Chennai: Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging Union govt not to grant approvals, including technical and environmental clearances, for Karnataka’s Mekedatu dam project. The resolution also sought the constitution of a tribunal to resolve the inter-state water dispute, following a request made by Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin to chief minister…
CHENNAI: The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department has cancelled 46 temple-linked infrastructure projects worth Rs 245.85 crore that had been announced but were yet to take off, citing court-related hurdles and concerns over the financial burden on temples. The funds will be used for improving temple premises and amenities for devotees.The scrapped projects…
kodungaiyur dumpyard dump biomining waste Chennai: Federation of North Chennai Residents Welfare Associations (FNCRWA) has urged authorities to permanently shut the 50 tonne waste incinerator at Kodungaiyur and scrap plans for a proposed 2,100 tonne waste-to-energy plant, citing a survey that linked incinerator emissions to health issues in the area.On Feb 16 and 17 this…
Rohan Mittal, Head – Strategy and Business Growth – GCC, Va Tech WABAG Chennai: Va Tech WABAG, a leading player in the water technology space, has secured its first project in Kuwait, winning a mega desalination contract valued at over ₹1,000 crore for the Doha Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant Stage II.The order has…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced a series of senior-level police appointments, naming Director General of Police (DGP) Seema Aggarwal as Chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Fire Commission ahead of her retirement from service on June 30.Seema Aggarwal, who currently serves as the Director of Fire and Rescue Services, was appointed to head…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Union govt not to grant any approval, including technical and environmental clearances, for Karnataka’s Mekedatu dam project.The resolution, moved by chief minister C Joseph Vijay, strongly objected to Karnataka’s “unilateral move” to construct a dam across river Cauvery.It said the proposal ignored…
There is a steady inflow of AIADMK leaders to TVK headquarters at Panaiyar on Saturdays Welcoming AIADMK functionaries to TVK on May 28, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said TVK is the new AIADMK. Maybe Arjuna was overwhelmed. Maybe it was a Freudian slip.Vijay seems to have given the green signal to TVK local units to…
Chennai: A 54-year-old autorickshaw driver was arrested by Teynampet police for sexually harassing a 27-year-old woman passenger on Tuesday. On Tuesday evening, the woman, hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, boarded the auto of V Srinivasa Rao, 54, of Royapettah, to travel from Mylapore to Teynampet. At the end of the trip, when she was getting out…
Chennai: A 16-year-old was killed after a container lorry hit the motorcycle she was travelling on near Tiruvottiyur on Wednesday night. The victim, Taslin Begam, of Thangal in Tiruvottiyur, was studying in Class XII at a private school. Police said she was riding pillion on a motorcycle with a friend, from Kaladipet towards Ennore Expressway.Police…
Chennai: The state govt on Thursday affirmed its commitment to establishing Olympic centres of excellence to produce Olympic medal winners and position Tamil Nadu as India’s leading sporting powerhouse.Addressing the assembly, Governor R V Arlekar said, “These world-class centres will offer athletes the finest training infrastructure, elite coaching, cutting-edge sports science, performance analytics, and comprehensive…
