Chennai

Saravana Bhavan founder Rajagopal dies

2:28 pm July 18, 2019

Chennai: Restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan founder P Rajagopal died at a private hospital here Thursday, days after he surrendered to serve a life sentence for killing an employee in 2001 to marry his wife. Rajagopal, 73, died around 10 am of “septic shock” at Vijaya Health Centre, sources at the hospital said, refusing to give […]

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Centre floats RFP for Light House Projects

10:42 pm July 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Centre has floated Requests for Proposal (RFP) for Light House Projects (LHPs) at six sites under the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India). According to the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, these LHPs will be constructed at Indore, Rajkot, Chennai, Ranchi, Agartala and Lucknow. “A total of 6,368 houses, including associated facilities […]

Govt plans to develop cluster for cardamom in Idukki

3:13 pm July 10, 2019

New Delhi: The government wants to develop a cluster to boost cardamom industry in Idukki in Kerala, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. Idukki is a leading producer of cardamom. “We will certainly like to develop a cluster in Idukki,” the Minister of Commerce and Industry told the Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. […]

MDMK chief Vaiko convicted in sedition case

1:32 pm July 5, 2019

Chennai: MDMK chief Vaiko was on Friday convicted by a city court here in a sedition case filed in 2009 by the Tamil Nadu government. He was sentenced to simple imprisonment for a year. Judge J Shanthi held him guilty of the offence of sedition. Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never […]

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Water emergency in Tamil Nadu: Baalu

2:14 pm June 26, 2019

New Delhi: Voicing concern over severe water shortage in Chennai, DMK MP TR Baalu said there is a water emergency in Tamil Nadu and urged the Centre to do the needful. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, he said, “There is a severe water crisis in the state which is leading to water emergency […]