South Tamil Nadu

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  Vanathi Srinivasan: Party Veteran And BJP's Hope For Coimbatore South

  When BJP fielded Vanathi Srinivasan as its candidate for the Coimbatore South assembly seat in Tamil Nadu, the party was betting on a dedicated worker who was also popular among the masses.

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  South Tamil Nadu Receives a Quarter of Rs 2 Lakh Crore Investment

  The drought-prone and communally sensitive southern districts of Tamil Nadu have received a boost as investors at this week's Global Investors Meet committed to projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to make the area a manufacturing hub.

• Cash aid to differently abled persons for marriage

  Puducherry Government has announced a cash assistance of Rs 50,000 to differently abled persons getting married. The aim of the scheme was to enable the differently abled couple lead a smooth life after marriage. While Rs 20,000 would be given as gift to the couple for purchase of household materials, remaining Rs 30,000 would be in the form of N...

• Palani temple to get second ropeway

  An Austrian firm has been asked to conduct a survey for the second rope car facility to reach the famous hill shrine of Lord Muruga here. Stating this, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Minister Anandhan told reporters today that the ropeway will be constructed using lastest technology. To a question, he said the renovation and consectrati...

• Gallantry award winner gets government job after 12 years

  Twelve years after receiving the National gallantry award for saving three children from drowning, the persistent efforts of a 23-year-old man to secure a government job have paid off with Chief Minister N Rangasamy himself issuing an appointment order to him. S Kuppuraman had rescued three students of a government school at nearby Sellipet in 199...

• Parents try to kill daughter for marrying against their wish

  The parents of a newly married woman software engineer were today arrested for allegedly trying to kill her, after the young techie married against their wishes. They threw gelatin sticks into the room where she was sleeping, police said. One of their relatives, who procured the sticks, was also arrested, they said. 23-year-old Ragapriya, workin...

• Tamil Nadu CM releases "Vision Tamil Nadu 2023" document

  Aiming to make Tamil Nadu 'numero uno' state in the country, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today set a target of 11 per cent growth in GSDP by 2023. Releasing the "Vision Tamil Nadu 2023" document here, Jayalalithaa said, "over the next 11 years, Tamil Nadu will aim to increase its GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) at a growth rate of 11 per cen...

• HC moved for cancelling India-Sri Lanka cricket matches

  A PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court's bench here seeking cancellation of India-Sri Lanka cricket matches until the disputes between Tamils and Sinhalese are settled and total peace prevails in the Bay of Bengal. In his petition, S Calvin Christopher, an advocate, alleged that whenever the Lankan cricket team was defeated by India, whethe...

• HC moved against ban orders in and around Kudankulam

  A PIL petition has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the prohibitory orders clamped in about 50 villages in Radhapuram taluk in Tirunelveli District as part of measures taken for commissioning the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The petition contended that the depriving the the people of their fundamental right of free movement in th...

• Farmers advised to sell black and green grams on harvest

  With prices expected to hover around Rs.34-37 and Rs.34-36 per kg for blackgram and green gram respectively for another two months, farmers have been asked to sell their crops upon harvest and not to store them. Domestic Export and Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University here analysed prices of blackgram and green gr...

• Student arrested for possessing pistols

  A student from Bihar was arrested today after police seized two country made pistols from his rented accommodation in the city outskirts. A private engineering college student, he was staying at Neelangarai here, Joint Commissioner (South) K P Shanmuga Rajeswaran said.

• Six textile dyeing factories demolished

  Six unauthorized textile dyeing factories at Erode functioning without license have been demolished, officials said here today. While two factories were demolished at Vendipalayamm, four were pulled down at Nasuvampalyam last evening.

• NCTC: Centre cannot proceed without consulting states, Jayalalithaa

  Sticking to her guns, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the Centre cannot proceed on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) without consulting Chief Ministers. "We don't think anything will proceed without consultations with the Chief Ministers and we will continue to press for what we feel is our legitimiate right...

• Headless body found in train's general compartment

  A headless body of a man was today found in a train here, police said. It was found packed in a steel case in the general compartment of the Grand Trunk Express from New Delhi that arrived at Chennai Central Railway Station this morning, they said. A probe is on.

• Jayalalithaa writes to PM on draft Dam Safety Bill 2010

  Voicing her opposition to certain sub-clauses of the draft Dam Safety Bill 2010, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought the Prime Minister's intervention as a standing committee had not addressed her government's apprehensions. Locked in a dispute with Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu is against the neighbouring state's ...