Girija Vaidyanathan, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu in place of P. Rama Mohana Rao, a government order said on Thursday. She will also hold full additional charge of Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner for Administrative Reforms. An officer of the 1981 batch of the Indian Administrative Service, Ms.Vaidyanathan is a […]
» Read moreThe Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted a raid at the premises of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P. Rama Mohana Rao. The raids were conducted first at his residence in the morning. A senior investigating officer told The Hindu that the Chief Secretary has been under the scanner for quite some time now.
» Read moreIndian Mujahideen co-founder founder Yasin Bhatkal and four others have been sentenced to death for the twin blasts in Hyderabad’s Dilsukhnagar in 2013. This is the first time that top leaders of the Indian Mujahideen, including Yasin Bhatkal, have been found guilty of a terror attack since the group was banned as a terror group in 2010. Eighteen people died […]
» Read moreYou may soon not have to worry about carrying physical identity documents at metro airports as a plan for biometric authentication of flyers is all set to take off. After the successful pilot run for Aadhaar-based airport entry authentication for passengers at the Hyderabad airport, the Mumbai and Bengaluru airports are planning to take up similar pilot projects.
» Read moreDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi was re-admitted to the Kauvery Hospital in Alwarpet here late on Thursday night following complaints of difficulty in breathing due to throat and lung infection. “Treatment has been initiated to clear his infection. He is stable and is being treated by a team of doctors,” a bulletin issued by S. Aravindan, executive director […]
» Read moreIT majors like Cognizant, Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro gave work-from-home option to many of their employees on Monday as cyclone Vardah lashed the city. The few who did go were allowed to leave early. More than 90% of IT companies in the city were not working. Even those who worked from home had difficulty as mobile and internet connectivity […]
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