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…
Shanmugam further criticised Vijay for relying on Enforcement Directorate allegations to target opposition leaders like Arvind Kejriwal and Pinarayi Vijayan, CHENNAI: CPM State Secretary P Shanmugam has strongly criticised chief minister C Joseph Vijay, accusing him of using the Assembly floor for personal mudslinging, self-praise, and political score-settling rather than addressing critical state issues.In a…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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: Sundaram Home Finance plans to double its assets under management (AUM) in Tamil Nadu’s Emerging Business (EB) segment to around Rs 1,300 crore by the end of this fiscal, from over Rs 650 crore in FY26.The company plans to add more than 10 EB branches in Tier-3 and Tier-4 towns across the state to…
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…
