Aug 27, 2010: Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday accepted a report on undoing pay anomalies in the salary structure of State government staff. This would result the government spending Rs 223 crore more per year.

An official release said that Industries Secretary Rajeev Ranjan was appointed in 2009 to go into revised pay structure [...]

Aug 27, 2010: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Thursday offered prayers at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Sri Rangam.

Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala, who arrived at the Tiruchirapalli airport by a special flight, drove to the temple where they offered special prayers at Sri Ranganatha and Goddess [...]

Aug 27, 2010: CPI(M) Tamil Nadu unit secretary G. Ramakrishnan on Thursday refuted Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s charge that the Left parties have been constantly changing their policies.

Accusing the DMK of wavering on its position on all major issues such as the nuclear deal, trade union rights and State autonomy, Ramakrishnan said that the [...]

Aug 27, 2010: The third edition of ‘Paragliding Festival 2010′ at Yelagiri, organised by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC), Yelagiri Adventure Sports Association (YASA) and Vellore District Administration, will commence on Friday and it will go on till Sunday.

Speaking to reporters in Chennai Thursday, TTDC Managing Director A C Mohandoss said that as many [...]

Aug 27, 2010: Southern Railway will run special trains to Tirunelveli, Nagercoil and Mangalore to clear the extra rush of traffic during Ramzan.

Chennai Egmore – Nagercoil Specials: Train no 0617 will leave Chennai Egmore at 8.20 pm on September 9 and 11 and reach Nagercoil at 11 am the next day.
In the return [...]

Aug 26, 2010: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said the two Left parties in the State, the CPI(M) and the CPI, had deviated from their principles, thanks to the bad company (AIADMK) they were in.

Speaking at a function at Anna Arivalayam in which Tirupur MLA C Govindasamy, who [...]

Aug 26, 2010: Former Union Minister and Congress leader EVKS Elangovan, who is of late in the news for his sharp criticism against the ruling DMK, called on DMDK president Vijayakanth on the latter’s birthday in Chennai on Wednesday.

As if that was not enough, Elangovan leader even offered cameramen a photo opportunity, giving a [...]

Aug 26, 2010: Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said that the appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) without consulting her was illegal.

Jayalalithaa, who did not attend the August 23 meeting convened by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to select the new CIC, in a statement, [...]

The Tamil Nadu government has asked the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) not to grant permission to new engineering colleges from next year in the State, Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy has said.

“By adding more engineering colleges, not only will the quality of education drop, but also most of these institutions will [...]

Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday assured that his government would constitute a welfare board to protect the interests of coconut farmers in the state.

The Chief Minister gave the assurance when representatives of coconut growing farmers from Thanjavur, Tirupur, Theni, Madurai, Vellore, Erode and Dindigul districts met him and pressed their demands, an official [...]