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BJP creates ruckus in Bihar assembly over attack on migrants' in Tamil Nadu

The opposition BJP on Friday created a ruckus in the Bihar assembly before staging a walkout, demanding that a team of members of the House be sent to Tamil Nadu to verify reports of attacks on Bihari migrants workers in Tamil Nadu. Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary took a grim note of the unruly behaviour of some of the BJP MLAs who had entered the well and placed chairs on the table of the reporting staff. He asked Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary to advise the Chair on suitable action against the errant members to which the latter assented while lambasting the BJP for trying to derive political mileage. "They have an issue with our Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav having visited Tamil Nadu on a personal invitation from the chief minister of that state. Even if reports of violence against migrants were true, would it have entailed officials and dignitaries from both states snapping all ties, the minister said. Earlier, Yadav, who was present in the House, ...

Nitish expresses concern over attacks on Bihar labourers in Tamil Nadu

Bihar Chief Minsiter Nitish Kumar on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged attacks on labourers hailing from the state in far-off Tamil Nadu. Taking to Twitter, Kumar said he has instructed officials here to get in touch with their counterparts in Tamil Nadu and ensure security of labourers from Bihar, who are eking out a living in the southern state. "I have learnt from newspapers that labourers from Bihar who are employed in Tamil Nadu are being attacked. I have asked the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Bihar to speak to officials in Tamil Nadu and ensure safety and security of Bihari workers there," Kumar tweeted. Reports of physical assaults on labourers from Bihar and other Hindi-speaking regions, many of whom have uploaded videos of their travails on social media, had surfaced in the recent past.

Tamil Nadu: Voting for Erode Assembly seat bypolls underway smoothly

The election began at 7 am. The officials are also monitoring the situation across all polling booths

Rs 1,000 monthly assistance for women to be implemented, says TN CM

An announcement on the ruling DMK's much touted monthly assistance scheme for each woman head of the family in Tamil Nadu will be made in the forthcoming state budget, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday here. Hitting the campaign trail for the February 27 Erode (East) bypoll on the last day of canvassing votes, Stalin, also the president of DMK, said his party never failed to execute its promises or announcements. The DMK's poll promise of providing Rs 1,000 per month to every woman head of the family will certainly be implemented, he asserted in the wake of severe criticism from Opposition parties who have been questioning the government over the alleged delay in rolling out the initiative. "The date of implementation (of this scheme) will be announced in the budget in March," Stalin said while canvassing votes for E V K S Elangovan, the Congress candidate fielded on behalf of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance. The CM said 85 per cent of the DMK's election promises

Pact with workforce for sustainable future of TN plant: Renault-Nissan MD

Franco-Japanese automotive alliance Renault-Nissan has concluded long-term agreement with employees considered as a landmark towards building of a sustainable and successful future for the Tamil Nadu plant, a top official has said. Renault-Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd recently announced investments of USD 600 million about Rs 5,300 crore which would see roll out of six new models including two electric vehicles at its plant in Oragadam near Chennai to serve domestic and overseas markets. "RNAIPL today announced the conclusion of a long term settlement agreement with its workers representative union -- Renault Nissan India Thozhilalar Sangam (employees union)", the company said in a statement. The management and the union have jointly submitted the settlement before Madras High Court retired judge P Jyothimani in arbitration proceedings, following which an award has been passed in terms of settlement, it said. Commenting on reaching the agreement, RNAIPL managing director Keerth

CM Stalin writes to EAM, seeks intervention over attacks on TN fishermen

The Tamil Nadu CM highlighted the incident where six Tamil Nadu fishermen were allegedly attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy

AIIMS to be built soon in Madurai: Telangana Guv Tamilisai Soundararajan

The Telangana Governor said that PM Modi is also working to bring a medical college in every district of Tamil Nadu

Palaniswami to get ultimate elevation; OPS will rise again, say supporters

K Palaniswami on Thursday cleared what seems to be the final legal hurdle towards his elevation to the powerful General Secretary post of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, winning another bout of fight with his now beleaugered rival O Panneerselvam after the Supreme Court greenflagged his continuation as the interim chief of the opposition party. It is now a only matter of time before the 68 year-old leader is formally elected general secretay, a post last occupied by the late J Jayalalithaa and the formalities for this would be soon discussed and decided upon by the senior AIADMK functionaries. Palaniswami said "dharma, justice and truth" have won following the SC ruling today. On the other side, the apex court verdict cast a shadow on the political future of Panneerselvam, but his supporters are confident he will raise like a 'phoenix,' the mythical bird that rose from the ashes, although almost the entire AIADMK rank and file now seems to rally behind EPS, as Palaniswami is known. The a

