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More elevated corridors, expressways and grade separators for TN Chennai: The state highways department, in its ₹21,524-crore budget, has announced massive infrastructural projects, including an eight-lane corridor from Chennai to Kanyakumari, a Chennai-Coimbatore-Thoothukudi Industrial Corridor, a 21-km elevated corridor from Padi to Thirunindravur, and another 30-km elevated corridor from Kilambakkam to Chengalpet. Another ₹1,000 crore…

CHENNAI: Married woman govt employees in Tamil Nadu will get a full year maternity leave for the third child as well, human resources management minister D Sarathkumar told assembly on Tuesday.Till now, women employees were eligible for one-year paid maternity leave for the first and second children, and 12 weeks for the third child. Now…

Govt buildings in TN to become skyscrapers Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt buildings will soon be skyscrapers, as the public works department has decided to exploit the entire floor space index (FSI) during construction. All our future buildings will be 20-30 floors,” said PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna.Presenting the grants for the department on Tuesday, he said…

CHENNAI: The state highways and small ports department has announced ambitious plans to construct a sea-link corridor from Ennore via Mamallapuram to Puducherry covering a stretch of 200km. The department parallelly will also explore feasibility to launch commuter boating service on the same route in coordination with Union ministry of shipping, ports and waterways, and…

MADURAI: Funds worth Rs 108 crore sanctioned for women self-help groups by Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women (TNCDW) were diverted to accounts of officials, their relatives and bogus SHGs using manipulated bills and records, a special audit and inquiries by district officials have found.Based on the findings, the first FIR was filed against…

READING BETWEEN THE LINES: Gen Z is oftentimes labelled impatient or overconfident but may be carrying anxieties few adults ever see K K RamachandranMy entire professional life has been spent with young minds. And I have two at home, so I am never not ‘at work’. As an educator and a parent, in classrooms, on…

Senthil Kumar, co-founder & chief business officer, Qube Cinema with Ashim Mathur, VP, marketing (Asia Pacific), Dolby Laboratories Chennai: Digital cinema technology company Qube Cinema plans to expand its EPIQ screens, its proprietary premium large-format (PLF) brand, to 30 screens in the country.It plans to roll out 30 EPIQ screens equipped with Dolby Vision and…

Chennai: Galaxy Health Insurance Company has partnered with Zoho to design and deploy a regulator-compliant, enterprise-grade insurance distribution platform.This would enable the standalone health insurer to move from IRDAI approval to live, large-scale operations within a compressed timeframe in collaboration with Zoho’s Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) team, a statement here on Tuesday said. The CRM-led…

Chennai: Lotte India, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Lotte Corporation, has clarified that there is no ban on its Choco Pie product following regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Durg, Chhattisgarh, over a specific batch of the snack.The company said the independent testing conducted by a third-party NABL-accredited laboratory found that…

Operational guidelines being prepared Chennai: Finance minister N Marie Wilson in the state assembly said the Tamil Nadu assured pension scheme for govt officials will be implemented.“The recommendations given by the committee, headed by IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi is taken by us. We are preparaing the operational guidelines for it. It will be implemented,”…