CHENNAI: The textile industry has raised concerns over a sharp increase in cotton prices in the past two months and tightening domestic supply, along with heightened raw material and logistics costs, could adversely impact the industry, hard-hit by US tariffs last year.Neeraj Jain, managing director of Vardhman Textiles, raised concerns about domestic supply during the…
Chennai: Tambaram corporation tripled monthly water charges and connection deposits despite supplying water only twice a week. This has triggered widespread anger among residents’ welfare associations. People accused officials of imposing the steep hike without public consultation or notice. Tambaram, which requires around 130mld (million litres a day) of water for its 10 lakh residents,…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday held a meeting with district secretaries at the party headquarters in Chennai in a bid to consolidate his position within the party, even as the rebel faction held a parallel meeting reiterating their demand for the general council to be convened immediately.EPS supporter and AIADMK Rajya…
Chennai: There will not be any indirect attempts to implement Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) in Tamil Nadu, school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Tuesday.Rajmohan also criticised the practice of the Centre withholding funds over non-implementation of PM SHRI in the state and said: “These funds are meant for students, not…
Chennai: Making Chennai safer and more accessible for pedestrians will be among the top priorities of Greater Chennai Corporation’s new commissioner, Dr G S Sameeran. The 2012-batch IAS officer, who assumed charge on Tuesday, told TOI that his immediate priorities also include flood mitigation, civic preparedness and curbing stray dog menace. G S Sameeran replaced…
Chennai: The state rural development department on Tuesday drew flak for continuing the practice of floating limited tenders, where only few hours are given to contractors to participate. This is a move that’s usually associated with pre-fixing contractors instead of open bidding.The department in Konnerikuppam panchayat in Kancheepuram district floated a tender worth 16.83 lakh…
Chennai: Parents of children born in hospitals within Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) limits will now receive their child’s birth certificate on WhatsApp.GCC is creating the new service linked to its chatbot number 9445061913. GCC city health officer M Jagadeesan said earlier people downloaded birth certificates manually using Namma Chennai app or from the GCC website….
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday said chief minister C Joseph Vijay winning the election cannot be considered a ‘tsunami’ of people’s support as TVK had lost all the seats in eight districts in TN. “People of the state were in the mindset for a change in Tamil Nadu and we have to respect…
City in distress: Kovai’s suicide numbers climb More than 300 people attempt suicide every month in Coimbatore, says Dr M Helena Selvakodi, director and founder of the city-based Anandham Mind Care Foundation. “And most are under the age of 40.”As per data from the crime records bureau of Coimbatore city police, the first four months…
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court collegium has recommended appointment of 19 judicial officers and advocates as judges of Madras high court. In a meeting on Monday, the collegium approved three different proposals for appointment of judges presented by the state govt to the Union law minister and forwarded to the collegium. Presently, the Madras HC has…
