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Tamil Nadu coronavirus update: State reports 4,295 new cases, 57 deaths

Tamil Nadu reported 4,295 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the total reported count of cases to 6,83,486.The state Health and Family Welfare Department said 5,005 patients were discharged today. The state has 40,192 active cases.The department said that 57 more persons have succumbed to coronavirus in the state taking the death toll to 10,586.The total number of discharged and recovered cases stand at 6,32,708.

Tamil Nadu seeks Rs 250 cr from Centre to revive tourism industry

Tamil Nadu on Friday requested the Centre to allocate Rs 250 crore as special grant for revival of the tourism sector in the state which has felt the impact of COVID-19 pandemic

ED issues Rs 8.6 cr seizure order against DMK MP for FEMA breach

Gautham Sigamani is the second DMK MP after S Jagathrakshakan to have his assets seized for FEMA violations

Gadkari lauds TN's efforts to reduce road accidents, related fatalities

Lauding the Tamil Nadu govt's efforts at reducing road accidents and related fatalities, Nitin Gadkari asked other states to take it as an example and work on a mission mode

GreenBase, Tamil Nadu sign MoU to set up industrial, logistics park

The setting up of the park would see creation of multiple direct and indirect jobs besides boosting the socio-economic growth in the regiongreenbase

Tamil Nadu, 20 more states to borrow Rs 78,452 cr to meet revenue shortfall

The decision comes days after the GST Council failed to reach a consensus on the stalemate over the Centre's proposal of states borrowing against future GST collections to make up for the shortfall.

Tamil Nadu gets permission to borrow additional amount of Rs 9,627 crore

The Department of Expenditure under Ministry of Finance on Wednesday granted permission to Tamil Nadu to raise an additional amount of Rs 9,627 crore through open market borrowings.The permission was issued after the state formally communicated its acceptance for option one to meet the shortfall arising out of GST implementation. A total of 21 states and two union territories -- Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir -- have so far requested for option one.A day earlier, the Department of Expenditure issued permission to 20 states to raise an additional amount of Rs 68,825 crore through open market borrowings. With today's permission, 21 states have been granted permission to mobilise Rs 78,542 crore so far.The borrowing permission issued to the 21 states is over and above the borrowing permission of around Rs 1.10 lakh crore to be issued to enable them to meet the revenue shortfall arising out of GST implementation. A special window is being created by the Ministry of Finance to facilitate this

Khushbu Sundar set to join BJP today, dropped as Cong spokesperson

Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar was dropped from the position of Congress national spokesperson by the party on Monday and is scheduled join to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi

Tamil Nadu signs 14 MoUs for industrial investment of Rs 10,055 crore

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed 14 MoUs for industrial investment worth Rs 10,055 crore with an employment potential of 7,000 persons

Tamil Nadu signs 14 MoUs worth Rs 10,000 cr, to create 7,000 new jobs

Among the companies that have committed investments are JSW Renew, Britannia, Apollo Tyres, Li-Energy for EV battery packs, Britannia and Hyundai Wia

Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu top Projecx new investment table in Q2FY21

Chattisgarh topped the table by attracting fresh investment of Rs 35,771.3 cr in the form of 114 projects while Tamil Nadu was ranked second with 132 new projects worth Rs 23,331.85 cr

Taiwan eyes doubling investments in Tamil Nadu, says official

Taiwan is eyeing to double the investments made by its companies in Tamil Nadu and is looking at generating one million new jobs in the Indian state

TN CM requests Yediyurappa to fill vacancies of Tamil teachers in Karnataka

Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami requested his Karnataka counterpart B S Yediyurappa to take steps to fill vacancies of Tamil teachers in government and state-aided schools, citing an association's plea

Tamil Nadu to set up advanced manufacturing hub in partnership with WEF

It will boost end-to-end manufacturing of higher-tech products, higher-value sectors in the state, say officials

Major Port cargo volumes inch towards pre-Covid level amid ongoing pandemic

Private ports too strengthening contribution to cargo volume increase

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2021: Palaniswami to be AIADMK's CM candidate

AIADMK has also appointed an 11-member steering committee, with six members from the E Palaniswami camp and five from the O Panneerselvam camp

Highway works worth Rs 11k cr underway for TN-Pondy connectivity: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said highway works worth Rs 11,000 crore were underway for Tamil Nadu-Puducherry connectivity. Dedicating to the nation Rs 35 crore road-over-bridge on NH 45-A at Puducherry, the minister said this will ease traffic congestion. Inaugurating the one-kilometre long Road-Over-Bridge across Railway Level Crossing on NH 45-A at Arumparthapuram, Puducherry, built at a cost of Rs 35 crore, the minister said the project is envisaged to bring relief to public from traffic jam resulting in saving of time and fuel, safe commutation, reduction in pollution, closure of level crossing, and unhindered passage of railway traffic. The Road Transport and Highways Minister said the work under progress is in an aggregate length of 287 km for an amount of about Rs 11,000 crore for Tamil Nadu - Puducherry Connectivity. The four-laning of NH-45 shall provide unhindered connectivity of Puducherry with Karaikal port as well as the road which is leading up to ...

DMK tells TN govt to approach SC against farm laws, convene Assembly

DMK chief M K Stalin on Tuesday urged CM K Palaniswami to convene the Assembly and pass resolutions against the Centre's farm laws and file a petition in SC challenging the legislations

Release Rs 4,321 crore towards IGST share, Tamil Nadu tells Centre

Tamil Nadu Minister D Jayakumar urged the Centre to release Rs 4,321 crore towards the state's share of Integrated Goods and Services Tax

Tamil Nadu may go with Option-1 for GST compensation, but seeks tweaks

State reiterates that Centre is bound to compensate the shortfall in GST collections and should find necessary funds for the purpose if there was a shortfall in cess collections