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Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday held a series of meetings at the Secretariat with industry bodies, automobile manufacturers, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and agriculture department officials, focusing on industrial growth, investment expansion, logistics, exports, irrigation and Kuruvai cultivation planning.The first meeting was held with office-bearers of the Confederation of Indian Industry,…

Chennai: The rebellion within AIADMK is gathering momentum, with a faction led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani exploring provisions in the party bylaws to challenge the leadership of general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami. The dissident group is considering invoking the AIADMK by-law under which the general secretary is bound to convene a…

Chennai: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the formation of a joint committee comprising Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and state fisheries department to remove ‘garbage islands’ from the east coast beaches from Kasimedu till Ennore.“The main concern is thermocol and other waste, which are disposed of at various points along…

Chennai: A youth wearing a helmet posed as an electricity board employee and carried out a series of thefts at houses in a residential locality near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district.The incidents were reported from Adithya Garden, a residential area in Krishnapuram near Ponneri, where more than 100 houses are located. According to residents, the suspect…

Chennai: VCK MP D Ravikumar on Friday urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay not to offer ministerial berths to AIADMK rebel MLAs who backed the TVK govt during the trust vote, warning that such a move would raise serious questions of political morality and ethical propriety.In a post on X, Ravikumar said that the 25…

Chennai: Amidst the internal rift, AIADMK legislator S P Velumani appeared to strike a reconciliatory note on Friday, saying dissident leaders were still ready for talks with AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to discuss the way forward. “Even now, if you call us, we are ready to talk. Let all of us together analyse…

Chennai: A massive fire broke out at a godown storing discarded electronic equipment at the Tech Mahindra campus in Sholinganallur on Friday evening. No casualties were reported.The warehouse is located inside the Tamil Nadu Electronics Corporation Special Economic Zone on Chennai’s Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), where several IT and automobile companies operate with nearly 6,000…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu alliance of resident welfare associations (TNARWA) urged the state govt to launch a transparent statewide audit of residential and commercial buildings. They claimed large-scale property tax evasion and corrupt assessment practices caused revenue losses worth hundreds of crores of rupees. The federation demanded regular inspections of properties owned by MLAs, councillors and…

The farmer, who lives in a modest tin-roofed house in Mottur village within the Veerichettipalli panchayat, earns a meagre living through small-scale farming and cattle rearing. PUDUCHERRY: A 32-year-old farmer in a small village near Gudiyatham in Vellore district was shocked to receive a notice from the GST assistant commissioner (Ambur circle) directing him to…

Chennai: A missing roof on the foot overbridge (FOB) at Fort railway station, the only link to Muthuswamy road near the Tamil Nadu Govt Dental College and Hospital, causes hardship to thousands of commuters using the facility daily. Fort station is a key point on both Beach-Chengalpet and Beach-Velachery routes with more than 300 suburban…