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  Madras High Court directs TN govt to submit photos of 'plastic' roads

  India | November 04, 2014 6:58 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday directed the Tamil Nadu government to produce photographs of sites where roads have been relaid using plastic waste.  The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M

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  'Tamil Nadu government will be held responsible for untoward incident': Madras HC

  India | October 07, 2014 7:39 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday said there would be no holiday for schools and colleges tomorrow and warned Tamil Nadu government that it would be held responsible for any untoward incident and breakdown of

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  Tamil Nadu government announces 'Amma Cement Scheme'

  India | September 26, 2014 12:15 IST

  Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced a populist 'Amma Cement Scheme' under which it will procure cement from private manufacturers and sell them at Rs 190 per bag in the wake of possible

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  Jayalalithaa launches four more Amma canteens

  India | September 22, 2014 14:48 IST

  Chennai: Expanding the successful 'Amma' canteen project, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday inaugurated the low-cost eateries at four state-run hospitals in the city.She launched the canteen at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Mother

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  Tamil Nadu government directs universities not to implement UGC circular

  India | September 18, 2014 14:17 IST

  Chennai: Maintaining its opposition to "imposition" of Hindi in the state, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday directed two universities not to implement the UGC circular and said the decision taken by the previous UPA

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  Tamil Nadu urges Centre to strive for 'broad consensus' on GST

  Politics | September 11, 2014 13:25 IST

  Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has said the Centre should strive for a 'broad consensus' on many aspects related to Goods and Services Tax (GST) and address states' concerns on 'permanent revenue loss' in this

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  Tamil Nadu CM sanctions Rs 5 crore for J&K relief operations

  India | September 08, 2014 17:57 IST

  Chennai: Extending a helping hand to the state of Jammu and Kashmir which is tackling a massive natural disaster, the Tamil Nadu government  today sanctioned a sum of Rs 5 crore to expedite the rescue

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  No PM Narendra Modi address in state run schools in Tamil Nadu

  India | September 05, 2014 21:42 IST

  Chennai: State-run schools in Tamil Nadu celebrated Teachers' Day in the traditional way, remembering the “gurus” for their noble work of imparting knowledge and shaping the destiny of future citizens, but gave a miss to

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  Tamil Nadu brings sexual, cyber crime offenders under Goondas Act

  India | August 12, 2014 16:43 IST

  Chennai: Sexual and cyber crime offenders in Tamil Nadu could now be booked under the stringent Goondas Act which provides for preventive detention for an year with the state Assembly today passing amendments to the

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  TN govt announces hike in stipend for trainee medical professionals

  India | August 12, 2014 14:08 IST

  Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has announced increase in stipend of trainee and PG doctors in the state.Heeding to the request of trainee medical professionals, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced in the assembly that the present

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  Tamil Nadu government announces 'Amma seeds' for farmers

  India | August 08, 2014 7:22 IST

  Chennai: Continuing with its various welfare initiatives, the Tamil Nadu government yesterday announced its decision to supply ‘Amma' seeds to provide farmers and general public with quality seeds at reasonable price.Making a suo motu statement

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  Jayalalithaa announces Rs 2,325 crore road projects

  India | July 25, 2014 14:25 IST

  Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday announced road and bridge projects across the state involving an outlay of around Rs 2,325 crore.Speaking in the Assembly, Jayalalithaa said her government is taking every

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  IPL scam: IPS officer extracted bribe from bookies, TN to SC

  Cricket | May 04, 2014 18:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court alleging that suspended IPS officer Sampath Kumar, who was impleaded by the apex court in a case pertaining to IPL spot fixing and betting

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  Inaction in release of convicts will be treated as Contempt:HC

  India | February 28, 2014 6:54 IST

  Chennai : The Madras High Court today warned the Tamil Nadu government that its failure to release the life convicts, as per its order, would be treated as “contempt of court”.“Despite an order passed by

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  No reason stated in revocation of 2nd detention order of Guru

  India | August 27, 2013 7:28 IST

  Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government yesterday submitted that the Centre's act of revoking the state's second detention order of PMK legislator J Guru under the National Security Act for his alleged inflammatory speech in April

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  Special probe team to submit final report on illegal sand mining in TN

  India | August 12, 2013 7:45 IST

  Chennai, Aug 12:  The special team constituted by the Tamil Nadu government to probe illegal sand mining in Tuticorin district will submit its final report in a month.The team, comprising officials from the Departments of

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  TN govt orders commission to probe death of Dalit youth

  India | July 08, 2013 10:56 IST

  Chennai, Jul 8: Tamil Nadu government today ordered a commission to "probe the truth" behind the death of a Dalit youth, whose marriage to a woman from another caste sparked anti-Dalit violence in Dharmapuri last

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  Rs 100 cr alloted for rural buildings scheme

  India | April 15, 2013 17:37 IST

  Chennai, Apr 15: Tamil Nadu Government today allotted Rs 100 crore towards ‘Rural Buildings Maintenance and Renovation Scheme' during 2013-14 for renovating government buildings in rural areas across the state.Making a suo motu statement in

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  Quit if you can't abide by constitution, Katju to Jayalalithaa

  India | April 05, 2013 20:29 IST

  Hyderabad, Apr 5: Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markanday Katju Friday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to suspend 30 policemen involved in the illegal arrest of an editor of a daily nearly

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  Jaya announces over Rs 1,000 cr road projects

  India | April 01, 2013 16:53 IST

  Chennai, Apr 1: In a bid to ease traffic congestion, the Tamil Nadu government today proposed more than Rs 1,000 crore worth road infrastructure and related projects, including a 45 km elevated road on the