Russian Deputy Prime Minister S. S. Sobyanin visited and reviewed the two 1,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power units at Chennai on Wednesday.
 
The two 1,000 MW Russian reactors are in the later stages of construction with the first unit expected to go on course sometime early next year and the ...

Authorities of a Chennai-based private organization have decided to conduct a beauty pageant for the transgenders in December in Chennai.
 
"Transgenders are viewed as sex objects and are ridiculed. We want to change this perception," A.J. Hariharan, founder secretary of the Indian ...

According to the Tamil Nadu’s Food Ministe, E.V. Velu, the state government has plans to import 10,000 tonnes of tuvar dal from Canada and Myanmar. He added that this will be distributed by means of public distribution system.
 
This decision has been taken up by the state government ...

Tamil Nadu government has decided to increase the price of milk with effect from Sep 1.  

The procurement of buffalo milk has become dearer by Rs. 5 per litre for the government where as it has to pay Rs. 2 more for a litre of cow’s milk. So the government has decided to hike the ...

Tamil Nadu CM, Kalaingar Karunanidhi, has called for a faster rehabilitation of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, who had been displaced due to the fight that had happened.
 
He told the reporters that "The rehabilitation process has started and it should be speeded up. We will inform the ...

Continuing her harangue against electronic voting machines (EVMs), Tamil Nadu’s opposition leader and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa said that the voting machines can be hacked or manipulated.
 
Jayalalitha was talking about this in wake of the demonstration done by Hyderabad ...

Internet service provider Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd have stopped their services in Chennai.and started refunding its subscribers their dues.
 
"We are forced to close down our business. We don't know why. This is the answer I give to all my subscribers," a company official, who ...

The forthcoming by-elections for five assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be a four-cornered fight with the DMDK deciding to contest on its own.
 
Now the state's ruling DMK-Congress combine will cross swords with the DMDK, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the two Communist parties - ...

Despite major opposition parties are against electronic voting machines (EVM), the Election Commission has decided to buy new machines for the five Tamil Nadu by-elections slated for Aug 18.
 
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer, Naresh Gupta said: "The ...

The Communist parties will announce whether they will support AIADMK's decision to boycott by-polls in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.
 
On July 20, the AIADMK and the MDMK decided to boycott the by-elections in five assembly constituencies Aug 18, alleging that the polls would not be held in a ...

The TamilNadu government has reduced the interest rates on non-agricultural loans that are disbursed by cooperative banks by 50%, bringing it to 6%, and waived the penal interest to reduce the non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banks.
"The government has come to this decision after the ...

People who walk into Paprika restaurant at the five-star Courtyard Marriott here are surprised to see bang at the entrance a cart loaded with tender coconuts. Cart man R Palani is smartly turned out though in chef's attire and shoes.
 Foreigners who dine there are fascinated by the way Palani ...

Three bulk loads of drugs from unregistered manufacturers of China have been seized in Chennai sea port very recently. This information was given by the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday.

The officers of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) have taken up the issue ...

Owing to low demand, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has decided to withdraw all the air-conditioned bus services to the airport from the Chennai Central railway station. Last year, Transport Minister K N Nehru inaugurated the air-conditioned bus services for the convenience of the ...

The central government has given its nod for the Rs 14,600 crores Chennai Metro Rail Project. The decision was taken in the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs (CCEA), which met last evening (28th January) in New Delhi.
 
A special purpose vehicle (SPV), Chennai Metro Rail Limited, will ...

Cyclone Nisha brought heavy rainfall to Chennai and its suburbs on Wednesday and lashed the coastal districts of the state. The death toll increased to at least 36 people in the last few days. The Meterological Department has said that more rains and strong winds are expected over Tamil Nadu, ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has once again raised the issue of ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While speaking at a conference in Coimbatore on November 16, the DMK chief alleged that the bullets, otherwise meant to kill the ...

The general secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Vaiko has been taken into custody for openly supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Vaiko has made provocative statement in a public meeting in Chennai and supported the extremist group of Sri Lanka. He said ...

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi has threatened to pull out from UPA if the government does not take any step to stop the killings of Lankan Tamil by the Sri Lankan army. The Lankan army in their mission to combat LTTE has killed a large number of Tamils in Sri Lanka. In last couple ...

The Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation is planning an IT Investment Region in Chennai that will see an investment of Rs 25,000 Crore going into it.  Spanning an area of 1,400 sq km area or 3.5 lakh acres to Chennai's south-west, the proposed ITIR will lie between the Old ...

The State Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID) has revealed that a family dispute over MGR's property had led to Vijayan's murder a few months ago. Also, the police has arrested late MG Ramachandran's adopted daughter for her alleged role in murder. Other than her, police has ...

Tamil Nadu government in its latest decision following up decisions by Delhi and Andhra Pradesh governments to subsidize gas cylinders has decided to give subsidy of Rs 30 per cylinder. The eligibility criterion has been set up for this purpose. Those who have only one cylinder will be eligible for ...

The directorate general of shipping (DGS) has revealed that a merchant navy officer was killed in a fire that broke out aboard the Indian ship, M.V Oel Aishwarya, near the Sri Lankan coast. The person who was killed during the early morning Saturday firing was the ship’s Second Officer Babu ...