The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government over the reported death of three sanitation workers while cleaning a septic tank.

New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI/SRV): With a massive turnover of over 60 crores this year, Suxus, a household name in men's apparel in South India, has hit a major milestone.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday notified India's first Slender Loris Sanctuary. The sanctuary covers an area of 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 19 (ANI): India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted thunderstorms with Light to moderate rain in parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Sunday.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 15 (ANI): India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted thunderstorms with Light to moderate rain in parts of Tamil Nadu and Karaikal.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Yethi Consulting Pvt Ltd, one of India's fastest-growing pure-play testing companies, announced the inauguration of its new office in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. With this new office, its largest outside HQ in Bangalore, Yethi hopes to serve clients across India and Middle East and Far East.

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI/SRV): One of South India's largest community-based societies, WeVysya, recently organized MANAM, its 4th-anniversary celebrations in Hyderabad. MANAM was a feast of conferences, speeches, and entertainment for members and special invitees. The glittering day-long event was attended by over 500+ guests. Members from all the branches of WeVysya spread across the four states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu came in large numbers.

Coimbatore Apr 18 PTI Nearly 600 farmers staged a demonstration here on Monday to protest against the proposed green expressways as 2800 acres of agricultural land would be affected The farmers were agitated on the announcement by the Central and State governments to start the Kurumbampalaya-Sathyamangalam road which till take a toll of 800 acres belonging to marginal farmers Similarly there is a plan for Coimbatore- Karur six-lane green expressway and Coimbatore East Outer Ring Road as the road would affect nearly 3000 acres of agricultural land said farmers Speaking at the demonstration CPI-M MP P R Natarajan accused the government of bringing anti-farmer schemes and questioned as to why the government wanted only the agricultural land for laying of electricity cables and GAIL pipeline A report from the Highways Department revealed the green highway can save only six kms for which the farmers have to let go 2800 acres of land he said Instead the governments can expand the existing roads and construct flyovers in busy localities to prevent traffic congestion Natarajan said adding that he had taken the issue to the district administration minister concerned and also raised it in the Lok Sabha Uzhavar Uzhappar Katchi president Chellamuthu State treasurer of Tamil Nadu Farmers Union Thangaraj Tamil Nadu Farmers Protection Committee chief Isan and Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhakam general secretary K Ramakrishnan were among those who addressed the gathering PTI NVM NVG NVG

Chennai Mar 30 PTI The Master Service Agreement MSA for implementing the BharatNet Phase- II project in the districts of Package A in Tamil Nadu was signed on Wednesday aimed at providing internet to village at an estimated cost of Rs 181531 crore the government said In the presence of Minister for Information Technology Mano Thankaraj top executives of Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation exchanged documents with Polycab India Ltd for implementing the project II in the districts that fall under Package A As many as 3095 village panchayats in Chengalpet Kancheepuram Tiruvannamalai Tiruvallur Vellore Krishnagiri Ranipettai Tirupati and Chennai districts would be connected through this initiative The Centre approved the project at an estimated cost of Rs 181531 crore aimed at connecting the 12525 Gram Panchayats in Tamil Nadu with high-speed bandwidth using Optical Fibre Cable OFCs The village panchayats would be provided with a minimum scalable bandwidth of 1Gbps under the initiative The implementation of the project has been divided into four packages Package A B C and D with the appointment of one system integrator for each package and a third party agency In October 2021 a similar MSA was inked with Larsen and Toubro Limited ITI Limited and BECIL towards implementation of the project in the State The project is being implemented in the districts of Packages C -- Nagapattinam Thanjavur Tiruvarur Pudukottai Namakkal Karur Coimbatore Tiruppur Tiruchirappalli Mayiladuthurai and Package D --- Kanniyakumari Madurai Ramanathapuram Theni Tuticorin Tirunelveli Virudhunagar Tenkasi Dindigul and Sivagangai Projects will be implemented in all 12525 Gram Panchayats on disposal of litigation concerned with Package B areas the release said With the deployment of the optical fibre cable the BharatNet infrastructure would allow e-education telemedicine telephone television and internet connection to the common man at an affordable costGovernment offices public institutions schools colleges and industries would be able to use high-speed bandwidth to deliver citizen-centric service at the village-level The project will improve the socio-economic standard of the State by creating jobs and services in rural areas the release said Information technology department principal secretary Neeraj Mittal Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation Managing Director A K Kamal Kishore and senior government officials were present on the occasion PTI VIJ VIJ NVG NVG

Chennai Mar 30 PTI Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 39 new Covid-19 cases pushing the caseload to 3452790 while overall fatalities remained unchanged at 38025 with no deaths said the health department Recoveries grew to 3414443 with 56 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours leaving 322 active infections a bulletin said Chennai added 18 new cases while 14 districts reported new infections below 10 As many as seven districts -- Ariyalur Dharmapuri Kallakurichi Karur Mayiladuthurai Perambalur and Thirupathur -- reported zero active infections The State capital city of Chennai leads among districts with 751069 cases overall A total of 30095 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 65567977 Among those tested positive include 13 men and 26 women the bulletin said PTI VIJ VIJ NVG NVG