Chennai Metropolitan Area to be 8,878 Sq km from 1189 Sq Km

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By Accommodation Times Bureau Almost 75 days after taking over mining and distribution of river sand, the state government has appointed a civil servant to oversee the sand quarrying operations. Kancheepuram sub-collector Arun Thamburaj A has been appointed ...

Kozhikode: The Private Deemed Universities in the country are all set to collect exorbitant fee for MBBS and BDS courses this year too, thanks to Medical Counselling Committee which approved the fee structure at these institutes. Even the abolishment of ...

Korean electronics major Samsung today launched in Tamil Nadu its 'Smart Healthcare programme' under which advanced equipment manufactured by it are offered free of cost to select government hospitals. Under the programme, aimed at providing affordable and ...

Ordering status quo on a bid to relocate a liquor shop near an educational institution, the Madras High Court has said it's time the government should review its liquor policy respecting people's wishes. Rejecting the government's argument that curbing liquor ...

The Tamil Nadu government has taken steps to provide infrastructure facilities at a cost of Rs 30 crore at the proposed Aerospace Park near here, the state assembly was informed today. Announcing this, Industries Minister M C Sampath said the park, to come up ...

Three way split of AIADMK has slowed decision-making, prompting industry to look outside the state, says T E Narasimhan. The political turmoil in Tamil Nadu since the death of J Jayalalithaa in December is starting to spill over to business: if losing Korean automobile maker Kia's Rs 10,000-crore investment to Andhra Pradesh wasn't bad enough, several prominent players in the state's knitwear hub of Tirupur are looking out to Odisha. Tirupur’s export business is worth Rs 35,000 crore ...

Tamil Nadu government today said it was firm on ensuring that the proposed AIIMS was set up in the state and has suggested Thanjavur for the Rs 2000 crore central project, aimed at providing a boost to tertiary care services. Chief Minister K Palaniswami was ...

Child Welfare Committee Chairman,who allegedly forcibly removed five kids from a children's home run by a society here on June 1, has been directed by Madras High court to hand over their custody to the society again. Justice M Duraiswamy also ordered notice, ...