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Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu top Projecx new investment table in Q2FY21

Chattisgarh topped the table by attracting fresh investment of Rs 35,771.3 cr in the form of 114 projects while Tamil Nadu was ranked second with 132 new projects worth Rs 23,331.85 cr

Taiwan eyes doubling investments in Tamil Nadu, says official

Taiwan is eyeing to double the investments made by its companies in Tamil Nadu and is looking at generating one million new jobs in the Indian state

TN CM requests Yediyurappa to fill vacancies of Tamil teachers in Karnataka

Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami requested his Karnataka counterpart B S Yediyurappa to take steps to fill vacancies of Tamil teachers in government and state-aided schools, citing an association's plea

Tamil Nadu to set up advanced manufacturing hub in partnership with WEF

It will boost end-to-end manufacturing of higher-tech products, higher-value sectors in the state, say officials

Major Port cargo volumes inch towards pre-Covid level amid ongoing pandemic

Private ports too strengthening contribution to cargo volume increase

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2021: Palaniswami to be AIADMK's CM candidate

AIADMK has also appointed an 11-member steering committee, with six members from the E Palaniswami camp and five from the O Panneerselvam camp

Highway works worth Rs 11k cr underway for TN-Pondy connectivity: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said highway works worth Rs 11,000 crore were underway for Tamil Nadu-Puducherry connectivity. Dedicating to the nation Rs 35 crore road-over-bridge on NH 45-A at Puducherry, the minister said this will ease traffic congestion. Inaugurating the one-kilometre long Road-Over-Bridge across Railway Level Crossing on NH 45-A at Arumparthapuram, Puducherry, built at a cost of Rs 35 crore, the minister said the project is envisaged to bring relief to public from traffic jam resulting in saving of time and fuel, safe commutation, reduction in pollution, closure of level crossing, and unhindered passage of railway traffic. The Road Transport and Highways Minister said the work under progress is in an aggregate length of 287 km for an amount of about Rs 11,000 crore for Tamil Nadu - Puducherry Connectivity. The four-laning of NH-45 shall provide unhindered connectivity of Puducherry with Karaikal port as well as the road which is leading up to ...

DMK tells TN govt to approach SC against farm laws, convene Assembly

DMK chief M K Stalin on Tuesday urged CM K Palaniswami to convene the Assembly and pass resolutions against the Centre's farm laws and file a petition in SC challenging the legislations

Release Rs 4,321 crore towards IGST share, Tamil Nadu tells Centre

Tamil Nadu Minister D Jayakumar urged the Centre to release Rs 4,321 crore towards the state's share of Integrated Goods and Services Tax

Tamil Nadu may go with Option-1 for GST compensation, but seeks tweaks

State reiterates that Centre is bound to compensate the shortfall in GST collections and should find necessary funds for the purpose if there was a shortfall in cess collections

Tamil Nadu extends Covid lockdown till Oct 31 with some relaxation

Number of flights landing at Chennai doubled to 100, hotels, tea shops allowed to run for 15 hours a day

Intensify measures to further cut Covid mortality rate: TN CM to collectors

District collectors should step up efforts to further decrease the Covid-19 mortality rate in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Tuesday

Palaniswami to be AIADMK CM candidate for Tamil Nadu Elections 2021: Report

Edappadi K Palaniswami will likely be the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (AIADMK's) candidate for the top post in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for 2021, sources said

National Investigation Agency offices to come up in Jharkhand, Manipur, TN

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sanctioned three additional branches for the anti-terror probe agency in Manipur, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu govt must approach court against Farm Laws: MK Stalin

DMK president MK Stalin on Monday took part in a protest against Farm laws in Keezhambi village of Kanchipuram and requested the state government to approach the court against Acts

Govt's 'eSanjeevani' records 400,000 doctor-to-patient tele-consultations

The top performing states, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, have logged in 1,33,167 and 1,00,124 sessions, respectively

His melodious voice enthralled audience for decades: PM on SPB's death

Balasubrahmanyam, who held sway over millions of fans with his golden voice for over five decades, died at a Chennai hospital here where he was being treated for Covid-19 since last month

Singing legend S P Balasubrahmanyam dies at 74 after battling Covid-19

The singer won six National Awards and practically monopolised playback singing for more than 30 years in South India

670 electric buses, 241 charging stations sanctioned under FAME scheme

Government has sanctioned 670 electric buses for Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Chandigarh, and 241 charging stations in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat and Port Blair

CBI raids 3 locations in Tamil Nady's Vellore in 2019 cash for votes case

The CBI carried out searches at three locations in Tamil Nadu's Vellore in connection with the cash for votes case during the 2019 elections that had led to cancellation of polls in this constituency