Councillors trade barbs over budget
The first day of the corporation’s budget talks was marked by the absence of any healthy discussion. It was dominated mostly by politics and non-civic issues.
The council meeting also witnessed upro
Honda to hike City prices again by up to Rs 10,000
After increasing the price of its flagship sedan City by up to Rs 10,500 following excise duty hike in Budget, Honda Siel Cars on Wednesday said it will further raise the price of the model by up to R
Pay no VAT for insulin, helmet
In what could be a respite to diabetics and consumers, the AIADMK government has in its second budget after storming to power announced total value added tax (VAT) exemption for insulin, wheat, oats,
DMK stages walkout over ignored norms
DMK MLAs on Monday staged a walkout from the state Assembly accusing chief minister J. Jayalalithaa of ‘‘functioning against the Assembly norms’’.
Even as Speaker D. Jayakumar invited finance minist
Jayalalithaa puts TN on progress path
The Jayalalithaa government unveiled Monday a progressive and growth-oriented budget for 2012-13 focusing on infrastructure, agriculture and youth skill building. The Rs 1.20-lakh-crore budget is well
Integrated traffic system for city
As part of measures to totally automate the enforcement of traffic process, facilitating easy monitoring and better regulation, the state government has proposed to establish an integrated traffic ma
AIADMK MLas thump desks for two hours
The ruling party was in a celebratory mood thumping the desk almost for two hours for every sentence uttered by finance minister O. Panneerselvam praising ‘Manbumigu Amma…’
The announcements apart, t
Rs 3,624 cr allocated for water resources in TN
In what could be a major boost to water storage and distribution, the state government on Monday came out with the highest ever fund allocation of Rs 3,624.73 crore for water resource management to im
Skill development gets budget push
Students and academicians have appreciated the state government’s commitment to enhancing the skills of youth, as enunciated in the Budget presented on Monday.
The budget said an analysis of the skil
Blueprint to save energy
In a move to promote energy saving, the state government has announced that it would provide compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) to replace existing incandescent lights in 14.62 lakh huts at the cost of R