'Rs 5.53 crore deal by TNHB against norms'

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today handed over 3,616 housing units constructed at a cost of Rs 139.51 crore to those who were affected by the 2004 Tsunami. Jayalalithaa issued orders during the previous AIADMK regmie to ...

Two former officials of Tamil Nadu Housing Board were sentenced for two years by a local court here on charges of passing a bill of a contractor for an unfinished work in 1987. According to prosecution Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department, who ...

The Tamil Nadu State Property Tax Board Bill was among 11 Bills approved by the Assembly on Thursday, the final day of the budget session. When the Property Tax Board Bill was taken up for consideration, Communist Party of India (Marxist) floor ...

A ''novel'' copying method attempted in the on-going State Board plus two examinations in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district has put a school housing the exam centre in a soup, even as a flying squad foiled what could have led to a deplorable instance of mass ...

Aiming for better management of schools that come under its authority, the Tamil Nadu government will soon adopt Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping to give a technological edge to its School Education Department (SED).Tamil Nadu will be ...

The Budget Session lasted for 41 days, including the Governor's address. The Tamil Nadu Assembly adjourned sine die drawing the Budget Session for 2013-14 to a close on Thursday. Revealing statistics at the end of the Session, Speaker P Dhanapal ...

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday passed 12 bills that had been introduced in the House by various departments during the Budget Session. The most notable among these bills was the Annamalai University Bill, which is significant in that it puts ...

A group waits on the left side of the four-lane road opposite the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) depot here to board a bus to go to Coimbatore. Likewise, several commuters get down from a bus on the right side of the road near the ...

Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu): K. Expedith 's routine has been unvaried for the past 20 years. At seven in the morning, he opens his photocopying shop in the Lions Town area of Tuticorin. On 23 March, just after arriving, he suddenly fell ill. "I suddenly ...