ventilator and oxygen could not be continuously given such backup as the generator room was flooded.
Rajinikanth said he stood by his comments made on Periyar, maintaining that they were factual and refused to apologise as demanded by fringe Dravidian outfits. DMK chief advised him to exercise caution while expressing views on Periyar.
To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre.
The Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID police to probe the case of 'missing' gold, which left the country's premier investigating agency red-faced.
A man who was ready to die for the country in his youth waits for his government to recognise his sacrifice and pay him his due in his old age.
he had asked the chief secretary to take steps for renaming Bangalore.
