led the country in outstanding gold loans, with borrowers across agriculture, MSMEs and other segments increasingly leveraging their gold holdings All that glitters is not gold, but for Tamil Nadu’s borrowers, the yellow metal proved to be a valuable source of liquidity as gold prices surged over the past year. The state led the country…
Decades of spends on education, health and skills have strengthened employment and growth in Tamil Nadu BY INVITATIONTamil Nadu has built a strong base for its next phase of growth, with rising exports, new investments and deep human capital supporting its economic momentum. The state has recorded double-digit real growth for two consecutive years and…
Onion prices in Chennai could touch ₹100 a kg if supplies from Nashik and Bellary do not improve Chennai: Onion prices have surged in the city amid a sharp decline in arrivals at the Koyambedu wholesale market, with traders warning that prices could touch ₹100 a kg if supplies from Nashik and Bellary do not…
Chennai: Flagging problems faced by the public due to continuous increase in the level of roads, anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam has urged govt to make milling (removal of the blacktop) of roads mandatory before laying new ones, monitor road levels and provide relief to affected residents.People in several places have complained of flooding due to…
Chennai: Political leaders from Tamil Nadu paid rich tributes to Congress stalwart and Tamil Maanila Congress founder G K Moopanar on his 25th remembrance day.Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore, MDMK general secretary Vaiko, former BJP state president Tamilisai Sounderarajan, CPM veteran T K Rangarajan, Congress leaders Peter Alphonse and Praveen Chakravarthy were among…
Chennai: A couple arrested in Assam and Manipur in connection with the murder of a woman whose dismembered, headless body was found in a suitcase aboard the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra railway station were brought to Chennai under heavy police security.The accused, Manik Uddin Laskar and his wife Bhagabati Majhi, were brought from Guwahati…
Chennai: Three people were killed and one was critically injured when two bikes collided head-on near Sriperumbudur on Sunday evening.Duraipandian, 26, of Madurai, an HR manager at a private firm in SIPCOT, and his co-worker, Yuvaraj, 23, of Panruti, went to a theatre in Oragadam to watch a movie and were returning to their residence…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss flayed successive state govts for their alleged failure to protect Pallikaranai marsh and asked if the govts were `unfit’ to do conserve the marshland.Anbumani Ramadoss who led an awareness rally in Chennai demanding the notification of Pallikaranai marsh, questioned the reason for not `protecting’ the marsh. “Will you adopt the…
CSR should be measured by social impact instead of expenditure, says minister Chennai: Minister for micro, small and medium enterprises P Madhanraja on Sunday called for an impact dashboard to measure the outcomes of corporate social responsibility initiatives of companies. He said CSR should be measured by social impact instead of expenditure.At the CSRNOW TINYLOOP…
Amid talks of possibility of Vijay as next PM Kanyakumari: Amidst TVK propaganda projecting chief minister C Joseph Vijay as a prospective prime minister, Congress leader and Tamil Nadu tourism minister S Rajesh Kumar on Sunday said he would quit the cabinet if TVK refuses to accept Rahul Gandhi as the PM candidate in the…
