Debunking the claims of the stone pillar, abutting the dargah, atop the Thiruparankundram hillock, as a ‘deepathoon’ of the famed Murugan temple below, the Tamil Nadu Government on Friday told a Division Bench of Madras High Court that it was merely a survey pillar and there was no record of deepam being lit there.
The overall debt of the state has grown at the rate of 15.62 percent annually of the outstanding overall debt between 2019-2023-24, the report tabled in the Assembly on Friday at the close of the session, said.
The chief minister, responding to demands from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) of Thol Thirumavalavan, the Left Parties, and others, informed the House that the panel would be headed by Justice KN Basha, who retired from Madras High Court
She was responding to Pradhan sharing the letter, which he claimed as having given consent for the PM SHRI Schools and accusing Chief Minister MK Stalin and his party MPs of “stacking lies as high as they want, but the truth doesn’t bother knocking down when it comes crashing down”.
In a significant development, the Tamil Nadu government has cancelled global tender for smart meters procurement despite Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) being the lowest bidder. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, has cited the high cost exceeding its budget as the reason.
The Tamil Nadu government announced late Tuesday night that employees of South Korean electronics giant, Samsung, have called off their 37-day-long strike at Sunguvarchatram plant. The primary demand for recognition of the CITU-affiliated union has been put on hold.
Though the demand for a share in power proved to be a storm in a tea cup with VCK president Thirumavalavan on Tuesday making it clear that there is no dissonance in the DMK alliance, the issue has ignited a debate putting the DMK on the defensive.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK President MK Stalin said on Saturday that there would be a change in his council of ministers, once again lending credence to reports of the impending elevation of his son and sports and youth welfare minister, Udhyanidhi Stalin, as his deputy in the government.
The minister, hailing from Karnataka, had filed the affidavit before the Madras High Court, apologising for her comments if they have hurt the Tamil people. She had said that the bombers were trained in Tamil Nadu.
The chief minister termed the neighbouring state’s stance a violation of the Supreme Court’s order and a betrayal of Tamil Nadu’s farmers.
