“Earlier this was due to the Chennai Metro Rail work between Porur junction and Vadapalani. But now the work is nearly done and most of the girders are in place. Yet there was traffic on Sunday,” said S K Govindaraj, a resident of Saligramam. Chennai: Bumpy roads riddled with potholes, illegal parking and wrong-side driving…
Chennai: To provide students and public with experiential learning opportunities to know about ecology, biodiversity and take up conservation activities, the state govt is setting up six Climate Resilience Centres (CRC) at a cost of ₹6 crore.An initiative proposed under the demands for grants of the environment and climate change department, announced by minister V…
Chennai: To improve the preparedness, efficiency and service-delivery capabilities of the state’s forest force, the govt is spending ₹100.72 crore over the next five years towards restructuring and strengthening the department.As part of the plan, officers will be trained to handle challenges in management, forest protection, human-wildlife conflict mitigation and field-level enforcement activities in tune…
Former RBI governor C Rangarajan Chennai: Former RBI governor C Rangarajan on Monday urged the central bank to incentivise the setting up of more small finance banks (SFBs).In his address after inaugurating Equitas Small Finance Bank’s Equitas Towers here, he said 11 SFBs are currently operational in the country. “I believe SFBs will have a…
The facility enables full-stage testing with propulsion and avionics integrated, including clusters of semi-cryogenic engines Chennai: Agnikul Cosmos has inaugurated two new units at its assembly and testing facility in Chennai to test reusable rocket stages under flight-like conditions and manufacture critical launch vehicle components in-house.The facilities, which include a stage testing and inspection facility,…
Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, along with DMK MLAs, stages a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly during the session in Chennai on Monday. Chennai: Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin alleged that chief minister C Joseph Vijay was levelling baseless allegations on DMK, while evading questions raised against his govt. Udhayanidhi also condemned speaker J…
Says support to TVK on ideological grounds Chennai: A day after alleging that ‘crores of rupees and ministerial berths’ were offered to them seeking support, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLA Syed Farooq Basha said his remarks were distorted.Farooq Basha said in the assembly that his remarks made at an IUML meeting at Tiruvannamalai on…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday tabled a bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951, proposing to enhance the monthly vehicle allowance for MLAs from ₹25,000 to ₹75,000 and provide a monthly personal assistant (PA) allowance of ₹25,000.The amendment follows CM’s recent announcement to provide a vehicle to every…
Vijay started his speech around 9.33am, listing out measures taken by his govt to maintain law and order and ensure corruption-free governance. CHENNAI: In his fiercest attack yet on DMK, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay brought up the half-century-old Sarkaria Commission report and a 2025 Enforcement Directorate letter in the assembly on Monday,…
One of the measures is the integration of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department and Waqf Board with registration department’s STAR 2.0 system Chennai: Tamil Nadu registration department has announced multiple reforms for 2026-27 aimed at making property registration more accessible, reducing the workload of registration officials, tightening checks against fraudulent transactions and shifting…
