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TN fuel outlets won't buy from OMCs on May 31 in protest against centre

Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association in a statement said that the reduction in the fuel prices by the Central government led to dealers losing Rs 3 lakh to Rs 15 lakh

TN spinning mill workers in distress amid strikes due to cotton price hike

The power looms and spinning mills are on indefinite strike due to the rising cotton prices even after waiving of import duty for cotton by 11 per cent

PM Modi picks Tamil pitch, CM Stalin targets Centre over 'true federalism'

TN CM said the Centre should increase funds and projects for the state and sought exemption to Tamil Nadu from NEET

PM Modi lays foundation for 11 infra projects worth Rs 31,500 cr in Chennai

He said that the focus on road construction in the state was clearly visible and that it was being done keeping in mind the economic development in the region.

Chennai: PM unveils slew of projects, TN CM harps on Dravidian model

The programme also witnessed inauguration of 1,152 houses constructed as part of the Light House Project-Chennai, built at a cost of Rs 116 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban

Daimler India aims carbon-free operations at TN manufacturing plant by 2025

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) on Thursday said it is aiming for 100 per cent carbon-free operations at its manufacturing plant at Oragadam in Tamil Nadu by 2025. The company, which manufactures Bharat Benz trucks and buses, also said it has set a target of 100 per cent paper-free organisation by the end of 2023. DICV Managing Director & CEO Satyakam Arya said the company has achieved sustainable growth in its domestic as well as export businesses. "A few key objectives for the next decade are to achieve 100 per cent carbon neutrality in our operations by 2025, become a 100 per cent paper-free organisation by the end of 2023, increase energy self-reliance and have a sharper focus on workplace diversity and culture," he said in a statement. As part of its sustainable business plans, the company said it currently uses 85 per cent of its energy from renewable sources. It has already harnessed solar energy for its manufacturing facility in Oragadam and laid the ...

PM to lay foundation stones for redevelopment of 5 railway stations in TN

The project has been undertaken with a view to enhancing the convenience and comfort of the passengers through modern amenities

PM Modi to launch schemes in Tamil Nadu, inaugurate 11 new projects

PM Modi would dedicate to the nation completed projects and lay the foundation stone for 11 projects, including a highway project between Bengaluru and Chennai, totally worth over Rs 31,000 cr

WEF 2022: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu making their presence felt in Davos

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai launched a global investors meet at the state pavilion on the main promenade at the World Economic Forum

PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation stone for Rs 31,400 cr projects in TN

The Prime Minister will also dedicate five projects worth over Rs 2,900 crore to the nation

BA.4 variant patient fully recovered, no spread in Tamil Nadu: Health Secy

Tamil Nadu's first case of covid-19 Omicron BA. 4 sub lineage variant is a teenager and a part of a four-member family with no travel history and had taken two jabs of the vaccine against the virus.

India sends over 2 bn humanitarian aid consignment to Sri Lanka amid crisis

As Sri Lanka grapples with a massive economic crisis, India handed over a large amount of humanitarian assistance consignment worth over Rs 2 billion to the island country which reached Colombo on Sunday.The High Commissioner of India in Colombo, Gopal Baglay handed over the consignment to the senior leadership of the Government of Sri Lanka, reported Colombo Page. The consignment comprises 9,000 metric tons of rice, and 50 metric tons of milk powder, coupled with over 25 metric tons of drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies.Talking to Twitter, the Indian High Commission to Colombo said, "A message of care! From the people of to the people of ...High Commissioner handed over rice, milk powder & medicines worth more than SLR 2 billion to Hon'ble FM Prof.G.L Peiris in #Colombo today. Hon'ble Minister @nimaldsilva, @VajiraAbey, @SagalaRatnayaka, @S_Thondaman."Earlier, the Indian High Commission also tweeted: "People of #India, standing by their bretheren in #SriLanka. Rice, milk ...

Centre tax cut on fuel only 'partial', don't expect same from states: TN FM

The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday described the Centre reducing taxes on petroleum products as 'partial' and said "it is neither fair nor reasonable to expect States to reduce their taxes."

Keep up poll promise, cut rates of petroleum products, OPS tells DMK

OPS, urged the MK Stalin-led DMK government to now implement its promise regarding slashing fuel rates, made ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls and further benefit the citizens

Centre's tax cut on fuel only partial, don't expect same from states: TN FM

Despite the tax reduction announced on Saturday, the rates were still high compared to 2014: Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

Perarivalan's release stokes embers of Tamil sub-nationalism in TN

Apart from the two big Dravidian parties, smaller political parties that were constituted on the basis of Tamil nationalism also welcomed the release of Perarivalan

Stalin says steps already taken to increase forest cover to 33% in TN

The Tamil Nadu government has already taken steps to increase the forest cover to 33 per cent from the present 20.27 per cent, as announced in the state budget, Chief Minister M K Stalin said

BA.4 Omicron variant likely in Chennai teen: Tamil Nadu Health Minister

The 19-year-old female patient who lives in a gated community in Navalur, Chennai, and who tested positive on May 9, has recovered from the disease, the minister said

38% say living standards bad in 5 states/UTs that saw polls in 2021: Survey

A year after their Assembly elections as many of 38.29 per cent of surveyed people in these four states and a Union Territory think that their living standards have deteriorated.

CBI charges 30 anti-Vedanta protesters over 2018 protests in Thoothukudi

The incident was condemned by a working group of UN human rights experts for the "excessive and disproportionate use of lethal force by police"