Day: August 26, 2018

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today inaugurated the state-of-the-art MGR centenary film studio at Payanoor.

Electricity Minister P Thangamani told reporters in Erode on Saturday that the Tamilnadu Electricity Board had sent the transformers and power meters to the neighbouring state, which was reeling under the impact of the floods and landslides unleashed by the monsoon fury.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami today announced a cash incentive of Rs 20 lakh to tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran who won a bronze medal in the Asian Games being held in Indonesia.

The Rs 96 crore cut-and-cover project announced by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami last year, that began recently, came to a pause and resumed later. It was initially announced to control the flooding of Chitlappakam by Selaiyur lake.

The strong demand by residents for an opening under the Vijaya Nagar-Tansi Nagar flyover, Velacheri did not go in vain as the Highways Department gave its nod for building a pedestrian pathway.

Victory again eluded five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand as he played out his sixth draw after splitting points with American Wesley So at the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament here.

Novak Djokovic now eyes a third US Open title in New York where for the first time since Wimbledon last year, the sport’s ‘Big Four’ will be reunited.

The proposed Bangalore-Chennai Expressway (BCE) that ends at Sriperumbudur might be extended till Maduravoyal and connected to the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Expressway according to plans by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Asian championship silver medallist Anu Raghavan kept herself in race for a maiden Asian Games medal by qualifying for the final of the women’s 400m hurdles final, here today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today once again expressed his commitment towards helping people in Kerala who have been displaced or have suffered losses in the aftermath of unprecedented floods in the State.