IFC to invest USD 4 million for green energySteelGuruThe proposed investment is aimed at implementing the country's first large-scale grid-connected thin-film solar plant located in Tamil Nadu. It may be noted this plant is also South Asia's largest plant. The new plant will help bolster clean energy ...and more »

Lankan navy captures 23 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram: ReportsNDTV.comTamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, on a recent visit to Delhi, had discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issues facing Tamil Nadu fishermen with regard to ill-treatment at the hands of the Sri Lankan Navy. ...and more »

Indian ExpressKarunanidhi makes another trip to Delhi to meet KanimozhiIndian ExpressFormer Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and his daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi in happier times. (Express Photo) DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday left for New Delhi to meet his jailed daughter Kanimozhi, a day after the Supreme Court rejected ...and more »

Four-hour power cut proposal rolled backIBNLive.comCHENNAI: A day after announcing four hour load shedding to facilitate the linking of the three 500 MW units of the Vallur thermal plant to the grid, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has decided to postpone it. In a press release on Monday evening, ...and more »

Daily Bhaskar'Upset' Karunanidhi to visit Kanimozhi in Tihar jail todayDaily BhaskarChennai/New Delhi: With the apex court denying bail to his daughter Kanimozhi, DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi will be flying to Delhi on Tuesday to visit her in jail. He will meet Kanimozhi, a Rajya Sabha member, ...and more »

The HinduKarunanidhi leaves for Delhi to meet KanimozhiThe HinduPTI PTI File photo of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at his CIT Colony residence in Chennai. DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday left for New Delhi to meet his jailed daughter Kanimozhi, a day after the Supreme Court rejected her bail ...and more »

SamayLivekarunanidhi to meet kanimozhi in tihar jail on tuesdaySamayLiveWith the apex court denying bail to his daughter Kanimozhi, DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi will be flying to Delhi on Tuesday to meet her in jail. He will meet Kanimozhi, a Rajya Sabha member, who is lodged in Tihar ...and more »

Not a drop from this tank for over 3 decadesIBNLive.comCHENNAI: For the residents of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) tenements at Satyamurthi Nagar in Vyasarpadi, the tall overhead water tank abutting their colony is perhaps the tallest structure symbolising official neglect and apathy. ...

Thanks giving tour: Jayalalithaa promises to implement the schemes promptlyAsian TribuneTamil Nadu Chief Minister and All Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) supremo J Jayalalithaa has promised in the Sri Rangam electorate from where she was elected to Tamil Nadu Assembly by a margin of 41000 votes, to implement all her schemes ...and more »

6 Perspectives on Cloud Computing With iCube-OfficeSBWire (press release)Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/20/2011 -- Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. ...

India TodayExtended jail term for Kanimozhi tests Congress-DMK tiesIndia TodayA senior party leader claimed that Congress emissaries were in touch with Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and she had conveyed to the party top brass that if it dumped DMK, she could do business with it. Her attack on Chidambaram may not ...and more »

More power cuts announcedOman TribuneThe latest announcement from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) is that one-hour power cuts will occur every five hours in every ward in the city and suburbs. The TNEB says the cuts would be due to a 300MW shortage, which can be managed either ...and more »

Govt postpones 4-hr power cutsTimes of IndiaWhile the Tamil Nadu Electricty Board attributed it to technical reasons, sources said the power cut was shelved due to political compulsions. Whatever be the reason, Chennaiites couldn't be more happy. "I was dreading the idea of putting up with an ...and more »

First phase of counselling for UG courses begins at TNAUTimes of IndiaCOIMBATORE: The counselling for admissions to 13 undergraduate courses for the year 2011-12 began at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University from Monday. A total of 10250 applications were received and 1837 eligible candidates based on merit were called for ...and more »

Deccan ChronicleJayalalithaa to keep her poll promisesDeccan ChronicleA commoner succeeds in handing over her petition for help to chief minister J. Jayalalithaa during her thanksgiving tour of her Srirangam constituency, Tamil Nadu— DC Touring around villages in Srirangam Assembly constituency on Monday and thanking ...and more »

Temple priests petition CMDeccan ChronicleThe Tiruchendur Sri Subrahmanyaswamy temple priests, belonging to the Triswatantra Sthalatarkal sect and who are members of the Tamil Nadu Theiviga Tamizh Putatchi Pasarai, petitioned the CM's cell and the governor on Monday, demanding a judicial ...

Rs. 77.50 crore released to different states under Rain-Fed Area Development ...KanglaOnlineRain-fed areas of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are covered under RADP. RADP is a sub scheme under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). ...and more »

The HinduEngineering counselling to start on July 8The HinduChennai: The general counselling for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA 2011) will commence on July 8, said P. Palaniappan, Higher Education Minister. Assigning random numbers for the applicants at Anna University on Monday, he said the rank list ...and more »

Techno Electric arm gets IFC cashCalcutta TelegraphSimran Wind Project has already commissioned 37.5MW of the 100MW capacity in the first phase and has installed 18 wind turbine generators of 1.5MW each and five generators of 2.1MW each. The entire 37.5MW power will be sold to the Tamil Nadu Generation ...and more »

SC denies bail to KanimozhiHindustan TimesFormer Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi arrives at Patiala...... DMK leader and MP Kanimozhi's last hopes to secure bail were dashed after the Supreme Court on Monday rejected her plea against a Delhi High Court ...and more »