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Sept 1, 2010: On a day when an express train was derailed and a probe was on to find whether it was an act of sabotage, miscreants placed boulders and concrete slabs on the railway tracks, but they were blown to smithereens by speeding trains between Uthukuli and Vijayamangalam stations in Tiruppur district late Monday [...]
Sept 1, 2010: Chennai Mayor M Subramanian on Tuesday said the Corporation will acquire more Open Space Reservation (OSR) lands worth Rs 1500 crore in the city in the next few months.
Speaking at Corporation council meet at its headquarters Ripon Buildings, Subramanian said the civic body has identified OSR lands in 98 locations. In [...]
Sept 1, 2010: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday appointed Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner of Administrative Reforms S Malathi, IAS, as the new Chief Secretary. Following this, she assumed charge as the 39th Chief Secretary of the State.
She succeeded K S Sripathi, who held the post exactly for two years. Malathi is the second woman [...]
Sept 1, 2010: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said that a charge by AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa that the DMK had blocked the disbursal of funds during floods when the AIADMK was in power, was unacceptable
Karunanidhi recalled that apart from providing assistance to the affected people, his party [...]
Sept 1, 2010: Former Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the noon meal workers are being targeted by the DMK government because they were appointed during the AIADMK regime headed by former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran.
In a statement, she urged the State government to revoke the suspension orders served [...]
Aug 31, 2010: The Tamil Nadu government is always ready to extend all possible help to those who come forward to invest in the State’s infrastructure, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Monday.
Karunanidhi, who declared open the Express Avenue Mall, a venture by the family members of Indian Express group founder Ramnath Goenka, in [...]
Aug 31, 2010: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence awarded to three AIADMK members in connection with the 2000 Dharmapuri bus burning case in which three college girls were charred to death. A bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and B S Chauhan confirmed the death sentence awarded by the Madras High [...]
Aug 31, 2010: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Monday said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had lost the moral right to talk about State autonomy “after giving up the rights of the State over a slew of issues”, including the Cauvery Water Dispute, Mullaperiyar dam issue and Katchatheevu.
In [...]
Aug 31, 2010: Passengers of Rameswaram-bound Kanyakumari-Rameswaram Express had a close shave on Monday, as the engine of the train derailed between Sathur and Thulukkapatti in Virudhunagar district.
According to reports, the mishap occurred in the wee hours of Monday at Venkatachalapuram village. No coaches derailed and all the passengers were safe. Divisional Railway Manager A [...]
Aug 31, 2010: Senior leaders of the main opposition party AIADMK on Monday urged the Tamil Nadu government to provide highest security to party general secretary J Jayalalithaa in the wake of death threat to her against addressing an election rally in Madurai.
Former Chief Minisster and AIADMK treasurer O Panneerselvam and headquarters secretary K A [...]
