Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has announced a special Pongal bonus for C and D category employees and pensioners for the 2024–25 financial year, reaffirming its commitment to employee welfare ahead of the harvest festival. Chief Minister M. K. Stalin has issued an official order sanctioning additional financial assistance to support government staff and pensioners during the festive season.According to the government order, employees belonging to C and D categories will recei…
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Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) PMK President Anbumani Ramadoss urged the Tamil Nadu government to directly procure sugarcane from farmers and distribute two canes per family as part of the Pongal gift hamper, warning that delays and unclear policies were pushing cultivators into distress. In a statement on Thursday, Anbumani said that with barely two weeks left for the Pongal festival, the government was yet to announce clear details about the gift package or confirm whether sugarcane would be included.T…
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has earmarked Rs 248.44 crore for procuring essential food items to be distributed as part of the Pongal gift hampers for the upcoming harvest festival. The benefit will reach around 2.22 crore rice ration card holders across the State, reaffirming the government’s commitment to providing festive assistance to households during the annual celebration.According to an official order issued by the Food and Consumer Protection Department on Wednesda…
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) As part of the AIADMK’s statewide campaign titled “Let Us Protect the People, Let Us Save Tamil Nadu,” party General Secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) on Sunday campaigned in the Tiruporur and Sholinganallur Assembly constituencies, launching a sharp attack on the ruling DMK government and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.Addressing a public meeting in Tiruporur, Palaniswami referred to Chief Minister Stalin’s earlier challenge questioning…
Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Handlooms and Textiles Minister R. Gandhi on Saturday said that preparations for the annual Pongal gift distribution have been completed, and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will soon make a formal announcement regarding the benefits to be extended to ration card holders across the state. Speaking to reporters in Kancheepuram, the Minister said the government was finalising arrangements to ensure that the Pongal gift package reaches all families well before the festi…
Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) As the harvest festival of Pongal approaches, farmers and jaggery producers across Tamil Nadu have urged the state government to include locally produced jaggery in the annual Pongal gift hamper distributed through fair price shops. They said that such a move would not only support traditional cottage industries but also provide much-needed relief to thousands of rural families struggling with rising production costs and declining demand.Every year, the Tamil Nadu governme…
Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) If rumours doing the rounds in the film industry are to be believed, the makers of director Sudha Kongara’s eagerly awaited upcoming period film, ‘Parasakthi’, featuring actors Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa and Sreeleela in the lead, have now decided to approach the Central Board of Film Certification’s Revising Committee in the wake of the Censor Board suggesting extensive cuts in the film. Rumours suggest that the Censor Board officials suggested some cuts in sce…
Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) With the harvest festival of Pongal fast approaching, the Tamil Nadu government is preparing to launch its annual gift scheme, with official sources indicating that distribution through the Public Distribution System (PDS) could begin in the first week of January. The scheme, a hallmark of the State’s festive calendar, assumes added political significance this time as it precedes the 2026 Assembly elections. Senior officials in the Food and Civil Supplies Department conf…
Salem, Dec 22 (IANS) Opposition leader in Tamil Nadu Assembly and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched a sharp attack on the ruling DMK government on Monday, asserting that its tenure is nearing an ‘inevitable end’ and the party will not return to power in the upcoming state elections. Speaking to the media in Salem, he said that political parties with similar views are welcome to join the AIADMK-led alliance to “remove the DMK from power”.Palaniswami criticised the DMK …