The chief minister Joseph Vijay at the Vetri Tamil Nadu investment conclave Chennai: In the first major investment conclave of the newly elected govt in Tamil Nadu, the state exchanged memoranda of understanding with 97 companies for investments totalling Rs 67,000 crore, according to the government. This includes 56 greenfield projects.The projects are spread across…
Stalin flays Vijay over custodial deaths Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday criticised chief minister C Joseph Vijay for remaining silent on alleged custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu and asked when he would “open his mouth” on the issue.In a post on X, Stalin accused the TVK govt of refusing to accept accountability…
GCC officials transferred to smaller local bodies Chennai: The Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department has promoted and posted 18 senior Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials as assistant commissioners in smaller urban local bodies across the state. They have been transferred as far as Nagercoil, Erode, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Salem, Tiruppur, Hosur,…
TNNChennai: Amid the escalating war of words between the ruling party and the principal opposition DMK, CPI state executive committee on Saturday condemned former minister and DMK MLA Anitha Radhakrishnan and minister Aadhav Arjuna for their remarks, saying public representatives must uphold political decency.The committee criticised Anitha Radhakrishnan for making derogatory remarks about chief minister…
Chennai: CPI state secretary M Veerapandian on Sunday urged the Tamil Nadu govt to withdraw its proposed move to privatise sanitation work in municipal corporations.“Sanitation work is an essential public service and should not be handed over to private companies. The govt must not facilitate the exploitation of sanitation workers through privatisation,” Veerapandian said in…
CHENNAI: Even as parts of Tamil Nadu received intense evening thunderstorms on Sunday, a video showing a towering column of swirling dust in Thoothukudi went viral on social media, with many weather enthusiasts describing it as a “tornado-like” phenomenon.Meteorologists, however, said the event was not a tornado but was likely caused by a strong updraft…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is set to outsource solid waste collection and transportation services in 12 municipal corporations across the state by roping in private companies. The cities include Avadi, Tambaram, Vellore, Hosur, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Tiruppur, Trichy, Madurai, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli. Tenders to appoint consultancy firms for preparing detailed feasibility reports and transaction advisory plans…
Chennai: Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has proposed a Rs 7,000-crore Phase II expansion at its Tuticorin manufacturing complex, widening its production portfolio beyond passenger cars to include electric scooters and buses. The expansion would significantly increase the scale of operations at the factory located in the southern Tamil Nadu port city and is expected to…
