Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday observed that the VB-G-RAM-G (Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajveevika Mission (Gramin) Act is a policy decision of the Union govt and the courts can’t interfere in it.“What is there for us to do? The scheme is a policy of the Union govt. If you are not…
Elliot’s Beach was a serene, pristine stretch in the 1980s, a time when things moved more slowly. To escape the heat and take in the refreshing sea breeze, families like ours would visit in the evenings. Vendors would be scattered about selling sundal, murukku, and occasionally ice cream. Most families, including ours, carried homemade snacks…
Chennai: State public works department minister E V Velu on Thursday said the DMK govt borrowed 2.85 lakh crore, but inherited debt and interest to the tune of 6.45 lakh crore from the previous AIADMK regime.However, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and his allies were misrepresenting facts and were building a narrative as if…
Chennai: State municipal administration minister K N Nehru on Thursday blamed the BJP-led Union govt for the delay in implementing combined drinking water schemes in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri.He told the assembly that the Union govt has not released its share of 5,500 crore for 18 projects under the Jal Jeevan Mission, in addition to 3,200…
Chennai: Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that elections to six Rajya Sabha seats in TN would be held on March 16. The terms of the six MPs – Tiruchi Siva, N R Elango, Anthiyur P Selvarasu, and Kanimozhi NVN Somu of the DMK, and M Thambidurai of the AIADMK and G K Vasan…
Chennai: Satrac Engineering, a leading trailer and truck body manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan’s Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co, is planning a $100 million investment over the next seven years to set up four new truck body manufacturing facilities across India, even as it ramps up its newly commissioned flagship plant near Chennai….
CHENNAI: DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant called on chief minister M K Stalin at the DMK headquarters in Chennai and confirmed DMDK’s entry into the DMK alliance. This is the first time that the DMDK had joined the DMK alliance since the party was founded in 2005.Speaking to reporters after meeting Stalin, Premallatha said the…
Bomb threat email triggers search at Madras high court (File Photo) CHENNAI: The bomb disposal squad of the Tamil Nadu police conducted searches in the high security zone of the Madras high court on Thursday, following a bomb threat received through an email from an unidentified person.The email was sent to the registrar general of…
