NEWS AT A GLANCE
GST on consumer durables likely to come down
The government is now eyeing to bring down the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on consumer durables such as refrigerators, washing machines, etc. after reducing the same for consumer goods and daily utilities.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 3:31:21 PM
New draft syllabus for classes from 1st Std to +2 released
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, E. Palanisamy, released the draft revised syllabus today (Monday, 20th November) for the schools from 1st Standard up to +2 level.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 3:25:00 PM
Gold rate decreased Rs.48 per sovereign
The cost of gold has decreased Rs.48 per sovereign on Monday evening (Nov 20, 2017). A sovereign was worth Rs.22640.00 and a gram was Rs.2830.00.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 3:14:36 PM
New Vodafone offers to combat with that of Jio
As a move to combat with the Jio slashed rate offers with which it has obtained 11.9 percent of the total market share out of its wireless segment, Vodafone India has come up with attractive new schemes.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 3:02:01 PM
Northeast Monsoon revives over Tamil Nadu, rains to continue
Northeast Monsoon has once again revived over some parts of Tamil Nadu. Many parts of the state have received light to moderate rains particularly the coastal stations.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 2:33:19 PM
Extended time for sticking new price labels on products
Following the recent revision of GST on over 200 items, a time extension has been given until end December for the traders to stick the revised price labels on the various products.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 1:00:06 PM
Prepaid card facility to be introduced in digital wallets
In order to encourage further use of digital wallets, the digital wallet service providers have started introducing the facility of virtual prepaid card facility in their Apps.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 12:27:16 PM
Dwindling cement rates in TN
Compared to October, price of cement has dipped by Rs 10 to Rs 20 per bag this month. Ban on sand mining and poor monsoon are the reasons for such dwindling rates, say analysts.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 12:16:48 PM
Mandatory online property registration postponed to 1st January
The plan to make online registration of property mandatory has now been postponed to 1st January 2018. There are 578 property registration offices in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 11:15:06 AM
Gold rate decreased Rs.8 per sovereign
The cost of gold has decreased Rs.8 per sovereign on Monday morning (Nov 20, 2017). A sovereign was worth Rs.22680.00 and a gram was Rs.2835.00.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 10:46:15 AM
Light rain in Tamil Nadu, cloudy sky to persist
During the past week, the state of Tamil Nadu has received some showers of varied intensity. All thanks to a low pressure area that persisted over Southwest Bay of Bengal, which later strengthened into a depression.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 10:20:32 AM
Live traffic updates Chennai (Nov 20)
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Posted On :20/Nov/2017 9:56:15 AM
Warm and moist weather in Chennai to continue, rains in store
The Gateway to South India, Chennai recorded some really good spells of rain during the initial days of the past week; thereafter dry weather took over the city and adjacent areas.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 9:52:20 AM
Petrol price decreased
Petrol price was decreased by 3 paise per litre and diesel price up by 2 paise per litre with effect from 6 am, Nov 20.
Posted On :20/Nov/2017 9:48:16 AM
Live traffic updates Chennai (Nov 19)
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Posted On :19/Nov/2017 9:08:45 PM
Warm and humid weather in Chennai, light rain in offing
After witnessing good spells of rain during the initial days of the week, the weather went dry over the Gateway to South India, Chennai. In fact, the last 24 hours were also of no difference and the city.
Posted On :19/Nov/2017 11:29:10 AM
Diversion of trains due to engineering works
Due to engineering works in Nergundi railway station in Odisha, the following trains which are scheduled to run via Kapilas Road Jn., Nergundi and Cuttack will be diverted via Salagaon, Naraj Marthapur.
Posted On :19/Nov/2017 11:19:25 AM
Petrol and diesel price decreased
Petrol price was decreased by 3 paise per litre and diesel price down by 2 paise per litre with effect from 6 am, Nov 19.
Posted On :19/Nov/2017 11:10:01 AM
Ayirai Meen likely to become official fish of TN
Just the way Kerala has Karimeen, the state of Tamil Nadu has Ayirai Meen. Likewise, similar to making Karimeen in Kerala, TN is likely to officially announce Ayirai Meen as the state fish, say recent reports.
Posted On :18/Nov/2017 8:31:06 PM
Infosys to train employees in self-driving car engineering technology
IT major Infosys will get into a partnership with online learning firm Udacity to train all its employees in self-driving car engineering technology. This is called as Udacity Connect.
Posted On :18/Nov/2017 8:30:06 PM
