The Chennai City Traffic Police have announced certain changes in the traffic in view of the annual festival at Annai Velankanni Church in Besant Nagar.Parking of vehicles will not be allowed at Sixth Avenue, Fourth Main Road, Third, Second and Seventh Avenue.
Vegetable prices fall
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Chennaites are cheerful because the vegetable prices have come down very drastically since supply has increased in wholesale markets.Cabbages are being sold for Rs 6 per kilo while beetroot and ladies fingers are being sold for Rs 8 per kilo. Brinjals and snake gourds are being sold for Rs 10 per kilo.
The Chennai High Court had called for tenders from reputed companies as it has decided to digitize around 20 crore pages of case bundles as well as administrative files and store them digitally for easy access.
Its pitch dark in many locations in Chennai and seabreeze is gaining entry adding the much needed fuel. One global model, the No.1 in world (ECMWF) expects the rains to become widespread in next 2 hours.
10-day celebrations are in progress in the popular Velankanni church in Besant Nagar.Due to the thousands of devotees converging in the church, there has been a heavy traffic jam in Chennai at present.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday dropped Minister for Milk and Dairy Development S P Shanmuganathan from her cabinet.Ma Foi K Pandiarajan has become the new Minister for School Education.
Making a statement under Rule 110 in the State Assembly Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today announced several initiatives for dairy development sector, including setting up of a polythene film production factory
In response to a bandh call given by the farmers associations seeking the state and central governments to get due water from Karnataka reservoirs.Shops in several parts of Tamil Nadu, especially in the Cauvery delta region.
4 IPS officers of Tamil Nadu have been promoted as Superintendent of Police while 8 IPS officers have been transferred.P. Arun Sakthikumar,Assistant Superintendent of Police, Thoothukudi, has been promoted.
The state Transport Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.R. Vijayabhaskar, informed that the facility of tatkal reservation system will be introduced in the State Transport Corporation’s Express Bus Services.
Amma Park and Amma Gyms in villages
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced in the Legislative Assembly Session yesterday (Monday, 29th August) that 500 Amma Parks and 500 Amma Gyms (Physical Exercise centre) will be set up in villages.
The 8th edition of the very popular Hast Karigar Society Exhibition captioned, Impressions, Rhymes & Rhythms of Life, was inaugurated by Mrs. Sujatha Shankar, well known architect and Convener,.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced an Amma Environment Park to be set up at Tondiarpet. The announcement comes a day after she announced Amma parks and Amma gyms.
Toll rates will be revised from midnight on Wednesday. The new rates will apply to 22 plazas across the State on the 9 National Highways. There are a total of 43 plazas in the State covering around 2,300 km of road length.
The corrections to be made in the voters list commences tomorrow (Thursday, 1st September) and will continue till 30th September. A draft voters list will be released tomorrow. Special camps will be organised on 11th and 25th September.
The tenure of the present governor of Tamil Nadu. Mr. Rosaiah, gets over today (Wednesday, 31st August). The president Pranab Mukherji has issued an order for the appointment of the new governor.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced on Wednesday that the State government will implement a new scheme to produce vegetables and fruits without residue of pesticides, by employing integrated pest management techniques.
No new Metro lines in more than a year
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The Chennai Metro Rail Limited, or CRML, has not opened up new lines for more than a year ago, since the opening of the Koyambedu - Alandur line. Reason being, trains are ready but the lines are not.
Soon, online registrations of documents
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has said that a new software would soon be launched to let people prepare registration documents themselves and send it to the sub-registrars office concerned online.
