TAMIL NADU

Arun, who built eyecare hospital chain from scratch, dead

11:59 pm November 16, 2020

Chennai: Dr A M Arun, who built a healthcare company ‘Vasan Healthcare’ that runs a chain of eyecare hospitals starting from a single pharmacy in Tamil Nadu, died here on Monday. He was 51. While a corporate hospital here said he was brought dead, the police, quoting preliminary inputs, said the death appeared to be only of […]

Cases over 'Jallikatttu' protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

Allot more centres in TN for PG medical entrance test, Palaniswami urges Modi

11:50 pm November 16, 2020

Chennai: Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Union Health Ministry to allot additional centers in Tamil Nadu for the entrance test to admission for postgraduate medical courses in Institutes of National Importance. Palaniswami, referring to the Institutes of National Importance-Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) to be held on November 20, said some students from Tamil […]

Four TN fishermen held by Lankan Navy

4:27 pm November 10, 2020

Nagapattinam(TN): Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday when they were allegedly fishing in the sea off Kodiakarai coast, a fishermen association here said. The fishermen belonging to Tharangambadi in this district were apprehended for allegedly entering the Lankan territorial waters. The Fishermen Ventured into the sea on November […]

TN CM hails Kamala Harris’ “astounding victory”

2:40 pm November 8, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday greeted US President-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris and particularly recalled her Tamil Nadu roots. Democrat Joe Biden on Saturday defeated incumbent Republican US President Donald Trump in the closely-fought US presidential elections. In a tweet, Palaniswami expressed joy over Harris becoming the first […]

Kerala, Delhi, Bengal, Manipur showing increase in COVID-19 cases from Oct 3-Nov 3: Health Ministry

6:48 pm November 3, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal and Manipur has shown an increase in the number of coronavirus infection between October 3 and November 3. During the same period, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were the top states which registered a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, […]