S.M. Seenivel (65), the MLA-elect of Tiruparankundram constituency belonging to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) passed away at a private hospital here on Wednesday morning. Mr. Seenivel, who defeated the rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate M. Manimaran by a margin of 22,992 votes, was hospitalized last Wednesday, a day before the results of the recently-concluded Assembly election […]
» Read moreAfter she was administered the oath of office by Governor K. Rosaiah on Monday, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa signed a few files including one that reduced the business hours of State-run liquor shops across the State by two hours. From Tuesday, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) outlets across the State would open only at noon instead of 10 a.m. and […]
» Read moreHours after All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo Jayalalithaa was sworn in Chief Minister, the State government on Monday issued orders reversing the transfer of senior IPS officers made by the Election Commission ahead of the Assembly election. Director-General of Police T.K. Rajendran, a 1984-batch IPS officer is back as the Commissioner of Police, Chennai, replacing Additional Director-General […]
» Read moreThe Government, in a press release, said it would waive off short-term and long-term crop loans sanctioned by cooperative society to small and micro farmers. The Government said it would incur an additional expenditure of Rs. 5,780 crore. The previous Government had sanctioned interest-free crop loan to the tune of Rs. 20,786 crore to 46.44 lakh farmers. Jayalalithaa had also […]
» Read moreThe deep depression over the south west Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours. The depression, according to the India Meteorological Department, moved north north-eastwards at a speed of 10 kmph on Wednesday and intensified into a deep depression. It lay centred over west central and adjoining southwest of Bay of […]
» Read moreThe Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) ahead of the May 16 Assembly polls, its candidate for Nanguneri constituency, Tirupathi Reddiar joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the presence of its senior party leader Nainar Nagendran. Political observers feel that the PMK candidate joining the AIADMK may not have any impact on the outcome, as the list of […]
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