Jayalalithaa announces AIADMK candidates for Lok Sabha elections
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced the names of party candidates for the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone...
View ArticleMadurai is the “capital” of usury: Judge
Referring to Madurai as the “capital” of usury during the hearing of a case related to it in the Madras High Court Bench here on Monday, Justice N. Kirubakaran wondered how come only a small number of...
View ArticleTamil Nadu govt to set up 19 working women’s hostels
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has allocated Rs 23.75 crore to set up 19 working women's hostels across the state. These hostels with a total capacity of accommodating...
View ArticleKarikal Chola memorial opened
The memorial for Karikal Chola, regarded as architect of the Grand Anicut, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through video conferencing at the Secretariat on Wednesday. Located on the...
View ArticleFarmers join hands, float a firm for sharing knowledge
A group of 100 farmers across the State have come together to float a company here to share new techniques and export their produce. Christened WEFSA Farmers Producer Company Limited, the firm would be...
View ArticleBJP clinches deal in Tamil Nadu
After a week of hectic parleys during which strong posturing by allies threatened to derail the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu, the Bharatiya Janata Party finally clinched an electoral deal...
View Article11 districts receive excess rainfall
Two-and-a-half months after the advent of southwest monsoon, an interesting scenario has emerged in the State. While 11 out of 32 districts have recorded excess rainfall, an equal number of districts...
View ArticleList of DMK candidates for Lok Sabha polls
1 Chennai North — R Girirajan 2 Chennai South — TKS Elangovan 3 Central Chennai — Dayanidhi Maran 4 Sriperumbudur — S Jegathrakshakan 5 Kanchipuram (SC) — G Selvam 6 Arakkonam — NR Elango 7...
View ArticleBJP announces six-party alliance in TN
The BJP has announced a six-party alliance fpr the NDA, and seat-sharing in Tamil Nadu with the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Katchi (DMDK), Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Katchi(MDMK),...
View ArticleDMK releases candidates' list: Tainted former ministers Raja, Maran to...
CHENNAI: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Monday released the candidates list for the Lok Sabha elections. The party re-nominated eight of its sitting MPs, including former Union ministers T R Baalu,...
View ArticleSangameshwaran sparkles
Leg spinner Sangameshwaran (five for 19) came up with an inspired spell as host Coimbatore scored a comfortable 86-run win over Krishnagiri in the TNCA under-14 inter-district cricket tournament at the...
View ArticleMushraf, Dravid, Amarnath scalp six
I. Mushraf Shariff returned figures of six for eight as Salem defeated Pudukottai by 56 runs in the TNCA under-14 inter-district cricket tournament for the P.R. Thevar trophy here on Friday. At...
View ArticleDMK Lok Sabha list has 27 new faces
The DMK, which will take on the ruling AIADMK in 34 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry seat, has 27 new faces in the list of candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The list was...
View ArticleDBT for LPG users launched in central Tamil Nadu
Direct transfer of benefit (DBT) scheme for LPG consumers has been launched in Tiruchi, Pudukottai, and Nagapattinam districts in the Central region of Tamil Nadu from November 1. Although the Centre...
View ArticleFair price shops to work on first two Sundays
Fair price shops in the State will henceforth function on the first two Sundays of the month. Announcing this in the Assembly on Monday, the Food Minister, R. Kamaraj, said that the decision to keep...
View ArticleUnder-14 cricket: Unbeaten 235 by Pradosh; Sanjay scalps seven
Skipper Pradosh Ranjan Paul smashed an unbeaten 235 (169b, 30x4) as Tirupur registered a 212-run win over Pudukottai and advanced to the next stage of the TNCA under-14 inter-district cricket...
View Article3,000 new buses to hit roadsin State at a cost of Rs.548 crore
Three thousand new buses will be introduced this year at a cost of Rs.548 crore for the State, and the city will get 250 buses, including 100 mini-buses, Transport Minister V. Senthil Balaji informed...
View ArticleBarring seven districts, surplus rainfall recorded so far in State
The northeast monsoon, which set in over the State a few days ago, has so far yielded 19 cm rainfall, a little more than 50 per cent higher than the normal. During the entire span of the monsoon, the...
View ArticleJagadeesan, Gowtham sizzle for Coimbatore
Host Coimbatore began its campaign with a convincing 161-run win over Ramanathapuram in a Zone ‘D’ clash of the TNCA under-25 inter-district cricket tournament at the PSG Medical College ‘A’ grounds...
View ArticleTrough of Low Pressure persists, TN to get more rains
Chennai, Oct 19 : The met office has forecast more rains at most places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next 24 hours as the Trough of Low Pressure over the South West Bay persists. Met office...
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