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Industry considers options as Tamil Nadu ordinance bans online gaming

Sector takes hope from High Courts previously overturning such prohibitions by state governments

CM MK Stalin launches Green TN Mission, urges people to join hands

Making a fervent pitch to collectively address the challenges of climate change, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday urged the people to join the government efforts in spreading forest cover and conserving nature for posterity. Launching the Green Tamil Nadu Mission, a flagship scheme of the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company - a new special purpose vehicle created by the state government - at Arignar Anna Zoological park in Vandalur here, he said the initiative is aimed at increasing the state's tree and forest cover to 33 per cent from 23.69 per cent in the next 10 years. About 2.80 crore saplings have been raised for the purpose and details of all planting locations are collected along with geo-tagged data to monitor sapling planting and survival rate, he said. The focus of this special drive will be to plant indigenous plant species and nearly 1,000 saplings would be planted in the zoo's parking area. "This is the need of the hour. We can't create nature but we can .

CM Stalin announces Rs 600-cr IT park in Madurai to build a tech hub

To make Madurai a technology hub, an information technology park would be set up here at a cost of about Rs 600 crore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. Addressing the southern regional MSME meet here, Stalin said the park would be set up by the State-run TIDEL in association with the Madurai Corporation. "This IT park will be operated and administered by TIDEL. The park will be set up in two phases in Madurai's downtown Maatuthavani." In the first phase, the IT park would come up on a 5-acre campus. In the second phase, park would be expanded to 5 more acres. The park would provide top-class infrastructure amenities and lead Madurai region to economic growth. "In the first phase, we expect 10,000 people to get job opportunities.

Rahul has begun journey to retrieve India's soul: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has begun a journey to retrieve India's soul, claimed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday and wished the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' would succeed in its goal to reinvent our glorious republic. The Chief Minister, who received Rahul Gandhi at the Land's End, presented him with a pink shawl and joined him in a prayer meeting at the Gandhi Memorial ahead of the launch of the nation-wide padayatra. Posting a video of the meeting in Gandhi Memorial on his twitter site and also photographs of their meeting, he said "Today, my brother @RahulGandhi has begun a journey to retrieve India's soul, to uphold the lofty ideals of our republic and to unite our country's people with love." There can be no better place than Kumari (as Kanyakumari is known), where the Statue of Equality (Tamil savant Thiruvalluvar's statue) stands tall, to start #BharatJodoYatra, he said. In another tweet, Stalin said, "at a time when communal polarisation and vicious hate campaign

Arvind Kejriwal to inaugurate Delhi model schools scheme in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu government is all set to inaugurate on Monday the Schools of Excellence and Model Schools Scheme, which is broadly based on schools in Delhi with upgraded infrastructure. In an event to be held at the state-run Bharathi Women's College, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would launch the scheme here in the presence of his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin. As many as 26 Schools of Excellence and 15 Model Schools are covered under the scheme, apparently in the initial phase. 'Thagaisal Palligal' and 'Mathiri Palligal' are the official Tamil names for the SoE and Model Schools. Stalin would launch the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammayar memorial 'Puthumai Penn' (Modern Woman) Scheme, under which a monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 would be provided to girl students, who studied in government schools from classes 6-12, pursuing higher education. As regards Kejriwal and the AAP, TN's plan provides one more opportunity to project his and his party-led government's ...

70% election promises fulfilled, says TN CM; assures of fulfilling the rest

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday joined issue with the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, K Palaniswami over his criticism of 'non-implementation' of promises made by the DMK government during the 2021 assembly elections, saying 70 per cent of them have been fulfilled. Stalin also assured that the remaining promises will be implemented for the benefit of the people of the state. Speaking at the wedding ceremony of the grand daughter of former minister Pongalur N Palanisamy here, he said as promised, the government had reduced the prices of milk, petrol and issued orders for free travel for women in government buses. The government has recently received two reports - one on the circumstances leading to the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and another on Tuticorin firing incident, in which 13 people were killed, he said. Both the reports will be placed before the Assembly and proper discussion will be held before taking action, the CM said adding

AIADMK demands Stalin's resignation over Thoothukudi firing report leak

The report was submitted to the government in a sealed cover and it was the responsibility of the state government officers to keep it confidential until it was tabled in the house

Chess Olympiad: Stalin announces Rs 1 cr prize for Indian teams

Both the India-B and A-Women's teams, would be honoured with a cash prize of Rs 1 crore each for winning bronze medals in the FIDE 44th Chess Olympiad, CM M K Stalin announced here on Wednesday.

Rs 20,000-cr second airport coming up near Chennai, says TN CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday announced that a second airport for the city would come up at Parandur near here at an estimated Rs 20,000 crore

M K Stalin invites Telangana CM KCR for inaugural of Chess Olympiad

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has invited his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekhar Rao to attend 44th FIDE International Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai from July 28 to August 10

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin hospitalised after testing Covid positive

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, who tested positive for COVID recently, was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai for "investigation and observation for COVID19-related symptoms"

'I have tested positive for Covid-19,' says Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin

"Today, I experienced mild fatigue. When tested, the result was positive for COVID-19. I have hence isolated myself," he said on his twitter handle.

ACME, Tata Power among 60 firms to sign MoUs worth Rs 1.25 trn with TN govt

Chief Minister M K Stalin also lays foundation stone for 21 projects with an investment commitment of Rs 22,252 crore and employment potential for about 17,654 persons

Stalin launches Centre for advance mfg; urges faster industry 4.0 adoption

Two centres at Sipcot Industrial Parks inn Hosur and Sriperumbudur also launched; Maturity Index survey also set up to help companies achieve their Industry 4.0 goals

Stalin writes to Kerala CM to maintain water level at Siruvani dam

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for maintaining the full reservoir level at the Siruvani dam

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin condemns Rahul's questioning by ED, terms it vendetta

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin condemned the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s questioning of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and called it an outrageous act of political vendetta against the Congress

Stalin slams ED action against Gandhis, dubs it 'political vendetta'

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Tuesday lashed out at the Enforcement Directorate action against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Vice President Naidu unveils late Karunanidhi's 16-ft tall statue in TN

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu unveiled a statue of Dravidian stalwart and five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the late M Karunanidhi, in the presence of the latter's son and state CM M K Stalin

India sends over 2 bn humanitarian aid consignment to Sri Lanka amid crisis

As Sri Lanka grapples with a massive economic crisis, India handed over a large amount of humanitarian assistance consignment worth over Rs 2 billion to the island country which reached Colombo on Sunday.The High Commissioner of India in Colombo, Gopal Baglay handed over the consignment to the senior leadership of the Government of Sri Lanka, reported Colombo Page. The consignment comprises 9,000 metric tons of rice, and 50 metric tons of milk powder, coupled with over 25 metric tons of drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies.Talking to Twitter, the Indian High Commission to Colombo said, "A message of care! From the people of to the people of ...High Commissioner handed over rice, milk powder & medicines worth more than SLR 2 billion to Hon'ble FM Prof.G.L Peiris in #Colombo today. Hon'ble Minister @nimaldsilva, @VajiraAbey, @SagalaRatnayaka, @S_Thondaman."Earlier, the Indian High Commission also tweeted: "People of #India, standing by their bretheren in #SriLanka. Rice, milk ...

Stalin says steps already taken to increase forest cover to 33% in TN

The Tamil Nadu government has already taken steps to increase the forest cover to 33 per cent from the present 20.27 per cent, as announced in the state budget, Chief Minister M K Stalin said