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An outsider inside: Is this beginning of the end or a new start for 'PTR'?

When CM M K Stalin reshuffled the Cabinet last week, moving Palanivel Thiaga Rajan to the relatively less-important portfolio of information technology (IT), many eyebrows went up

Tamil Nadu govt launches drive for solid waste management awareness

The Tamil Nadu government will be campaigning in all the other major cities of the state for litter-free cities

Tamil Nadu Governor issues clarification on fake NSA action information

Tamil Nadu Governor's office putting up a clarification on Friday, said that no National Security Act action has been approved by the Governor R N Ravi against Bihar's YouTuber Manish Kashyap

Hyundai Motor to invest Rs 20,000 cr for EV manufacturing in Tamil Nadu

Hyundai Motor India on Thursday said it will invest Rs 20,000 crore in a phased manner in Tamil Nadu over the next ten years to make further inroads into electric vehicles and modernisation of vehicle platforms. The automaker will invest in phases starting in 2023 till 2032. "Hyundai has been one of the largest manufacturers and consistent investors in Tamil Nadu. This strategic partnership is a testimony to Hyundai's commitment to boost the socio-economic development in the state and make the country self-reliant," Hyundai Motor India MD and CEO Unsoo Kim said in a statement. As part of our long-term vision, the company has finalised plans to develop and establish Tamil Nadu as a base for Hyundai's EV manufacturing in India, he added. "This will help us to strengthen our portfolio and provide best-in-class features and technologies in our vehicles which will exceed our customer aspirations," Kim stated. The company said it will set up a battery pack assembly unit with an annual .

Hyundai signs deal with Tamil Nadu for Rs 20,000 cr investment in EV space

Car manufacturer will set up battery pack assembly unit with an annual capacity of 178,000 units

Thennarasu replaces Palanivel Thiaga Rajan as Tamil Nadu Finance minister

The high profile Tamil Nadu Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan was on Thursday shifted out of the key portfolio of Finance and Human Resources Management and given the Information technology department. The move comes days after the BJP released two audio clips, claiming the voice in it was that of Thiaga Rajan, purported to be making some remarks about the assets of DMK's first family. Rajan had described the clips as "malicious and fabricated," and insisted they were digitally altered tapes. PTR, as Thiaga Rajan is addressed, thanked Chief Minister M K Stalin for allocating him the IT department. Thangam Thennarasu, the soft-spoken DMK strongman from southern Tamil Nadu, is the new Finance Minister. Industries portfolio held by him was allocated to TRB Rajaa, the three time legislator from Mannargudi constituency who was newly inducted into the Council of Ministers. Rajaa, the IT wing secretary of the DMK is the son of party treasurer and former Union Minister T R Baalu. He was ...

Hyundai to invest $2.45 bn in Tamil Nadu for EV production over next 10 yrs

Hyundai, through its Indian subsidiary Hyundai Motor India, will also set up a battery pack assembly unit with an annual capacity of 178,000 units and install 100 EV charging stations across the state

Cisco to start manufacturing in India, eyes $1 billion production capacity

Cisco currently has some 15,000 employees in India with a presence in Bengaluru and two other locations. India serves as the second largest R&D center for Cisco next to the USA

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins announces manufacturing plans for Tamil Nadu

US network gear maker Cisco on Wednesday announced manufacturing plans for Tamil Nadu, India, as its chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins asserted that the company is bullish about India market and its prospects. The company, in a statement, said it is targeting over USD 1 billion in combined exports and domestic production. Robbins, who is in India this week and currently on the Delhi leg of the multi-city visit, said that the energy in India is "incredible". "India has made tons on progress on digitisation. The ambition of India is very clear and momentum I felt here is incredible," he told PTI in an interview. As the company announced its manufacturing plans for India, Robbins said Cisco will have the first products off the line in 12 months, and will expand to a wider array of Made-in-India products over a period of time. Cisco's manufacturing in India will be through its contract manufacturers and partners. The company did not comment on the quantum of investments it will infuse.

Bengal ban on 'The Kerala Story': SC agrees to hear plea on May 12

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12 a plea by the producers of controversial multilingual film 'The Kerala Story' against the ban on screening of the film by the West Bengal government. Senior advocate Harish Salve mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha. Salve said the petition challenges the ban by the West Bengal government and the "de-facto" ban in Tamil Nadu. The bench said it had on Tuesday posted for May 15 a separate plea against the Kerala High Court order refusing to stay the release of the movie and the fresh plea would also be heard on that day. However, the bench agreed to list the plea for hearing on May 12 after Salve said, "We are losing money everyday." 'The Kerala Story' starring Adah Sharma was released in cinemas on May 5.

