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Tata Power firm launches programme to promote solar power in Tamil Nadu

Initiative provides subsidies to households to adopt green energy, says company

Supreme Court closes proceedings against Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation

The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive inside the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation at Coimbatore. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud noted that both the women were major and have stated that they were residing at the ashram voluntarily and without any coercion. A habeas corpus petition is filed seeking direction to produce before the court a person who is missing or has been illegally detained. The bench, also comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, also noted that in pursuance of its October 3 order, the police has submitted a status report before it. The bench observed it would be unnecessary for the apex court to expand upon the ambit of these proceedings which arises from a habeas corpus petition which was initially filed before the Madras High Court. On October 3, the top court had effectively halted the police prob

Bonfiglioli starts work for Rs 320 cr Tamil Nadu unit; to start ops by 2025

The 25-acre Cheyyar plant reinforces Bonfiglioli 's commitment to the 'Make in India' initiative and solidifies its position as one of India's largest gearbox manufacturers

Hyundai submits PFR to take up modernisation of TN plant for Rs 1,500cr

Hyundai Motor India, the subsidiary of Korean auto major Hyundai, has submitted the pre-feasibility report to take up revamping and modernisation of its facility in Tamil Nadu at an outlay of Rs 1,500 crore. The expansion at the existing facility at Irungattukottai near here would create an additional 155 new jobs and the plant size would be increased to 7.21 lakh sq metre from the current 5.40 lakh sq metre. Hyundai Motor India has planned to expand the factory by adding additional 1.81 lakh sq metres of land at the factory. According to the company, it has proposed to take up revamping and modernisation of its existing manufacturing facility at Irungattukottai, Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu, As per the Pre-Feasibility Report submitted by the automaker on Thursday, the manufacturing facility is spread across an area of 538 acres and has the capacity to produce 8.50 lakh cars per annum. "Hyundai Motor India as per the proposed revamping and modernisation plan, the built-up

Depression over West Central Bay of Bengal moves towards North Chennai

Subsequently, the depression has weakened into a well-marked low pressure area and lay over the South coastal Andhra Pradesh

Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu sees heavy rainfall, dams fill rapidly

Chennai and several parts of Tamil Nadu experienced 'extremely heavy rainfall' resulting in the dams getting filled up fast. During the past 24 hours till 8.30 on Wednesday, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said it observed extremely heavy rainfall in many places. The Cholavaram reservoir in neighbouring Tiruvallur district received 302.6 mm rainfall on a single day when the Northeast Monsoon commenced on October 15. The Redhills lake, near here, received 279.2 mm rainfall while Chembarambakkam obtained 85 mm, Kannankottai Thervoy Kandigai: 62, Poondi: 60, and Veeranam: 50.20 mm rainfall. The water level in the Poondi, Cholavaram, Puzhal (Redhills), Kannankottai Thervoy Kandigai, Chembarambakkam, and Veeranam reservoirs in Chennai and suburbs increased steadily, the Water Resources Department said. The combined storage in these six dams stood at 41.61 per cent (5,502.17 mcft, as increase from 4,844.20 mcft on Tuesday) with a combined inflow of 6,789 cusecs water today.

Heavy rains continue to batter Chennai, waterlogging affects bus services

Chennai rains: The IMD issued a "red" alert for certain regions of the state and warned of heavy rainfall on October 17 and 18

Chennai faces severe waterlogging amid heavy rains, IMD issues orange alert

Chennai rainfall: The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal between October 12-16, with the most intense downpours likely on October 14-15

Chennai rain alert: Schools, colleges to close in 4 districts for today

The weather department has issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu. CM Stalin has advised professionals to do work from home and closed schools, and colleges for tomorrow

TN CM Stalin welcomes ban on import of pocket cigarette lighters' parts

On October 13, the Department of Commerce implemented certain restrictions on importing parts for pocket lighters

TDP office, Chandrababu Naidu residence attack cases transferred to AP CID

Andhra Pradesh DGP Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao has transferred the cases relating to the alleged attacks on the TDP office and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's residence in 2021 by YSRCP cadres to the CID, said an official on Monday. TDP and YSRCP leaders reportedly clashed outside the then opposition leader Naidu's residence at Undavalli in September 2021 while the TDP central office in Mangalagiri mandal was allegedly stormed by over 100 YSRCP leaders and cadres in October 2021. "The decision to transfer the cases to CID was taken by the DGP about two days ago. The superintendent of police (Guntur) directed us to be ready with the updated record of these two cases to hand them over to the CID," Mangalagiri sub-divisional police officer Murali Krishna told PTI. However, he noted that CID officials are yet to collect the case files while the district police will continue its investigation in the meantime. As many as 120 people affiliated to YSRCP have been identified in these ...

