TAMIL NADU

Budget for the rich, of the rich, by the rich: Chidambaram

4:30 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: The Congress tore into the government in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for presenting a ”disappointing” budget, with former finance minister P Chidambaram describing it as a ”budget for the rich, of the rich and by the rich” that is meant for only ”one per cent of India’s population that controls 73 per cent of the country’s wealth”. Outrightly […]

ED attaches over 3,800 acres of land in TN

8:55 pm January 25, 2021

New Delhi: The ED has attached 3,850 acres of land worth Rs 207 crore in various cities of Tamil Nadu as part of a money-laundering probe against a group of firms that allegedly cheated investors in the guise of land allotment, the central agency said on Monday. A total of 1,081 parcels of land, located […]

Adani Group says being targeted through false propaganda, manufactured online campaign

3:36 pm January 23, 2021

New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Group on Saturday said it is being targeted through false propaganda and a manufactured online campaign of malicious lies about its operations and will take actions such as filing court cases to protect its interests. Without referring to any particular allegation, the Adani Group in a statement posted on its Twitter handle said some attacks […]

Parliamentary panel extends assurance to TN textile industry

8:35 pm January 19, 2021

Coimbatore : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on Tuesday assured the textile industry of considering its appeals and making suitable recommendations so that Tamil Nadu, especially Tirupur and Coimbatore, prospers in man-made fibre (MMF) textile-manufacturing. The panel interacted with the National Committee on Textiles & Clothing (NCTC). The NCTC comprises Confederation of Indian Textile […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

CMs of Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand meet Shah

11:34 pm January 18, 2021

New Delhi : The chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand — E K Palaniswami, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Hemant Soren respectively — met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Monday, officials said. During the meeting, the chief ministers discussed various issues concerning their respective states with Shah, a home ministry official said. The Assembly election is due in Tamil Nadu in the next few months and Shah had recently […]