New Delhi Apr 27 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his anguish over 11 people getting electrocuted during a temple chariot procession in Tamil Nadus Thanjavur The incident occurred when the chariot came in contact with a high-tension transmission line while reversing after facing an obstacle while taking a turnDeeply pained by the mishap in Thanjavur Tamil Nadu My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief I hope those injured recover soon the prime minister said He also announced Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Ministers National Relief Find to the next of kin of those who lost their lives The injured would be given Rs 50000 PTI KR NSD

Coimbatore Mar 30 PTI G Suqare South Indias largest real estate developer on Wednesday launched Tamil Nadus first Integrated Smart City spread across 1207 acres here The first of its kind in the country with 150-plus world-class amenities including a helipad the Smart City would help the company promote projects on plots here through its new project G Square CityG Square City located along the Salem-Kochi Highway aka Coimbatore bypass shall be the first Integrated Smart City in Tamil Nadu encompassing 1663 villa plots and 26 commercial plots spanning over 1207 acres providing over 150 world-class amenities including a 50000 sq ft clubhouse here Residential Elite plots priced at Rs85 lakh and premium plots at Rs95 lakh per cent as early-bird price Residential plots starting from Rs 28 lakh and commercial plots starting from Rs 2 crore This is a big and important milestone for us to set up the first and only Integrated Smart City in the country through G Square City said G Square CEO N EshwarG Square City has put a lot into conceptualising this project by researching various aspects such as prime location accessibility and latest technological advancement Coimbatore is part of the Smart City Mission undertaken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs The purpose of the mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology especially technology that leads to smart outcome G Square City is Tamil Nadus first integrated smart city with proposed school hospital bank mall and convenience store that is touted to be a smart community project which would integrate infrastructural development and technological advancement and at the same time provide some of the finest amenities said Eshwar PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 30 PTI G Suqare a real estate developer on Wednesday launched Tamil Nadus first Integrated Smart City spread across 1207 acres here The first of its kind in the country with 150-plus world-class amenities including a helipad the Smart City would help the company promote projects on plots here through its new project G Square City G Square City located along the Salem-Kochi Highway aka Coimbatore bypass shall be the first Integrated Smart City in Tamil Nadu encompassing 1663 villa plots and 26 commercial plots spanning over 1207 acres providing over 150 world-class amenities including a 50000 sq ft clubhouse here Residential Elite plots priced at Rs85 lakh and premium plots at Rs95 lakh per cent as early-bird price Residential plots starting from Rs 28 lakh and commercial plots starting from Rs 2 crore This is a big and important milestone for us to set up the first and only Integrated Smart City in the country through G Square City said G Square CEO N Eshwar G Square City has put a lot into conceptualising this project by researching various aspects such as prime location accessibility and latest technological advancement Coimbatore is part of the Smart City Mission undertaken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs The purpose of the mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology especially technology that leads to smart outcome G Square City is Tamil Nadus first integrated smart city with proposed school hospital bank mall and convenience store that is touted to be a smart community project which would integrate infrastructural development and technological advancement and at the same time provide some of the finest amenities said Eshwar PTI NVM NVG NVG

Chennai Nov 29 PTI An earthquake occurred early on Monday off Tamil Nadus northern town of Vellore the National Centre for Seismology said The earthquake was of the magnitude of 36 and it occurred on Monday at 041722 IST at a depth of 25 kilometres and it was 59 kilometres off Vellore and about 184 km west of Chennai the NCS under the Ministry of Earth Sciences said PTI VGN SS SS

Chennai Oct 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu government has advised the administration in all the districts to step up the COVID-19 vaccination programme as the percentage-wise vaccination for the second dose in comparison to the states population is below the national average according to a top officialIn a message to the district collectors health departments Principal Secretary J Radhakrishnan said the health teams in the districts were instructed on the need to focus on increasing the number of daily vaccinations after identifying the people who are yet to receive the first dose and those eligible for the second dose of the vaccinePending of second dose is increasing exponentially at about 61 lakh he said in the messageCollectors may note that more than the absolute numbers achieved per day district wise the real issue is that the percentage in comparison is yet to be covered for the first and the second dose for which Tamil Nadu is still below the national average Radhakrishnan saidA new variant of COVID-19 under investigation which was allegedly responsible for a rapid spread of the disease in the UK has been identified he saidConsidering the relaxations strict follow up of standard operating procedures and wearing a mask is important Radhakrishnan saidWith the onset of northeast monsoon the number of dengue cases is increasing in Chennai Kancheepuram and Salem and intense mosquito breeding source reduction should be carried out he saidThe next two months would determine how the public health challenges get tackled the official said adding After such effective work in disease control let us not give away the gains made With 1112 fresh cases Tamil Nadus COVID-19 tally climbed to 2696328 on Monday while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 36033 with 14 more fatalities the health department said PTI VIJ RC

Chennai Sep 20 PTI Tamil Nadus daily new covid cases showed a marginal dip on Monday compared to the previous days additions but the number of active cases continued to inch upwards and stood at 16984 The state clocked 1661 new infections today 36 lesser than on Sunday However with the new cases outnumbering the 1623 recoveries on Monday the active cases went up The number of active cases on Sunday was 16969 even as they have been on the upward trend for the past few days The state witnessed 23 deaths including one person with no comorbidities The cumulative positives stood at 2647041 while the new deaths took the total fatalities to 35360 according to a government bulletin So far 2594697 persons have been cured of the virus Coimbatore and Chennai reported the maximum of 211 and 206 new infections on Monday while Erode 117 and Chengalpattu--111 were the other districts with three figure new cases Tenkasi and Ramnathapuram reported the lowest of five cases each the bulletin said PTI SA APR APR