Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, along with DMK MLAs, stages a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly during the session in Chennai on Monday. Chennai: Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin alleged that chief minister C Joseph Vijay was levelling baseless allegations on DMK, while evading questions raised against his govt. Udhayanidhi also condemned speaker J…
Says support to TVK on ideological grounds Chennai: A day after alleging that ‘crores of rupees and ministerial berths’ were offered to them seeking support, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLA Syed Farooq Basha said his remarks were distorted.Farooq Basha said in the assembly that his remarks made at an IUML meeting at Tiruvannamalai on…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday tabled a bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951, proposing to enhance the monthly vehicle allowance for MLAs from ₹25,000 to ₹75,000 and provide a monthly personal assistant (PA) allowance of ₹25,000.The amendment follows CM’s recent announcement to provide a vehicle to every…
Vijay started his speech around 9.33am, listing out measures taken by his govt to maintain law and order and ensure corruption-free governance. CHENNAI: In his fiercest attack yet on DMK, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay brought up the half-century-old Sarkaria Commission report and a 2025 Enforcement Directorate letter in the assembly on Monday,…
“Earlier this was due to the Chennai Metro Rail work between Porur junction and Vadapalani. But now the work is nearly done and most of the girders are in place. Yet there was traffic on Sunday,” said S K Govindaraj, a resident of Saligramam. Chennai: Bumpy roads riddled with potholes, illegal parking and wrong-side driving…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday warned that personal attacks, double-meaning comments and derogatory remarks targeting women would invite uncompromising legal action, while asserting that political criticism, however harsh, should not cross the limits of public decency.Concluding the debate on demands for grants for the home department, which he holds, Vijay spoke about…
Encroachments outside ELM Frabicius school at Purasaiwalkam School safety remains an afterthought in the city, despite repeated promises of safe school zones made by successive govts. Unsafe pavements, wrong-side driving, haphazard parking and garbage dumping and poor enforcement by traffic police and Greater Chennai Corporation routinely put children at risk.In 2022, then chief minister M…
Chennai: Sundaram Home Finance plans to double its assets under management (AUM) in Tamil Nadu’s Emerging Business (EB) segment to around Rs 1,300 crore by the end of this fiscal, from over Rs 650 crore in FY26.The company plans to add more than 10 EB branches in Tier-3 and Tier-4 towns across the state to…
One of the measures is the integration of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department and Waqf Board with registration department’s STAR 2.0 system Chennai: Tamil Nadu registration department has announced multiple reforms for 2026-27 aimed at making property registration more accessible, reducing the workload of registration officials, tightening checks against fraudulent transactions and shifting…
The school connect programme provides students exposure to various academic disciplines, aiming to help them make informed choices about their future. Chennai: IIT Madras has invited applications for its course on career guidance for students of Classes IX-XII.These introductory courses will help students of Classes IX-X decide which group to choose, and provide those of…
