CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has expanded its crop loan waiver scheme, providing full debt relief up to Rs 75,000 for farmers who borrowed through cooperative banks. The move comes in the wake of criticism of an earlier announcement in which loans were waived only up to Rs 50,000.According to an official statement, Chief Minister…
Water comes to Seetha Lakshmi’s village, Vedalai, in drought-prone Ramanathapuram, just once a week through the panchayat pipeline Water comes to Seetha Lakshmi’s village, Vedalai, in drought-prone Ramanathapuram, just once a week through the panchayat pipeline. “This is the only water we get here in the village. I manage to fill a few pots which…
Family members and neighbours went to the construction site and identified Mandal. Residents assaulted Mandal before handing him over to the Manimangalam police. CHENNAI: Vandalur All Women Police arrested a 32-year-old construction worker from West Bengal on Monday for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl at Manimangalam on Sunday night.The accused, Jaidhan Mandal, 32, a native…
Chennai: For residents of Chettiyar Agaram in Porur, accessing affordable healthcare has become a daily struggle. With the urban primary health centre (UPHC) remaining closed for more than a decade, thousands of residents lack a reliable healthcare facility in the locality.They have urged Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to demolish the dilapidated structure and build a…
Portuguese art on display in Chennai Not going anywhere this summer? Escape to different worlds through art. Say global art and the images that come to mind are those of European and North American artists. But displayed across the city are works by a multitude of artists from Portugal, Cuba, Northern Africa and Latin America.The…
Chennai: Several shutters remain down at the ₹53-crore ornamental fish trade centre in Villivakkam, inaugurated in Oct by then chief minister M K Stalin, as nearly 100 traders have refused to move in.Traders cite high rent, the absence of an RO water facility, and a lack of essential infrastructure such as a commercial lift to…
Burglary in Saidapet house Chennai: Police launched a search for the unidentified burglars who broke into a locked house in Saidapet and stole 25 sovereigns of gold jewellery and ₹2 lakh in cash. The theft came to light after the resident returned from church and found that the house had been burgled.The victim, Ranganathan, 52,…
CHENNAI: In the latest shuffle of IPS officers in Tamil Nadu, at least 56 senior police officers, including 15 superintendents of police and deputy inspectors general of police, were transferred and posted to the Chennai city, Tambaram and Avadi commissionerates on Monday, according to an order issued by the state home department.DIG ES Uma has…
CHENNAI: DMK’s official organ ‘Murasoli’ on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, charging that his “political immaturity” and “dishonesty” were the reasons for the criticism faced by Congress from its allies at the recent INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi.In an editorial, Murasoli accused Congress of repeatedly undermining its alliance partners…
Chennai: On the day when four out of the nine information commissioners retired, a controversy erupted after Atulya Misra, a former IAS officer, was named as in-charge chief of the commission ahead of the seniormost commissioner VPR Ilamparithi.Tamil Nadu Information Commission had nine members till Monday, when four of them — chief information commissioner Md…
