Udhayanidhi Stalin questioned Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s delay in acting on corruption files. CHENNAI: Political sparks flew in the Assembly on Friday as Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, demanding immediate action on alleged corruption files sitting on the Chief Minister’s desk.Taking a satirical dig…
Chennai: Even as TVK govt announced a series of measures to increase storage capacity at direct procurement centres (DPC) in the state on Thursday, DMK and TVK locked horns over corruption in DPCs.The issue started when food minister P Venkataramanan, in his reply to the debate on demand for grants, said farmers were demanded Rs…
Chennai: The TVK govt has planned to launch Singappen credit scheme for women entrepreneurs at an outlay of Rs 7,015 crore.Minister for cooperation V Gandhiraj announced in the assembly that the scheme was intended to “empower women socially and economically, to reduce rural poverty and enable them (women) to achieve financial independence”. The scheme will…
Chennai: Prohibition and excise minister K Vignesh on Thursday said that TVK govt will not cow down to pressure tactics to allow monopoly of certain liquor brands and corruption, including MRP violations in Tasmac.After releasing the list of 717 liquor shops closed in TN after TVK formed govt, the minister told reporters that the series…
DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran questioned Chief Minister Vijay’s changing positions. CHENNAI: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran questioned Chief Minister Vijay’s stand on delimitation and the Mekedatu dam issue.Speaking to reporters in Chennai, Maran accused Vijay of changing his position after meeting Union home minister Amit Shah.“After passing a unanimous resolution in the state assembly seeking to…
Setting the bar: TVK builds a legal network As the TVK govt settles into office, the party is undertaking another important exercise alongside running the administration — building a legal ecosystem capable of representing it across Madras high court, subordinate courts and Supreme Court.For a political party that entered govt without decades-old organisational machinery like…
Coimbatore: Thanjavur-based startup Pullinam Aerospace Technologies has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Coimbatore-based Skyworks Aviation International to supply 100 light aircraft in a deal valued at Rs 175 crore to Rs 200 crore.The agreement covers Pullinam’s PAT-LSA01, an indigenous two-seater Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft currently under development in both electric…
Mid-size SUVs accounted for 18.2% of domestic PV sales in the first quarter of FY27 Chennai: Indian car buyers’ love for SUVs is moving up the price ladder. After years in which compact SUVs powered the country’s shift away from hatchbacks and sedans, mid-size SUVs are now taking a bigger slice of the passenger vehicle…
CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay has softened his stand on delimitation, moving from the demand for a freeze on the existing number of Lok Sabha seats to a request that each state’s current share of parliamentary representation be protected.“I urge the Union govt to provide a clear legislative assurance that no state will suffer…
Chennai: A beam of sunlight falling on a patch of dead leaves. A cat sunning herself. A canopy of trees. At a glance, they would seem like regular photographs, but these are different. All the 50 pictures on display at the exhibition at IIT Madras this week were clicked by blind photographers aided by sighted…
