Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced enhanced state incentives for paddy and sugarcane, taking the procurement price to a record Rs 2,750 per quintal for fine variety paddy, Rs 2,600 for common variety and Rs 4,000 per tonne for sugarcane.Making the announcement under Rule 110 in the assembly, Vijay said the state…
Chennai: The Union govt on Monday told the Madras high court that its latest notification on singing Vande Mataram at govt functions does not mandate that the Tamil Thai Vaazhthu should be sung at the end of such events.Additional solicitor-general A R L Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, made the submission before the first bench…
A road filled with potholes at Nungambakkam Chennai: The recent rain spell exposed the city’s broken roads — loose gravel turning slick, patched stretches sinking, and potholes widening — but the city is yet to start relaying roads under the Greater Chennai Corporation’s 2026-27 programme.GCC proposed relaying 5,000 roads in 2025-26, but 199 could not…
Chennai: State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Monday accused Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar and finance minister N Marie Wilson of promoting the beliefs of a particular religion while holding constitutional positions.Nagenthran, in a social media post, alleged that Prabhakar had participated in an anti-abortion campaign organised by a Christian organisation in Chennai on…
Chennai: DMK on Monday accused the Congress of staging drama in the delimitation issue by opposing the exercise in Tamil Nadu while adopting a different stand in other states.Referring to the remarks of Telangana CM Revanth Reddy that delimitation will shape Telangana with increased representation, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran questioned the silence of Congress in…
Vikram’s reel showed a well-grown adult animal, which could not have been procured recently. CHENNAI: Actor Vikram found himself in the middle of an uproar, within moments after uploading a reel of him playing with a lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), which is a threatened species protected under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of…
Chennai: Madras high court has sought responses from Tamil Nadu govt and and the Chennai city commissioner of police on a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of B T Arasakumar, who was arrested on charges of bribery and cheating private schools on the promise of obtaining various approvals, under the Goondas Act.The petition, filed…
CHENNAI: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran on Monday accused the Congress of staging drama in the delimitation issue. Referring to the remarks of Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy that delimitation would shape Telangana with increased representation, Dayanidhi on X questioned the silence of Congress in states that the party rules. “Why is the Congress staging a…
Erode boy goes to Brown University Chennai: When 17-year-old Pranav Ilango leaves for the US later this month to begin his undergraduate studies at Brown University, his parents will be sending him on a flight they once dreamed of.Pranav, from Erode, has won a full scholarship worth ₹3.55 crore to study at Brown, where he…
A total of 350 officials participated on the first day. CHENNAI: Corporate-style workplace wellness training has made its way into the govt sector, with the Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday launching a programme for its officials to help them cope with stress, fatigue and the demands of long working hours.The sessions, being conducted by Dhruthi…
