Annadhanam scheme in 50 more temples
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered annadhanam (free meal) to be provided throughout the day from 8 am to 10 pm at the renowned Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple, Srirangam, and Arulmigu Dhandayudhap
Integrated traffic system for city
As part of measures to totally automate the enforcement of traffic process, facilitating easy monitoring and better regulation, the state government has proposed to establish an integrated traffic ma
Deadline set for water projects
Augmentation of the city’s water supply sources got a fillip on Monday with the state government setting a deadline for some of the related projects under implementation.
Presenting the financial rep
AIADMK MLas thump desks for two hours
The ruling party was in a celebratory mood thumping the desk almost for two hours for every sentence uttered by finance minister O. Panneerselvam praising ‘Manbumigu Amma…’
The announcements apart, t
Rs 3,624 cr allocated for water resources in TN
In what could be a major boost to water storage and distribution, the state government on Monday came out with the highest ever fund allocation of Rs 3,624.73 crore for water resource management to im
Vandalur-puzhal monorail on track
The state government on Monday said Asia’s longest monorail corridor running from Vandalur to Puzhal would be taken up in the second phase while work on the first phase comprising three corridors stre
Ticket-issuing machines, 3,000 new buses for state
The state government has decided to buy 3,000 new buses during the financial year 2012-13. With this, the fleet strength of the state-owned transport corporations would cross the 25,000 mark.
Furthe
Skill development gets budget push
Students and academicians have appreciated the state government’s commitment to enhancing the skills of youth, as enunciated in the Budget presented on Monday.
The budget said an analysis of the skil
Babus ruined education, says IIT-M former head
Higher education in India remained underdeveloped because the government had been leaving various regulatory bodies in the hands of ‘floating’ bureaucrats rather than having committed educationists to
BSNL cable theft goes unchecked
A huge racket involving BSNL staff has been draining the public sector unit of a vital resource for the past four years.
An investigation by DC has revealed that underground high-value optical fibre