CHENNAI: On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to arrive in Chennai, Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday announced that all three blocks in Tamil Nadu, proposed to be auctioned for coal mining, would be exempted.Pralhad Joshi, on Twitter, said the decision to exempt Tamil Nadu was taken based on the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu. "BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai rushed...
CHENNAI: Southern Railway is all set to reduce travel time between Chennai and Bengaluru as it plans to operate premium trains such as Chennai-Bengaluru Shatabdi express and Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat express along with some other trains at 130kmph between Chennai and Jolarpet starting June. As a result, these trains are expected to save between 30 to 45 minutes on the Bengaluru route. However, travel...
Handed over a Rs 150-crore bio-mining project tender on a platter, just a few days before the assembly election in 2021, one ‘communications’ firm and a ‘precisions’ company are unable to process the dump and have failed to come anywhere close to the target. This, in turn, has critically hit the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Rs 50 crore plans to have an eco-park in the cleared part of the...
CHENNAI: Fewer overcrowded prisons, an increased representation of women among prison staff and fewer vacancies have helped Tamil Nadu's prisons department to emerge as the number one in the country, according to the India Justice Report (IJR) 2022. For Tamil Nadu prisons department, this is a substantial jump as it was ranked 10th in IJR 2019 and sixth in IJR 2020."The prison occupancy rate in Tamil...
COIMBATORE: Poverty and social inequality still remain because the efforts which have been taken so far have turned out to be mere slogans, Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi said on Wednesday. According to him, poverty alleviation and social justice can be achieved only when the issues are approached with a sense of feeling and responsibility and the sufferers are considered.The governor was speaking at an...
CHENNAI: Amid severe Aavin milk shortage, private dairies have increased the cover prices of milk by Rs2 per litre and of curd by Rs8 per litre, according to circulars sent to dealers here in Chennai. This is the sixth price hike by private dairies in the last 15 months and the second this year.Citing increase in milk procurement prices and raw material costs (used for production of toned, standardised,...
RANIPET: A 22-year-old man from Chennai was charred to death when his two-wheeler caught fire after a speeding tipper truck hit him from behind and trapped him with his bike under the heavy vehicle near Kaveripakkam in Ranipet district. The accident happened on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway. The deceased has been identified as R Manu Kashyap from Mambakkam, Chennai, a designer in a private firm...
CHENNAI: Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) officials conducted a vision survey campaign at Marina and Besant Nagar beaches on Monday to encourage participation of residents in the transformation of Chennai into a modern, progressive, inclusive and global city.The CMDA is preparing the Vision Document for Third Master Plan (2026-2046) for Chennai Metropolitan Area covering 1189 sq km. The...
CHENNAI: A 29-year-old man employed with a private airline in Chennai was murdered by his girlfriend and three men in Pudukottai. His body was cut into pieces, transported 400 km and buried in the sands at Kovalam, police said on Tuesday. They have arrested the woman, Bhagyalakshmi, 38, and are on the lookout for the men.Police said M Jeyanthan, ground staff for Thai Airways at the Chennai international...
SALEM/ CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said chief minister M K Stalin's attempts to scuttle the growth of his party through false cases would fail and the opposition party would bounce back to power.Addressing the party cadres on Sunday at Attur in Salem, on his maiden visit to hometown Salem after being elected as the party general secretary, EPS said that there was a high...
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