Jaya patches up with close friend Sasikala, not her kin
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday accepted the explanation of her close friend Sasikala and revoked disciplinary action against her.
Fate of industries hangs in balance
Industrialists are concerned about the timing of the power tariff hike. It will push small and medium enterprises, which are already clamouring for more power, into deeper crisis
Industries are not
People to miss Panruti flavour
Jackfruit lovers would miss the tasty “Panruti” jackfruit this season and at least for the next five seasons.
The season for Panruti jackfruit begins in December and lasts till June, but not a single
Minister seeks Congress role
Electricity minister Natham R. Viswanathan told the Assembly Friday that the Centre was not giving the state its due share of power.
Intervening during the speech of Congress MLA N.R. Rangarajan, Mr
77 years of glory: Co-optex sales to cross record Rs 1,000 crore
The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society Ltd, popularly known as Co-optex, has made history of sorts.
It’s overall turnover is expected to cross Rs 1,000 crore this year as against Rs 62
Port trust opens checking booth at Ernavur bridge
In a bid to facilitate easy movement of trailers at Chennai Port Trust (CPT) and to ease congestion in front of port gates, the port trust opened a checking facility near Ernavur bridge on Friday.
1.18L house site pattas given away
The state government has surpassed its target of one lakh in providing house site pattas to the poor, revenue minister K.A. Sengottaiyan informed the Assembly on Friday.
Replying to queries from memb
HC orders arrest of ship
The Madras high court on Friday ordered the arrest of the ship MV Gati Pride, flying a Panamanian flag and now lying at Chennai port.
Justice K.B.K. Vasuki said petitioner Bino Wesley of Pammal near
29 yrs on, law catches up with fraudster
The long arm of the law caught up with a bank manager who swindled money though fake bank loans in 1983 after 29 years with the CBI sending him to jail recently.
C.T Nachiyappan, a former manager of
Gold smugglers think out of the box
Two photo albums spiral bound with golden wires and abacus made of golden rods are the latest innovations tried by smugglers to bring gold into the country to evade duty.
On Thursday, customs officia