CHENNAI: DMK on Thursday announced a protest in Thanjavur on August 3, the day chief minister C Joseph Vijay is expected to visit Karnataka. Former CM MK Stalin issued a statement questioning the rationale behind the proposed talks amid the Mekedatu row.“The Karnataka visit will only dilute Tamil Nadu’s demand for a tribunal on the…
In the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, Guidance Tamil Nadu on Thursday signed MoUs with Chubb, Nordex, the University of Western Australia and MotiveLink for projects in GCCs, R&D, higher education and manufacturing. Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with wind turbine major Nordex and Zurich-based…
CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by DMK MLA and former minister V Senthilbalaji in connection with a corruption case registered against him by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC).The court observed that the allegations against Senthilbalaji involved causing a loss of over Rs 17 crore to…
CHENNAI: Karnataka’s attempt to get clearance for Mekedatu project suffered a setback with Central Water Commission (CWC) returning the detailed project report (DPR) to the state govt last month.CWC cited changes in the revised scheme Karnataka submitted in April this year, including linking Mekedatu with Shivanasamudra hydroelectric project through a diversion weir across river Cauvery….
VELLORE: A woman gave birth to a baby boy on board a moving train on Tuesday morning, shortly after the train crossed Ambur in Tamil Nadu. The mother and the newborn were safely detrained at Katpadi railway station and shifted to a hospital. The passenger, Jamuna Majhi, wife of Jitu Sarakia, of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi…
Chennai: New railway lines, doubling and multitracking works are among a series projects planned and under execution across Chennai’s suburban network and neighbouring districts, as Centre looks to ease congestion and improve connectivity on some of Tamil Nadu’s busiest rail corridors.The Beach–Chengalpet suburban section records a daily footfall of 10,21,110 passengers, while Beach–Arakkonam section handles…
Many studied worked in agriculture, salt pans and brick kilns, often with limited access to shade, drinking water or cooled spaces The sea salt pans of Marakkanam spread over almost 4000 acres, resumes work after a log gap following lockdown. Labourers trickle back to work to prepare the fields for harvest, and scrap salt that…
Chennai: Two months after CPI walked out of the DMK alliance, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and CPI state secretary M Veerapandian said Dravidian outfits and Left parties would join hands to fight whenever Tamil Nadu’s rights face a threat.Udhayanidhi and CPI state secretary Veerapandian shared the stage at an event organised by Udhavum Kaigal,…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to collect data on lawyers and law graduates with criminal backgrounds to address the issue of persons with criminal antecedents enrolling as advocates and later becoming office-bearers of Bar associations.“The Bar councils may consider engaging competent researchers or constituting an appropriate…
You can take a wedding out of Manapatti, but you can seldom take Manapatti out of a wedding Before sunrise, the clearing outside a house on Madurai’s outskirts has become a kitchen. Goat meat simmers in broad aluminium vessels. Ginger and garlic are pounded in stone mortars. Men squat beside baskets of onions, peeling and…
