Chennai, April 1 (IANS) Motorists across Tamil Nadu will now have to pay higher toll charges as revised rates came into effect on Wednesday at 68 toll plazas spread across national and state highways. The increase, ranging between three and five per cent, is part of the annual toll revision exercise and is expected to have a cascading impact on transportation expenses and, potentially, the prices of essential commodities.According to official data, the latest revision applies to 60 toll plazas o…
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Chennai, March 23 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly Edappadi K. Palaniswami has issued an open letter to the people of the state, sharply criticising the DMK government and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for what he described as a “complete breakdown of governance”. In his letter, Palaniswami said that over the past five years, he has consistently raised concerns both inside and outside the Assembly about what he termed the government’s failures, b…
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) The body of John, a 42-year-old physically challenged Scheduled Caste man who was hacked to death by an armed gang near Nanguneri earlier this month, was handed over to his family on Monday following days of protests and negotiations with the authorities.The remains were released to relatives at the Cadaver Research Centre on the Palayamkottai–Tiruchendur Highway around noon after police and government officials held discussions with the victim’s family members and vi…
Chennai, Feb 25 (IANS) Veteran Communist leader R. Nallakannu, one of the most respected figures in Tamil Nadu’s political landscape and a lifelong member of the CPI, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 101.He breathed his last at 1.55 p.m. at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, where he had been undergoing intensive treatment.Nallakannu was admitted to the hospital on February 1 after experiencing severe respiratory distress. For the past 24 days, he had been under intensive care…