KRISHNAGIRI: More than 10 people suffered injuries when a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus rammed a granite-laden truck at Attakurikki in Krishnagiri district in the early hours of Thursday. The accident caused a severe traffic jam on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway that lasted almost two hours. The accident happened when the TNSTC bus…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday urged Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay to implement the proposed Nadanthai Vazhi Cauvery project, saying it would benefit farmers and improve drinking water supply to several districts in the state.In a statement, Palaniswami blamed the previous DMK govt…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday warned ministers that anyone found involved in corruption or policy irregularities would be removed from the cabinet, reiterating his govt’s commitment to “clean governance.“Chairing a cabinet meeting at the secretariat, Vijay directed ministers to ensure that there was…
Chennai: Union govt on Wednesday approved a six-month extension in service for Tamil Nadu chief secretary M Sai Kumar, a 1990-batch IAS officer who was due to retire on Aug 31. An order issued by the department of personnel and training said the approval was based on a proposal sent by the state govt on…
Chennai: Medical colleges across Tamil Nadu together expanded MBBS seats by 950 this year, with 13 existing institutions raising their intake. A new private college, APS Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, was added to the roster with 150 seats, according to a seat matrix released by the National Medical Commission. The additions bring the…
Chennai: Two days after an inmate died in custody at a jail in Nagercoil, the Puzhal central prison in the city reported the death of its prisoner P Balaji of Selaiyur, 45, reportedly due to heart attack on Wednesday.Police said Balaji was arrested on July 12 for smuggling tobacco products, and remanded him in judicial…
The crop is cultivated over a period of 100 to 105 days between April and July. Chennai: Inadequate irrigation supply has forced farmers in the Cauvery delta to scale down kuruvai, the short-duration paddy crop, by nearly one lakh acres this season, with Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Trichy, Thiruvarur and Thanjavur among the worst-affected districts. Against the…
Chennai: Political parties across Tamil Nadu have condemned the custodial death of 34-year-old Sabari Varman, a differently-abled man, demanding chief minister C Joseph Vijay to break his silence on the issue and order a detailed probe.DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi, who visited the family on Wednesday, slammed the “CM’s silence” and said none of the…
Commissioner GS Sameeran has also initiated a move to remove these officials from service, and at least four of them will face criminal proceedings. CHENNAI: To boot out corruption from the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) corridors, the civic body suspended six officials, including four senior officers, for issues linked to bribery, cash-for-jobs, and misuse of…
Supriya Sahu and J Radhakrishnan CHENNAI: Senior IAS officers including Supriya Sahu, J Radhakrishnan, P Umanath and Dheeraj Kumar and others have been transferred in Tamil Nadu govt’s latest bureaucratic rejig. Additional chief secretary Supriya Sahu, who headed the environment, climate change and forests department, has been posted to entrepreneurship, development and innovation institute as…
