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BJP trying to misuse Income Tax, CBI, ED in Tamil Nadu, says CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was trying to misuse the agencies like Income Tax,CBI, and the ED in Tamil Nadu just like in other states

Stalin urges Centre to resume direct flight between Chennai and Tokyo

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday urged the Centre to re-introduce direct flight connectivity between Tokyo and Chennai and increase the number of flights from Singapore to Madurai. Writing to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradiya Scindia, Stalin said the direct flight service between Chennai and Tokyo, launched in October 2019 by All Nippon Airways, was discontinued during the Covid-19 pandemic. The service is yet to resumed and the lack of direct flight connectivity more than doubles the travel time between these two destinations by about 7 hours, he noted. "There have been persistent requests from the Japanese business community in Tamil Nadu to resume direct flight services between Chennai and Tokyo." Stalin pointed to the presence of a string of manufacturing facilities of Japanese conglomerates such as the Nissan and Mitsubishi in Tamil Nadu, the increase in the number of Japanese expatriates; Chennai being home to the largest Japanese community in India

Stalin visits Japanese tech firm, discusses use of AI in public utlities

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday visited technology firm NEC Future Creation Hub in Japan and interacted with officials on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used in the administration of the state government. The chief minister's deliberations with NEC officials were about AI-facial recognition, quantum computing objectives and possibly using such technology in the administration of Tamil Nadu government and public utilities, an official release here said. The officials briefed Stalin on NEC's tech-driven solutions in various spheres, including stress-free journey for air passengers, the release added. Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa and senior officials including Additional Chief Secretary S Krishnan were present. On May 23, the Chief Minister embarked on a visit to Singapore and Japan to attract investments and invite investors to the Global Investors Meet slated to be held here in January 2024.

Tamil Nadu signs business pacts worth Rs 800 crore with Japanese companies

A total of six MoUs were signed in Tokyo, envisioning a total investment of Rs 818.90 crore in the fields of automotive spares, construction engineering, and metals used in space and defense

Sengol bent on first day: TN CM Stalin on police action against wrestlers

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin slammed the BJP-led central government for police action against wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshee Mallik and Bajrang Punia

Stalin rides bullet train in Japan, bats for 'equivalent' service in India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on an official trip of Japan, on Sunday undertook a 500-km bullet train journey to its capital city Tokyo and said such a service could benefit the Indian citizens as well. He also addressed Tamils living in Japan, while highlighting the link between the Tamil and Japanese languages. On his train journey, he tweeted: "Traveling from Osaka to Tokyo on #BulletTrain; will cover a distance of about 500 km in less than two and a half hours," and shared some related pictures. "A railway service equivalent to #BulletTrain not only in design but also in speed and quality should come for use in our India as well. The poor and middle class people should benefit and their journey should become easier! #FutureIndia," he added. The Chief Minister had earlier embarked on a two-nation official trip of Singapore and Japan to attract more investments to Tamil Nadu. Later in the day, he addressed a meeting of the Tamil diaspora living in Japan and ...

Stalin thanks PM Modi for allowing 'Khelo India Games 2023' in TN

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing 'Khelo India Games 2023' to be held in Tamil Nadu on his request

Rs 2,000 note withdrawal to cover up drubbing in Karnataka polls: Stalin

After the landslide victory of Congress in Karnataka assembly elections, Stalin had said the BJP has been wiped out from Dravidian landscape

Dravidian model is the governance formula for all States: CM Stalin

With Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi flaying the ruling DMK's oft-repeated "Dravidian model of governance," Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said it has emerged as the governance formula for all States in the country, as his party's allies lashed out at Ravi for his remarks. The two years of the DMK rule is a testimony of the governance model's success, Stalin claimed. His remarks assume significance in the wake of Ravi's comments in a section of media that the Dravidian model of governance is only a "political slogan" and a desperate bid to sustain an "expired ideology." Stalin said the victory of the two-year rule of the DMK has been dispensing pro-people initiatives and transforming Tamil Nadu into a welfare state. "This success will continue for a full five-year term. The winning streak will continue in the subsequent elections," Stalin, who as the DMK president catapulted the party to power decimating the decade-old rule of the AIADMK in the 2021 Assembly election, said. The

