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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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