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BJP workers injured after helium balloons explode during PM Modi's
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 19 (ANI): Over 30 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers sustained minor injuries after helium balloons exploded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday celebrations in Chennai on September 17.
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Standardised testing unfit to decide future of students: DMK MLA P
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 12 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Saturday said that the standardised testing is "unfit" to decide the future of students and added that such tests have been "discredited" all across the globe.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly session to begin from September 14
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the monsoon session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly is scheduled to take place between September 14 to 16.
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Idol makers in Chennai struggle to make ends meet ahead of Ganesh
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Business of idol makers in Chennai has been hampered due to the spread of coronavirus. Artists preparing idols of Lord Ganesh ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi are facing a shortage of work as orders have reduced in comparison with last year.
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40 Tamil Nadu cops donate plasma after recovering from COVID-19
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar has informed that as many as 40 policemen who recovered from coronavirus, have donated plasma.
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Heavy rains in many parts of Tamil Nadu, may continue for next 24
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 10 (ANI): Some places in Tamil Nadu have received heavy rains in the last 24 hours, informed S Balachandran, Deputy Director-General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai on Friday.
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Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal takes charge as Chennai Police Commissioner
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2 (ANI): Senior IPS officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal took over as new Chennai Police Commissioner on Thursday.
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ATF price increases by 16 per cent
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): In a major blow to the aviation industry, prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) increased by 16.3 per cent today, marking the second straight increase in rates within a month.
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Amid surge in Tamil Nadu's COVID-19 cases, govt transfers state he
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 12 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Beela Rajesh, Health Secretary of Tamil Nadu has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Commercial Taxes and Registration Department by the state government on Friday.
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Madurai salon owner's daughter chosen as UNADAP Goodwill Ambassado
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 6 (ANI): M Nethra, a daughter of a salon owner in Madurai, has been appointed as a 'Goodwill Ambassador to the Poor' for United Nations Association for Development And Peace (UNADAP).
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Tamil Nadu CM discusses COVID-19 crisis with medical experts
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday held a meeting with medical experts here with regard to the coronavirus crisis in the State.
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Several migrant workers gathered outside Chennai Central Railway S
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 17 (ANI): Scores of migrant labourers gathered outside Chennai Central Railway Station on Sunday after receiving the information that the government is running Shramik Special trains for their home states.
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