Stalin refutes to wade into 'cheap politics' over PTR audio issue

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday dismissed as "cheap politics" the PTR audio files, in which the state finance minister is purported to have made some remarks about the assets of the DMK's first family. In his first response to the issue, Stalin, president of the ruling DMK, said Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) has already responded to the matter twice. "He (PTR) himself has given two detailed explanations on this matter. I have time only to do my duty for people. I do not want to talk anything further on this and give publicity to those indulging in cheap politics," Stalin said in his regular "Ungalil Oruvan" question and answer series. In two audio clips released by state BJP chief K Annamalai, PTR is puported to have made some remarks about Stalin's son Udhayanidhi and son-in-law V Sabareesan, which the finance minister has categorically denied. He had insisted that they were digitally altered material using advanced technology. To a question on Union Home Minister

TN CM Stalin postpones visit to Delhi due to technical snag in flight

A Delhi-bound flight in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was scheduled to travel on Thursday was cancelled due to a technical snag, airport sources said. The Chief Minister was scheduled to leave for Delhi to invite President Draupadi Murmu on Friday for a hospital inauguration here. The private carrier was cancelled due to the technical snag following which the Chief Minister returned home. He is expected to leave early on Friday, the sources added.

Tamil Nadu govt puts on hold Bill to extend factory working hours

After the bill was cleared, it invited protests from Unions backed by the ruling DMK and its allies, including the Congress and the Left parties

Stalin puts Factories Act amendment law on hold after unions' backlash

Soundararajan also said that the ministers had promised to convey the views of the trade unions to Chief Minister Stalin

TN CM Stalin to visit Japan, Singapore, and UK to attract investments

According to information, the Chief Minister will be meeting entrepreneurs and government officials in his one-week tour of the three countries

Kerala to consider Stalin's proposal fixing time limit to approve bills

The Left-ruled Kerala on Tuesday said it will consider with "utmost seriousness" the proposal by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to pass a resolution in the state Assembly to fix a time limit for Governors to approve bills passed by respective assemblies. This was informed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through a letter to Stalin who had proposed to pass a resolution in the Kerala Assembly similar to that passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislature to fix the time limit for Governors to approve the bills. In his reply to the letter sent by Stalin on April 11, Vijayan said as defenders of the federal spirit of our Constitution, "we have to cooperate in every effort to prevent the curtailing of the functioning of elected state governments." "Even though the time period for giving assent to the bills is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, it has to be a reasonable one," he said. Vijayan said going by the experience of many states, the Justice M N Venkatachaliah ..

Vaiko urges Stalin to fulfil demands of Tamil Nadu's unorganised workers

He said that the BJP government at the Centre has passed labour laws without discussing with the trade unions and benefitting corporate companies

TM CM Stalin thanks Delhi CM Kejriwal for joining move against governors

On April 9, Stalin had urged the President and the Union government to fix a time frame for the governors to give their assent to bills

Democracy suffering, every tenet of Constitution compromised: Delhi CM

A day before his appearance before the CBI, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin, saying democracy in India is being dealt blows every single day and the country's federal structure is in grave danger. In his reply to a letter from Tamil Nadu chief minister, Kejriwal also noted that "every tenet" of the India's Constitution stands compromised, be it liberty, equality, secularism, or fraternity. He said the interface of the state governments and their Governors or Lt Governors has effectively become "a battlefront where a silent war is being waged by the Union government." The governors and Lt Governors are "wilfully" undermining democratically elected state governments and obstructing administration as per their "whims and fancies", the Delhi chief minister charged. Kejriwal also commended Tamil Nadu Assembly for passing a resolution seeking a time-frame for governors to approve bills passed by the state legislatures, and s

Tamil Nadu BJP chief accuses Stalin of corruption; DMK says political stunt

State CM accused of taking a Rs 200-crore bribe from an Indo-European firm that sought a contract related to Chennai Metro Rail

Stalin writes to Shah for including Tamil, regional languages in CRPF test

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, opposing the non-inclusion of Tamil in the computer test for recruitment to the CRPF, saying the notification mandating only the use of English and Hindi was 'discriminatory' and 'unilateral.' According to a state government releae here on Sunday, of the 9,212 vacancies in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 579 had to be filled from Tamil Nadu, the exam for which is scheduled to be held in 12 centers. The CM told Shah in the letter that the Centre's notification that the exam can be written in English and Hindi makes the aspirants from Tamil Nadu unable to attempt the test in their mother tongue in their own "native state." Further, 25 out of the 100 marks have been allotted for "basic comprehension in Hindi" which would only benefit the Hindi-speaking candidates. "To put it simply, this CRPF notification is against the interests of those applying from Tamil Nadu. This is not only unilateral bu