The merchants of Bharat: A forgotten legacy of trade and enterpriseThe oldest Tamil epics are based on women from mercantile families. It has nothing to do with warriors or priests. The heroines of Shilapad...
29 Mar, 2025, 12.41 AM IST
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Q1 Results: Net profit rises 10% to Rs 287.29 croreTamilnad Mercantile Bank saw a 9.97% rise in net profit for April-June 2024, with Rs 287.29 crore. The increase was attributed to higher in...
03 Aug, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
Maritime Culture of Jambu-Dvipa: A highway linking Middle East to Southeast AsiaFew people know about the Dungi caves of Mumbai that have now made way for the New Navi Mumbai Airport coming up at Panvel. In fact, most M...
27 Apr, 2024, 12.49 AM IST
Treasures of mythology: Inside the fascinating world of the merchant classThe same applies to mythology. Mythology focuses on tales of kings and priests, rajas and rishis. It does not focus on stories from the mer...
19 Mar, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
Vaccination is the medicine to boost economy: Nirmala SitharamanThe finance minister made these comments while delivering her address at the centenary celebrations of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank on Sunday.
12 Sep, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
Shivalik partners with Infosys for Digital BankingA cloud based, digital transformation solution is a cost-effective way to modernize and expand the business, while giving our customers a w...
12 Sep, 2019, 05.05 PM IST
Blame caste for Pakistan's violent streak, not faithPakistani Punjab, accounting for 60% of the country's population and 80% of its army, is dominated by peasant communities that place a prem...
25 Sep, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi's Pakistan overture failed, but the Gujju bhai in him has wonMore than anyone else in the BJP, Modi has moved the party away from the socialism of Deendayal Upadhyay, because he thinks it is irrelevan...
10 Apr, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank stakeholders take boardroom battle to AGMThe results of the voting were not announced and will be produced in Madras HC which laid this condition and several others to allow conduc...
30 Jan, 2016, 02.25 AM IST
From politics to policy, medicine to IT, India’s mercantile class spreads wingsAlways away from the arc lights, they have used the muscle of money to ensure that irrespective of who reigns, it is they who control the s...
17 May, 2014, 11.26 AM IST
- SMX successfully completes first physical delivery against Black Pepper
The Singapore Mercantile Exchange has successfully completed its first physical delivery against the world's first global Black Pepper futu...
25 Apr, 2012, 03.27 PM IST
- S Ashok, a potential peacemaker at Tamilnad Mercantile bank dies
Ashok, who was emerging as a rare consolidating force in the Nadar-community dominated, ownership trouble-ridden Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, ...
01 Jan, 2012, 03.12 AM IST
- RBI asks Tamilnad Mercantile Bank to list shares through an IPO
The RBI suggestion is important as it had declined to acknowledge the sale of a 33.54% stake by entrepreneur C Sivasankaran to a group of i...
07 May, 2011, 06.34 AM IST
- Vangal will have to wait till Feb to get a foothold in Tamilnad Mercantile
The Nadar community-promoted bank’s ownership has been a struggle for nearly two decades since the Ruias of the Essar Group wanted to buy t...
20 Oct, 2010, 06.53 AM IST
- Chilly cold
With Andhra Pradesh exploding over the Telengana decision, it’s tempting to make a link to the explosive food eaten there the strong drink ...
16 Dec, 2009, 01.27 AM IST
- R-Money acquires 15 pc in HK Mercantile Exchange for $7.5 mn
ADAG group firm Reliance Money has acquired a 15 per cent stake in Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) for 7.5 million dollars.
14 Oct, 2008, 03.50 PM IST
- HC confirms injunction against investors in TMB
Madras High Court has confirmed an interim injunction restraining six new investors in Tamilnad Mercantile Bank from exercising their right...
07 Dec, 2007, 12.23 AM IST