TN train collision: Technical team suspects sabotage after site inspection

A three-member technical team of senior railway officials from the Signal & Telecom, Engineering and Operations department raised serious apprehension of sabotage after inspecting the accident site at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu, railway sources said. On October 11, train No12578 Mysuru - Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a stationary goods train at around 8.30 pm at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Chennai Rail Division, Tamil Nadu, causing injuries to nine passengers. "The team of senior officials have found that the mechanical parts of the interlocking system were opened. Normally, these parts get broken after an accident due to the heavy impact of the locomotive and coaches," a source, close to the inspection team, said. "It looks like the miscreants, who interfered with the interlocking system, gained knowledge from some well-trained person and tried doing it elsewhere earlier for experience," he added. The Railway officials said that some cases were ..

As Met predicts heavy rainfall, TN govt sets up command centre to tackle it

The Tamil Nadu government has set up an integrated command centre in view of heavy rainfall predicted by the Meteorological department, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said on Sunday. After interacting with the officials on the measures taken at the command centre, he said a helpline '1913' has been established to serve the public round-the-clock and people can also download the TN ALERT mobile application to receive information about the rainfall. The government is taking all precautionary measures in view of the Meteorological department predicting heavy rainfall from October 15 with some areas expected to receive over 20 cm of rainfall, he said. "Top priority is given to save human life and property", the deputy chief minister told reporters. He was accompanied by Greater Chennai Corporation Mayor R Priya, Deputy Mayor M Mukesh Kumar and Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran. About 150 officers would be working round-the-clock at the call centre ...

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Train collision leaves 19 injured in Tamil Nadu; CM monitoring rescue ops

An express train rammed into a stationary train at Kavarapettai in Tamil Nadu and several passengers are feared injured, police said. A fire broke out quickly near a coach and only sketchy information is available right now on the accident, railway police said. At least two coaches have derailed and rescue teams and ambulances have rushed to the spot, police added. When contacted to seek information on the mishap, railway officials did not answer phone calls. Kavarapettai is near Chennai.

A-I Express flight faces mid-air glitch post take-off from TN, lands safely

A Sharjah bound flight from Tiruchirappalli, shortly after departure on Friday evening, witnessed mid-air technical glitch and later landed safely, police said. Chief Minister M K Stalin held an emergency meeting with officials and directed them to follow all safety measures. Later, he congratulated the flight captain and crew for the safe landing. After taking off at about 5.30 pm from the airport, the fault related to hydraulic systems, the landing gear, was noticed. Deftly handling the situation, the pilots later safely landed the aircraft in Tiruchirappalli airport. The chief minister in a post on 'X' said: "I am heartened to hear that the #AirIndiaExpress flight has landed safely. Upon receiving news of the landing gear issue, I immediately coordinated an emergency meeting with officials over the phone and instructed them to implement all necessary safety measures, including deploying fire engines, ambulances, and medical assistance. "I have also now directed the District ...

TN CM announces bonuses and extra payments for 275,000 state PSU workers

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced a bonus and ex-gratia for 2.75 lakh employees of state public sector undertakings and statutory boards for the 2023-24 fiscal. Accordingly, all eligible workers of profit making PSUs under group C and D will be paid a minimum bonus of Rs 8,400 and a maximum of Rs 16,800, amounting to 8.33 per cent bonus and an ex-gratia of 11.67 per cent, an official release here said. The employees of the PSUs lacking allowable surplus will be paid a bonus of 8.33 per cent and an ex-gratia of 1.67 per cent. "The Tamil Nadu chief minister on October 10 ordered payment of bonus and ex-gratia to a total of 2,75,670 workers of state PSUs ahead of the festive (Diwali) season," the release said, and added that the move would entail the government an expenditure of Rs 369.65 crore. The workers and employees of TANGEDCO, state transport undertakings, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, and Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation will be paid 20 per cent

Samsung workers' strike still on at Chennai unit despite pay hike offer: Know why

Airtel says AI system spotted 112 mn spam calls in Tamil Nadu in 12 days

Company says 29.8 mn of its customers have been 'empowered' against 'malicious actors'

Foxconn arm Yuzhan Technology to infuse Rs 13K cr to set up TN factory

The unit is expected to generate at least 14,000 jobs. Interestingly, of the 14 existing manufacturing units in the Apple supply chain, seven are already in Tamil Nadu