Chennai: Civil rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila on Thursday married her lover Desmond Coutinho in Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu. The low-key ceremony was held in the sub-registrar’s office in the hill station in Dindugal district. “The two came in the morning and completed the formalities. They also exchanged garlands,” an official in the sub-registrar office […]
Chennai: The Central government is prepared to consider an exemption of one year from the NEET system for students of government colleges in Tamil Nadu if the state brings forward an ordinance, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday. “If the Tamil Nadu government brings forward an ordinance seeking exemption for students of government colleges […]
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s memorial in Tamil Nadu’s Ramananthapuram district. Modi also flagged off ‘Kalam Sandesh Vahini’, an exhibition bus which would travel across various states and reach Rashtrapati Bhavan on October 15, the 86th birth anniversary of the former President. The memorial at […]
Chennai: The central government has proposed forming a Water Transport Corporation in cooperation with the Tamil Nadu government and has committed Rs 200 crore, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. He said the corporation would run ferry services from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala to Kanyakumari and Chennai in Tamil […]
Chennai: Hotels and restaurants across Tamil Nadu downed shutters on Tuesday in protest against the levy of 12-28 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) which they said will affect tourism in the state. However, small and roadside eateries functioned as usual. The dawn-to-dusk (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) shutdown call was given by the Tamil […]
New Delhi: The AIADMK faction headed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Friday petitioned the Election Commission to declare as illegal V.K. Sasikala’s appointment as the party General Secretary and to freeze Treasurer Dindugal Srinivsan’s powers to withdraw party funds from banks. The Panneerselvam faction ruled out immediate resumption of talks with […]
New Delhi/Chennai: Political parties in Tamil Nadu on Friday generally welcomed actor Rajinikanth’s hints that he may join politics at an appropriate time but cautioned him that it may not be all that easy in public life. The parties felt that in a democracy anybody has the right to enter public life but added that […]
Mangalore: India’s first ornamental fish technology park in Chennai would become operational in the next three months, MPEDA Chairman A. Jayathilak said on Tuesday. He said that after its completion, the technology park would be handed over to breeders and farmers of ornamental fish on lease for three years. Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park (ARTP), an […]
New Delhi: Protesting in the national capital for over a month, Tamil Nadu farmers on Saturday drank their own urine to draw the Centre’s attention to the drought in their state and other demands. On Friday, they had collected their urine in plastic bottles and threatened to consume it if the Union government fails to respond […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will monitor the filling of vacancies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu police departments. A bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the Chief Secretaries of these six states would assist the […]
New Delhi: UN green panel chief Erik Solheim has lauded India’s efforts in embarking on a path to an “inclusive green economy”, saying that moving towards a low-carbon future would serve its own interests well. “What we can see in India is a country beginning to embark on a path to an inclusive green economy […]
Chennai: India’s atomic power plant operator will restart its second 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu in two weeks’ time while the first unit of similar capacity will be stopped for refuelling in mid-April, a senior official said on Monday. He also said that the first pouring of concrete for construction of the third […]
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday won the vote of confidence in the state assembly. Palaniswami, who was sworn in on Thursday as Chief Minister, won by 122 voice votes. He belongs to the AIADMK faction led by party General Secretary V.K. Sasikala.
New Delhi: As many as 24 AIADMK members were suspended by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan Wednesday for the next five consecutive sittings for protesting and creating ruckus continuously in the House over the Cauvery issue. Soon after the House reconvened after adjournment, AIADMK members trooped into the Well with placards and some flinging torn […]
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government today announced banning use of plastic items, including non-biodegradable bags, from January 2019 in the interest of the environment and to “gift a plastic-free” state to future generations. Chief Minister K Palaniswami’s announcement in the state assembly coincided with International Environment Day today. Late chief minister J Jayalalithaa had earlier […]
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