The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre on the pleas of Nalini Sriharan and P Ravichandran, convicts, who are serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and seeking release from the prison-like fellow convict AG... The post appeared first on .

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre on the pleas of Nalini Sriharan and P Ravichandran, convicts, who are serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and seeking release from the prison-like fellow convict AG... The post appeared first on .

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre on the pleas of Nalini Sriharan and P Ravichandran, convicts, who are serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and seeking release from the prison-like fellow convict AG... The post appeared first on .

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre on the pleas of Nalini Sriharan and P Ravichandran, convicts, who are serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and seeking release from the prison-like fellow convict AG... The post appeared first on .

Coimbatore Apr 19 PTI The Tamil Nadu BJPs agriculture wing on Tuesday urged the state government to take immediate steps to increase cotton production for meeting the needs of the textile industry Since the spinning mills in Tamil Nadu require 11 crore bales in a year for producing yarns Chief Minister M K Stalin who was appreciated by the industry for steps taken by the Centre to exempt 11 per cent of import duty on cotton should also help in increasing the production levels from the present four lakh bales per year to five lakh bales in the state BJPs Agriculture Wing president G K Nagaraj said in a statement here Unlike vegetable cultivation the farmers will get more profit in cotton cultivation he said adding that the textile industry has to depend on states like Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra and Gujarat and also on imports to meet their cotton requirements To increase the income of cotton farmers and also make them self sufficient the government should take concrete steps on a war footing to enable increase in cotton production Nagaraj further said PTI NVM HDA HDA

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) workers led by party coordinator O Panneerselvam protested in Chennai against the hike in property tax by the state government.

Chennai Mar 24 PTI Taking cognisance of the sudden arrival of Sri Lankan nationals to the state Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said the government is in touch with the Centre on how to handle the issue legally Referring to media reports on the Lankan nationals fleeing the crisis-hit island nation and reaching the shores of Tamil Nadu in droves the Chief Minister said he had already instructed the officials to get in touch with the Central government on handling the issue legally I have been watching the news of the suffering Lankan Tamils coming to Tamil Nadu recently I had instructed my officials yesterday to get in touch with the Union ministry concerned and officials as well on how to handle this issue legally the Chief Minister told the Assembly The Tamil Nadu government will strive to ensure a new dawn to the Lankan Tamils he assured A group of 10 members including women and children fled the economic crisis gripping their island nation and arrived at Rameswaram on Wednesday Earlier six fleeing Lankan nationals entered Tamil Nadu Raising the issue in the Assembly Congress legislator S Vijayadharani sought to know if the Tamil Nadu government could intervene and help the agonised Lankan Tamils With reports claiming the price of essential commodities hitting the roof there is an acute shortage of petroleum products in Sri Lanka Last week India had announced a USD 1 billion line of credit to the island nation to deal with the crisis after having extended USD 500-million earlier PTI JSP HDA HDA

Chennai Feb 25 PTI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced that the state government will bear all the expenses related to the return of students from the state stranded in Ukraine which is facing a Russian onslaught since February 24 According to an official release on Friday 916 students and emigrants from the state stranded in the eastern European country have so far contacted the officials appointed by the government at district and state levels besides in New Delhi regarding evacuation Under these circumstances chief minister M K Stalin has announced that the Tamil Nadu government will bear all the travel expenses related to the Tamil Nadu students return to the country the release said The release further said Jacintha Lazarus director of Rehabilitation and Welfare of Non Resident Tamils could be contacted for this purpose The state governments announcement comes a day after Stalin urged the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to operate special Vande Bharat mission flights to evacuate Tamil Nadu students and emigrants numbering around 5000 from Ukraine which is facing a military offensive from Russia Most students are studying professional courses in that country PTI SA SA SS SS

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government while hearing the plea filed by Suresh Kanna alias Kavivarman from Pudukkottai Aranthangi, told the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court that the Narthamalai Sniper Training Ground was closed on December 30 and will not be used in the future following the death of a minor after being hit by a bullet near the shooting range.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 6 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday informed that his government would introduce legislation to appoint Vice-chancellors for state universities.