Tag: TN
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ITC commissions 14.9MW solar plant in TN
In 2018, ITC became the first private sector entity to wheel renewable energy across states through the Inter-State Open Access mechanism.
December 28, 2021 -
Fire in TN’s Kallakurichi kills six, injures 10, CM announces ex-gratia
A firecracker shop in Sankarapuram town of Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu caught fire on Tuesday evening.
October 27, 2021 -
PMK slams TN govt for buying power at Rs 20/unit
Ramadoss said that TANGEDCO has a debt of Rs 1.59 lakh crore and that the organisation is not taking measures to reduce its debt burden. The PMK leader said that buying a unit of power at five times its price would crush the organisation.
October 18, 2021 -
TN ex-health minister Vijayabaskar’s home raided over ‘graft’
According to the FIR, Vijayabaskar's family members also established a trust called Mother Teresa Educational and Charitable Trust and established various educational institutions.
October 18, 2021 -
DMK, allies sweep rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu
Opposition AIADMK was leading or won in 50 seats out of the 1,381 panchayat union wards and its alliance partner won only 1 seat. PMK was either leading or won on 13 seats. MDMK and VCK, DMK allies were leading in 8 and 3 wards respectively.
October 13, 2021 -
Flood warning issued in Kerala, K’taka and TN
This is because of a cyclonic circulation over east-central Arabian Sea. It is very likely to persist during the next 3-4 days, the IMD said in Monday night bulletin.
October 12, 2021 -
40 specially-abled candidates in fray for TN rural local body polls
Contesting polls for such candidates became possible after subsection 3 of section 33 in Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act, 1994 was amended to remove the clause, "deaf, mute and persons affected with leprosy" who were earlier barred from fighting polls.
September 28, 2021 -
Flying squads to enforce model code of conduct in TN local polls
Three squads with 8-hour duty will be deployed in a flying squad unit and information has been passed on to all the tehsildars and revenue divisional officers to be prepared to be part of the flying squads.
September 22, 2021 -
Vaccine shortage hits inoculation drive in TN
A senior official of the state public health department said, "If we get at least 30 lakh doses per week as against the 50 lakh requested by the Chief Minister, we would be able to inoculate the entire state by this year-end with at least one dose of the vaccine."
September 22, 2021 -
PM Modi pays tribute to former Tamil Nadu CM K. Kamaraj
Kumaraswami Kamaraj was a politician and an Indian independence activist who served as the Chief Minister of Madras State (Tamil Nadu) from April 13 1954 to 2 October 1963.
July 15, 2021 -
TN government effects transfer of 26 IPS officers
This is the third reshuffle of IPS officers after the M.K. Stalin government assumed office.
June 6, 2021 -
TN yet to decide on pending Class 12 board exams
At least 7,000 Higher Secondary schools in the state have already compiled a detailed report based on the viewpoint of parents and teachers as directed by the Education department.
June 4, 2021 -
TN faces vaccine shortage, seek Central govt’s support
Tamil Nadu, TN, vaccine shortage, India, COVID-19 vaccine
May 30, 2021 -
‘Enough evidence of assault on bodies of Jayaraj and Bennix’: Madras HC on Tuticorin custodial deaths
Two police officers 'on wait' and a constable who has been suspended for allegedly trying to block investigations into these custodial deaths in Tuticorin were summoned by the High Court today.
June 30, 2020 -
Madras HC sets aside death sentence of TN man; acquits him in murder of dalit son-in-law
In 2016, V Shankar a 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married C Kausalya an upper caste woman, was hacked to death in front of her by a gang hired by Kausalya's family in broad daylight at a public place in Tamil Nadu.
June 22, 2020 -
I-T dept searches in TN, Karnataka, Kerala against ponzi operations
The Income Tax department on Wednesday launched searches at about 80 locations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala in connection with a tax evasion case. Officials said the raids are being conducted against a city-based chit fund company and its associates and at about 43 locations in Tamil Nadu, 29 in Kerala and six in …
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April 19, 2017 -
BJP is anti-farmer, say protesting farmers
Unhappy even after meeting the President and five central ministers, Tamil Nadu farmers protesting in New Delhi for a month on Thursday expressed their anger against the BJP. The farmers, who have been protesting at Jantar Mantar here, have been demanding loan waivers, drought relief packages and formation of a Cauvery management board to resolve …
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April 13, 2017