Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to introduce a separate entrance examination or not to use NEET scores for admissions to Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (BVSc & AH) courses. Instead, admissions should be made based…
Chennai: Liquor will soon cost more in Tamil Nadu as the govt on Friday introduced a bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006, proposing an additional ‘environmental and social welfare cess’ on the sale of liquor.The proposed cess, capped at ₹20 per unit container, will be levied in addition to the…
CHENNAI: The Union govt on Friday notified the appointment of 15 judges to Madras high court, which at present is working with just 51 judges, as against the sanctioned strength of 75.While a total of 24 names were recommended by the collegium of the Madras high court, initially 19 were cleared for notification. Now, only…
AINRC founder and Puducherry chief minister N Rangasamy Puducherry: Almost three months after All India NR Congress (AINRC)-led NDA formed govt in the Union territory of Puducherry, the allocation of portfolios for AINRC founder and chief minister N Rangasamy and his five cabinet colleagues was officially announced on Wednesday night.Rangasamy retained primary governance and financial…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Asserting that the party is not opposed to delimitation but seeks the exercise to be conducted fairly, DMK has decided to stay away from chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s meeting with Tamil Nadu MPs here on Saturday to discuss the Union govt’s proposed delimitation exercise and its…
COIMBATORE: The Thudiyalur police in the city have registered a case against a real estate broker and a self-proclaimed advocate for defrauding a local real estate businessman of Rs 60 lakh under the pretext of selling a parcel of land in Sivaram Nagar near Ramanathapuram here.The victim has been identified as V Jeganathan 42, residing…
The fund will support de-addiction programmes and campaigns on the ill-effects of alcohol consumption. CHENNAI: In a major push to reform the state’s liquor retail network under TASMAC, augment revenues, and address system-wide environmental flaws, the state government on Friday introduced a bill proposing an additional ‘Environmental and Social Welfare Cess’ on the sale of…
Recalling the issue back to a 1969 Assembly debate, Vijay cited the then opposition leader P G Karuthiruman, who advocated setting aside partisan credit for the welfare of delta farmers. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday defended his proposal to visit Bengaluru for direct talks with counterpart D K Shivakumar over the Cauvery…
Pumped storage projects enable greater renewable energy integration by storing surplus power and supplying it during peak demand, while strengthening grid stability and reliability. Chennai: India’s pumped storage project pipeline is gathering momentum, with around 24 GW of capacity under construction, appraisal or examination by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).At present, 11 PSPs with a…
Chennai: IIT Madras-incubated robotics startup Solinas Integrity has closed $5.5 million in funding. Founded by Divanshu Kumar and Moinak Banerjee, Solinas builds robotics and AI systems to inspect, clean and manage underground water and wastewater infrastructure. It plans to use the capital to deepen its presence in existing markets while expanding into new states and…
