Chennai, July 2 (IANS) Former AIADMK ministers Dr C. Vijayabaskar and M.R. Vijayabaskar formally joined the ruling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) along with around 15,000 supporters at a grand induction ceremony held at a private hotel in Mamallapuram near Chennai on Thursday.The induction was led by TVK General Secretary and Minister N. Anand in the presence of Minister Adhav Arjuna, who welcomed the new entrants by presenting them with the party’s traditional shawl.Addressing the gathering, C…
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Chennai, June 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will visit Karur on July 10 and 11, marking his first visit to the district since the tragic stampede that claimed 41 lives during a TRK public meeting on September 27 last year. The stampede, one of the worst political rally disasters in recent years, triggered nationwide outrage and raised serious concerns over crowd management and event safety.The incident remains under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
Chennai, June 22 (IANS) Water levels in major reservoirs across Tamil Nadu’s Erode district continued to decline on Monday, with the inflow into the Bhavanisagar dam dropping sharply to just 76 cusecs, raising fresh concerns among farmers dependent on the reservoir for irrigation. Bhavanisagar, one of Tamil Nadu’s most important irrigation reservoirs, supplies water to vast agricultural areas in Erode, Tirupur, and Karur districts.Officials said the dam’s storage has been steadily falling as…
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in 22 districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, as a cyclonic circulation persists over south Kerala and adjoining Tamil Nadu regions.The weather system is expected to influence rainfall activity across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next week.According to the weather department, widespread rainfall is likely across several parts of the state, with heavy showers expecte…
Chennai, May 31 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has forecast widespread rainfall across Tamil Nadu over the next five days, with heavy rain likely in several districts as conditions become increasingly favourable for the onset of the Southwest Monsoon. According to the weather department, the monsoon is expected to advance into Kerala within the next three to four days, aided by a cyclonic circulation prevailing over the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining south Kerala …
Chennai, May 31 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast that the southwest monsoon is likely to advance into parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and adjoining regions by June 3 or 4, bringing widespread rainfall and a gradual drop in temperatures across the southern states. According to the weather department, the monsoon has already made further progress over large parts of the Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, the Comorin region and several areas of the Bay of Bengal as of May 30.Meteorol…
Chennai, May 30 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Saturday forecast heavy rainfall in 14 districts of Tamil Nadu even as several parts of the state continue to reel under intense summer heat. The weather department attributed the changing weather pattern to a cyclonic circulation prevailing over the southwest Arabian Sea and adjoining regions.According to the RMC, widespread rainfall activity is likely to continue across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal for the next week.Heav…
Chennai, May 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is preparing for a significant visit to New Delhi, one expected to carry both political and administrative importance. Unlike his previous trip to the national capital as a party leader for questioning in connection with the Karur crowd-tragedy case, Vijay is now set to arrive in Delhi as the head of the Tamil Nadu government with an agenda focused on strengthening political ties and seeking financial support for the state.Vijay ha…
Chennai, May 23 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast heavy rainfall in parts of western and northern Tamil Nadu over the next three days, particularly in Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Vellore districts, even as several parts of the state continue to witness rising temperatures. According to the weather department, an atmospheric circulation persists over the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining regions, while a low-pressure area remains active over Kerala and nearby s…
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) The internal crisis within the AIADMK has deepened further as the party’s growing factional battle spread across district units in Tamil Nadu, triggering tensions and prompting police intervention in several places. Supporters of Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and the rival faction led by former Ministers S.P. Velumani and C.Ve. Shanmugham are increasingly engaged in a struggle for control, leading to party offices being locked and brought under security watch.Following s…