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Staff strength in thermal power stations slashed

As part of its cost cutting measures, Tangedco has decided to reduce its manpower in its thermal power stations (TPS) at Mettur, Thoothukudi, Ennore and North Chennai to one worker per MW.

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‘Revoke elevated project stop-work notice’

The secretary of the Union ministry for road transport and highways, A.K. Upadhyay, has urged chief secretary Debendranath Sarangi to revoke the water resource department’s (WRD) direction to the Nati

Expressway hits speed-breaker

Work on the Rs 1,815 crore Port-Maduravoyal elevated expressway project has come to a standstill with the public works department (PWD) asking the National Highways Authority of India to suspend the w

Plea to desist from using force

Prominent citizens of Chennai on Tuesday have appealed to chief minister Jayalalithaa to desist from using force and strength to push the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant project down the throats of un

Govt rejects petition to amend RTI Act

The state government has rejected the demand of Right to Information Act activists to incorporate postal orders as one of the modes of payment of application fee and further fee under the RTI.

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Subways with escalators at three prime spots

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Chennaiites are all set to get three new pedestrian subways with escalators, a first-of-its-kind in the city.

The subways would come up at CMBT on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai and Little Mount (near AG ch

Winds bring temporary relief for TN

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation has cut unscheduled power cuts by two hours following a sudden rise in wind energy generation in the past couple of days. Corporation officials, howe

Chennai to face 2-hr power cut every day

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Why should Chennai be spared when the rest of Tamil Nadu is reeling from up to eight hours of power cut every day?

The question oft posed by residents staying outside the capital, opposition parties

DMK succession battle rears its head again

Sibling war soared yet again in DMK as supporters of party treasurer M.K. Stalin rushed to the podium at a general council meeting Friday to protest senior leader Veerapandi S. Arumugam’s suggestion t

TN to remain a power deficit state till 2015-2016

Even after massive capacity addition taken up by TNEB, TN will continue to be a power deficit state in terms of generation availability till 2015–16.

The board has submitted a comprehensive proposal

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