Hyundai to announce over Rs 15,000 cr investment programme in Tamil Nadu

The proposed investments of Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore would be spread over the next seven to 10 years, sources said

TN Cabinet reshuffle: TRB Rajaa inducted in Stalin-led council of ministers

Tamil Nadu Dairy Development Minister S M Nasar has been dropped from the MK Stalin-led cabinet and TRB Rajaa has been included in the council of ministers. Governor R N Ravi has accepted CM Stalin's recommendations, a Raj Bhavan statement said on Tuesday. This is the second reshuffle of the Stalin-led cabinet that assumed office in 2021. The CM has recommended to the Governor to "induct Dr TRB Rajaa, (MLA) Mannargudi constituency, in the Council of Ministers," the statement said. Ravi has "approved the recommendation. Raja is DMK IT Wing chief. Further, the Governor has also approved the CM's recommendation "to drop SM Nasar, Minister for Milk and Dairy Development from the Council of Ministers," it added. Nasar was in the news a few months ago for allegedly hurling a stone at a party worker over some issue, a video of which had gone viral, drawing flak from various quarters. Rajaa is the son of senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP TR Baalu. The MLA will be sworn-in as minister

Mitsubishi Electric, Tamil Nadu tie up for Rs 1,895 cr manufacturing unit

Deal will set up Mitsubishi Electric's first AC and compressor facility in India

Japan's Mitsubishi Electric to build plant in Tamil Nadu for $231 million

The Indian arm of Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp said on Tuesday that it will invest 18.91 billion rupees ($231.2 million) to set up a manufacturing facility in the southern state of Tamil Nadu

Sterlite copper unit: SC directs Tamil Nadu to take decisions by June 1

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu government to take appropriate decisions by June 1 in pursuance of the apex court's April 10 direction by which it had allowed the Vedanta group to carry out upkeep of its Sterlite copper unit in Tuticorin under the supervision of a local level monitoring committee. In its April 10 order, the top court had also allowed evacuation of the remaining gypsum at the plant and making available the required manpower as requested by the company. It had noted the District Collector had not recommended activities like undertaking civil and structural safety integrity assessment study in the plant premises, removal and transportation of spares and equipment and evacuation of in-process reverts and other raw material lying idle. "As regards the actions which were not recommended by the District Collector, C S Vaidyanathan, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the State of Tamil Nadu states that the state government will once again evaluate ..

Cyclonic circulation over north Tamil Nadu now shifts to coastal part: IMD

Cyclonic circulation that was hovering over north Tamil Nadu on Wednesday now lies over coastal Tamil Nadu, said India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai

Dravidian model is the governance formula for all States: CM Stalin

With Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi flaying the ruling DMK's oft-repeated "Dravidian model of governance," Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said it has emerged as the governance formula for all States in the country, as his party's allies lashed out at Ravi for his remarks. The two years of the DMK rule is a testimony of the governance model's success, Stalin claimed. His remarks assume significance in the wake of Ravi's comments in a section of media that the Dravidian model of governance is only a "political slogan" and a desperate bid to sustain an "expired ideology." Stalin said the victory of the two-year rule of the DMK has been dispensing pro-people initiatives and transforming Tamil Nadu into a welfare state. "This success will continue for a full five-year term. The winning streak will continue in the subsequent elections," Stalin, who as the DMK president catapulted the party to power decimating the decade-old rule of the AIADMK in the 2021 Assembly election, said. The

How flexibility of labour laws could become a double-edged sword for states

Tamil Nadu walks back a key labour law amendment introducing flexibility in work hours that would have benefited foreign manufacturers with export targets, such as Apple's vendors

Stalin refutes to wade into 'cheap politics' over PTR audio issue

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday dismissed as "cheap politics" the PTR audio files, in which the state finance minister is purported to have made some remarks about the assets of the DMK's first family. In his first response to the issue, Stalin, president of the ruling DMK, said Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) has already responded to the matter twice. "He (PTR) himself has given two detailed explanations on this matter. I have time only to do my duty for people. I do not want to talk anything further on this and give publicity to those indulging in cheap politics," Stalin said in his regular "Ungalil Oruvan" question and answer series. In two audio clips released by state BJP chief K Annamalai, PTR is puported to have made some remarks about Stalin's son Udhayanidhi and son-in-law V Sabareesan, which the finance minister has categorically denied. He had insisted that they were digitally altered material using advanced technology. To a question on Union Home Minister

Tamil Nadu to set up Anti-Terrorism Squad at cost of Rs 57.51 crore

The Tamil Nadu Home Department is in the process of constituting an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in the state and an amount of Rs 57.51 crore has been earmarked for it