Colossus of cancer care, Dr Shanta dies of heart attack; TN govt announces police honours for funeralPrime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in condoling her death and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the government would ac...
19 Jan, 2021, 02.15 PM IST
Dr V Shanta, renowned oncologist and pioneer in cancer care, passes away in ChennaiVeteran oncologist V. Shanta who headed the Cancer Institute (WIA) here, popularly known as Adyar Cancer Institute died at a private hospit...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
DMK alienated Tamil Nadu by not allowing Hindi learning: Vanathi SrinivasanVanathi Srinivasan, who was with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in the 1980's later joined the BJP and had held various positions i...
19 Nov, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
Preserve, conserve India's biodiversity, says PM Modi in Mann ki BaatAddressing his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio address, the prime minister referred to Tamil poetess Avvaiyar to drive home his point. "What w...
23 Feb, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
What’s common between FM Nirmala Sitharaman and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran?The FM shared a glimpse of her interests during the Budget 2020 speech.
17 Feb, 2020, 11.52 AM IST
The Budget verse: Nirmala Sitharaman quotes Kashmiri poet Deena Nath Kaul, Tamil saint Avvaiyar, Kalidasa in 2 hr-plus speechSitharaman’s speech had a generous dose of poetry.
01 Feb, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman leans on her roots to quote from Tamil poetsQuoting from Tamil poet Avviyaar's cryptic word couplets in Athichudi, FM Nirmala Sitharaman, leaned on her Tamil moorings to convey the im...
01 Feb, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
Lessons by Avvaiyar, Thiruvalluvar in school helped N Chandrasekaran deal with boardroom mattersThe Tata Sons Chairman believes that moral studies in the early years shape your future responses.
22 Oct, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
An evening of music, dance at Geeta Gopalakrishnan's book launchGeeta Gopalakrishnan is the director of donor relationships, Tata Medical Center (TMC), Kolkata
05 Oct, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
Taiwanese poet Yu Hsi lauds Tamil Nadu CM JayalalithaaYu Hsi has lauded Jayalalithaa for her 'significant contributions' towards the growth of Tamil language and literature.
07 Nov, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Tamil Nadu government honours Dr Shanthi Ranganathan with 'Avvaiyaar Award"Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa gave away the award to Ranganathan here yesterday, an official release said today.
13 Oct, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
Speech is silver, silence is goldenThe virtue of speaking well, rightly and effectively also includes the capacity to stay silent, when situation demands so. Besides earning ...
13 Dec, 2010, 05.50 AM IST
Pursue excellence, and be contentedOne of the signs in a seeker, pursuing the objective of 'victory over oneself', is contentment (santushta). The great Tamil saint Avvaiyar ...
29 Nov, 2010, 02.17 AM IST
Take time off to stand and stareCenturies before, the Bible assured, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalms:46, 10). Indeed, it is in this inward silence and stillness ...
10 May, 2010, 04.51 AM IST
Limitations of work therapyDoubtless, well directed ‘work therapy’ is highly relevant. Work indeed has a system while sloth and mere drifting do not! Nevertheless, an...
03 Aug, 2009, 12.46 AM IST
- Govt. engineering college for Dharmapuri soon: Minister
A government engineering would be established here in the next financial year, Tamil Nadu Agirculture Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam has sa...
04 Nov, 2007, 03.34 AM IST