The state government on Monday announced a seven per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for government staff, teachers, pensioners and family pensioners.

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa who made th

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,