Chennai: Within a week of TVK govt assuming office, early signs of friction have emerged between the state administration and the elected Greater Chennai Corporation council.While the newly elected ministers and representatives have begun chairing review meetings and conducting field inspections across the city, Mayor R Priya, standing committee members, zonal chairpersons and councillors remained…
Chennai: Considering Congress joined the TVK-led alliance after the state assembly elections, the alliance equations inside Greater Chennai Corporation council are set to see a sea-change. Congress, with 13 councillors, had been a part of the ruling front in the DMK-majority council, which enjoyed a total of 153 of 200 councillors.Alliance partners such as CPM,…
Chennai: Following the death of a horse in the city on Saturday, the animal husbandry department, along with Greater Chennai Corporation, has collected blood samples from 80 horses at stables and carriage points to check for glanders — the highly contagious bacterial infection which caused the equine’s death. The animals are being kept under close…
Millet farmers in Coimbatore Tamil Nadu’s cities may be warming up to millet dosas, millet cookies and millet health mixes, but on the ground, farmers appear to be moving away from the grain.The reason, say agricultural scientists and cultivators, is that rice has guaranteed procurement, maize has industry buyers, but millets still leave most farmers…
CHENNAI: Signs of unrest within Dravidian majors after the poll debacle intensified on Monday, even as DMK president M K Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami assured their cadres that the two parties would bounce back.While AIADMK veteran S Semmalai quit after serving the party for 45 years, former minister P T R Palanivel…
Chennai: Two-language policy is fundamental not only to Tamil Nadu, but also to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Monday. The minister reiterated that the state stood by the policy of communicating in English with the rest of the world. “Among ourselves we will speak in Tamil,” he said.In…
Chennai: Sudarshan Venu, managing director of TVS Motor Company and a key member of the Venu Srinivasan family faction within the broader TVS Group, is stepping up the group’s financial services expansion. In its latest move, TVS Venu, an investment vehicle of the family, has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Jana Small Finance…
Chennai: State govt on Monday carried out a major reshuffle in the bureaucracy, transferring and appointing several senior officers across crucial departments, including municipal administration, energy, transport, water resources and Greater Chennai Corporation and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.According to a govt order, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, who was additional chief secretary to govt, rural development and…
Chennai: DMK has accused chief minister C Joseph Vijay of not attending his Keralam counterpart V D Satheesan’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday fearing political complications.“Rahul Gandhi attended Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony almost like a stakeholder. But Vijay cancelled his Thiruvananthapuram visit at the last minute, fearing problems,” Elangovan said. He also alleged that the pending luxury…
Chennai: One person was killed while another was injured after two motorcycles collided on the Maduravoyal bypass on Sunday night. The accident occurred when a bike travelling from Maduravoyal towards Puzhal was hit from behind by another two-wheeler moving in the same direction. Satish, 34, from Thiruverkadu died in the accident. Purushothaman, 21, a food…
