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CHENNAI: Candidates, who have appeared for Tamil Nadu State Board classes X, XI and XII supplementary exams, can get their original marksheets from their respective exam centres starting October 5.The directorate of government examinations conducted the exams in June and July. Around one lakh candidates from these three classes have appeared for these exams.For details, visit...

CHENNAI: The gram sabha meetings in village panchayats will be held across the state on October 2 with the theme 'Everything for Everyone'. Chief minister M K Stalin will make opening remarks for the event, virtually, while ministers would take part in districts. The meetings are held six times a year. The government has chosen 'everything for everyone' as the theme for the upcoming meeting, aiming at...

CHENNAI: A delegation led by DMDK leader Premalatha Vijayakanth on Saturday called on governor R N Ravi and submitted a memorandum, seeking his intervention for speeding up a pending proposal to interlink rivers to ensure equitable distribution of water among the riparian states. It also sought his intervention to resolve the ‘pressing issues’ of Tamil Nadu, through Union and state governments....

KANYAKUMARI: The body of one of the three fishermen from Colachel in Tamil Nadu who went missing after a boat capsized in the midsea on Thursday night, was recovered during search operations on Saturday.The fishing boat Suja Mol sailed from Colachel fishing harbour on September 25 with 16 fishermen onboard. The crew included six guest workers -- five from Odisha and one from West Bengal. While they were...

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government will make a demand at the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on Friday afternoon that Karnataka release water at the rate of 12,500 cusecs daily. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of state-wide bandh call given by the pro-Kannada organisations, Tamil Nadu water resources minister Duraimurugan said the state was asking for as it lacked water and not that...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu won the second best state award for the best Smart City projects in the country, with Madhya Pradesh winning the first prize. D Karthikeyan, secretary for municipal administration and water supply department, received the award from President Droupadi Murmu at the Smart Cities Conclave organised by the Union government in Indore on Wednesday. The Greater Chennai Corporation displayed...

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced its tourism policy for the first time by which it has given industry status to tourism and aims at attracting 20,000 crore investment in the sector. This means tourism projects and stakeholders and others will become eligible for funds that come under development of industries and will lead to better employment opportunities and training. Priority...

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced its tourism policy for the first time by which it has given industry status to tourism and aims at attracting Rs 20,000crore investment in the sector. This means tourism projects and stakeholders and others will become eligible for funds that come under development of industries and will lead to better employment opportunities and training....

TRICHY: A Trichy court on Monday awarded life sentences to six people and acquitted four others in connection with the murder of an advocate in 2015.Second additional district court of Trichy convicted and awarded the life sentences to A Ilaiyaraja, J Johnson Kumar, P Nattamai alias Natarajan, T Kanagaraj, A Hari Krishnan and G Senthil for murdering C Sekar, 52, in the night of December 16, 2015. The...

ERODE: A wild elephant trampled a farmer to death in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as M Ramasamy, 63, of Attamokkai area in Puthu Vadavalli. Sathyamangalam forest range officer (FRO) K R Palanisamy said the farmer owned 1.5 acres of land. He used to stay in a room on his farm at night to guard the crops. On Thursday...