Tamil Nadu to revisit policy on cyber security: IT Minister Mano Thangaraj

The Tamil Nadu Information Technology Department was working in upgrading its policy on cyber security and was holding discussions with various stake-holders in this connection, Minister T Mano Thangaraj said here on Tuesday. The Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services appealed to the industry experts to ensure adoption of technology by various government departments. "We are revisiting the cyber security policy. We have convened a meeting asking all the people from the information technology sector to give us any recommendation and suggestions whatever they need...," he said. Thangaraj was addressing the members of various industry associations on 'UMAGINE CHENNAI' here organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil Nadu. He said there was huge potential on the use of technology among government departments. Referring to his recent visit to Finland, Thangaraj said he was not able to see a single policeman to regulate traffic as everything was automated.

Srilankans attacked Indian fishermen, took their catch & equipment: TN CM

Srilankans assaulted Indian fishermen, took away their catch and equipment, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin apprised the Centre on Monday and urged that the matter be taken up with Sri Lanka to ensure action against assailants and prevent recurrence of such attacks. Writing to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Stalin said while fishermen from Nagappattinam in Tamil Nadu were fishing east of Thopputhurai area on February 15, about "10 Sri Lankan nationals in three fishing boats surrounded the Indian fishing boat and beaten our innocent fishermen with iron rod, sticks and knives." The Nagappatinam based country craft sailed with a crew of six. In this attack, one fishermen sustained injuries in head and left hand and other five fishermen sustained internal injuries. The Sri Lankan nationals took away materials worth about Rs 2 lakh including walkie-talkie, GPS equipment, battery and about 200 kg fish. The injured were admitted in Nagapattinam government hospital for ...

Prez Murmu joins Mahashivaratri celebrations at Isha Yoga Center Coimbatore

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday, joined the Isha Mahashivratri Festival as the Guest of Honour at Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore.

TN BJP to stage statewide protest today against army soldier's killing

Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party will stage a protest today against the killing of an Indian Army soldier allegedly by a DMK councillor Chinnasamy in the Krishnagiri district, party state president K Annamalai said on Wednesday.Annamalai said that the Tamil Nadu BJP Ex-Servicemen wing will protest at their respective district collectorate wearing their Badge against the "disrespect" of the Army.The deceased soldier was identified as Prabhu who served in Jammu and Kashmir. Based on Prabhakaran (Prabhu's brother's) complaint, Krishnagiri Police arrested the main accused Chinnasamy and nine others including Chinnasamy's son Rajapandi."As a mark of respect to the Army man Thiru Prabhu who was beaten to death by a DMK councillor, members of @BJP4TamilNadu Ex-Servicemen wing wearing their Badge & Cap will protest against the DMK govt for this cruel disrespect to our Indian Army," Annamalai tweeted."The protest tomorrow will be carried out by the members of @BJP4TamilNadu ...

Tamil Nadu's new EV policy offers incentives for manufacturers, users

State offers subsidies and tax breaks, will declare six cities as EV cities

Tamil Nadu's new EV policy offers various incentives for the sector

Reimbursement of state goods and services tax (SGST), investment and turnover based subsidy, advanced chemistry cell subsidy, electrification of public and commercial transport.

India to become third-largest economy before 2030: Tamil Nadu Governor

Highlighting the country's growth trajectory, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi said India has become the world's fifth largest economy because of the people and not the government

City Union Bank posts Q3 net of Rs 217 cr, income grows to Rs 1,429 cr

Private sector City Union Bank has registered net profit at Rs 217.83 crore for the October-December 2022 quarter, the Tamil Nadu-based bank said on Saturday. Net profits for the quarter ending December 31, 2022 was at Rs 196.11 crore in the corresponding period of last year. For the nine month period ending December 31, 2022, the net profit of the bank surged to Rs 719.43 crore from Rs 551.20 crore registered in same period of previous year. The total income during the quarter under review grew to Rs 1,429.97 crore from Rs 1,195.24 crore registered in same period of previous year. The total income for the nine month period ending December 31, 2022 went up to Rs 4,101.60 crore from Rs 3,610.98 crore registered year ago, the bank said.

Karunanidhi planted seeds of corruption in Tamil Nadu: Ex CM Palaniswami

Palaniswami also accused the DMK government of failing to fulfil any of the 2021 assembly election promises

Madras High Court bans unauthorised, illegal fake websites of major temples

The direction came on a petition seeking to block websites operating in the names of major temples in Tamil Nadu and action against the operators of those websites

Vedanta shelves plan to sell its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu

Restarting the smelter will lead to a surge in India's copper output and cut imports

6,000 teachers in TN aided colleges may not receive salary on time

Teachers of aided colleges in Tamil Nadu are in a fix as around 6,000 of them will not get salaries on time