View: Why Indians do not innovateRestricting knowledge to the family had its negative fall outs. For example, the architectural ‘true arch’ was known in Mauryan times, and ...
04 Apr, 2020, 07.08 AM IST
How India lost its rich maritime tradition to EuropeansThere were many reasons attributed to why India’s maritime trade declined. One reason was the tension between the Brahmins and the Buddhist...
22 Mar, 2019, 11.30 PM IST
'Learned Chettiar' P Chidambaram well respected in Kandanur villageAround 15km from Karaikudi, Kandanur hasn't heard of Ishrat Jahan or reports about PC's son Karti coming under the Enforcement Directorate'...
06 May, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Indian temple awarded for lending deity jewellery in SingaporeThe jewellery which includes a necklace made of rubies, emeralds, diamonds and a gem-studded crown was loaned by Saigon Chettiars Temple Tr...
22 Apr, 2016, 12.48 PM IST
Coal scam: Court records statements of two CBI officialsThe court recorded the testimonies of CBI inspector Vijay Chettiar, who had carried out search at JIPL's office, and inspector Sanjay Sehga...
08 Jul, 2015, 10.32 PM IST
Income Tax raid on Chettinad Group; documents, jewellery seizedIncome Tax sleuths have seized several incriminating documents, unaccounted cash and gold jewellery during raids on the Chettinad Group of ...
16 Jun, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Chettinad group's chairman MAM Ramaswamy disowns adopted son MAMR Muthiah, names Spic promoter AC Muthiah successorRamaswamy said he has started a legal process to annul Muthiah's adoption and simultaneously create trusts to secure family assets outside ...
10 Jun, 2015, 10.40 AM IST
Losing trust in foster son, father MAM Ramaswamy sets up series of trustsRamaswamy has started the Dr MAM Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust and MAM Ramaswamy Chettiar Trust to be managed by him and...
09 Jun, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
Coal scam case: Court warns CBI officer, asks him to pull up socksResponding to the court's query, the IO said that e-copy supplied to accused were prepared later and these documents might have been suppli...
31 May, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Coalgate: CBI official faces court's ire for giving documents to accusedA special court has rapped a CBI official and asked him to explain how some documents supplied to accused persons in a coal block allocatio...
28 May, 2015, 07.08 PM IST
Court questions CBI's competence in coal scam caseThe IO said he was busy in a number of other cases and his senior officers were insisting that he complete the probe in those cases as well.
04 Mar, 2015, 08.56 PM IST
Old documentary on Mahatma Gandhi now in digital formatA documentary on Mahatma Gandhi containing "rarest of the rare" video footages has been digitised and will be availaible for public viewing...
02 Oct, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
Tamil Nadu's opposition to Sanskrit as old as free IndiaParticipating in the debate on the questions of national, official languages chaired by Dr Rajendra Prasad, Chettiar said the question of l...
23 Jul, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Singapore's IHC to host exhibitions on Indian cultureThe IHC on Tuesday showed among its collections two necklaces that came from Nattukottai Nagarattar Chettiars, who were among early Indian ...
20 May, 2014, 03.15 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu Goverment moves bill on Annamalai University
TN Govt today moved to repeal an act pertaining to Annamalai Univ and bring it on par with enactments governing rest of the institutions.
15 Apr, 2013, 07.27 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu: Caste factor continues to play make-or-break role in politics
For those in the know, caste divisions and sub-divisions in Tamil Nadu are child’s play, but for the uninitiated, it surely is rocket scien...
06 Apr, 2011, 11.04 PM IST
- Smooth journey for Rs 475-cr Silk saree brand Nalli
Starting out from a small room in with a single loom in the silk town of Kanchi to running a chain of 22 branches, the journey of the Rs 47...
17 Mar, 2010, 06.14 AM IST