Tamil Nadu team to plug Mullaperiyar holes
A team of TN public works department (PWD) engineers will visit Mullaperiyar Thursday to fill holes dug by experts to study structural safety of the dam.
Principal secretary (PWD) M. Saikumar said th
Vegetable prices soar
The prices of vegetables, which have shot up with the rise in the mercury levels, are expected to maintain the current high levels till July.
Prices of carrot, beetroot and cabbage have moved up, wh
Vehicles in state hit 1.5 cr mark
Every fifth person in Tamil Nadu owns a vehicle. The vehicle population in the state has now crossed the 15-million mark (1.5 crore), with 17 lakh vehicles — 14 lakh of them were two-wheelers — hittin
More funds for sanitation scheme
In a bid to make Tamil Nadu open-defecation free state and to create hygienic villages, chief minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday hiked the state government’s contribution from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500 for