Around 2.75 lakh beneficiaries have availed of the subsidy scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), with Gujarat topping the chart, the government said, on November 28, 2018. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh had … READ FULL STORY
The metropolitan area of Chennai city would grow seven-fold, to 8,878 sq kms, if the expansion plan of the city takes off, according to the findings of a study by the Mylapore Institute for … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court has directed the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Tamil Nadu Police to take into custody three erstwhile officials of Disc Assets Lead (India) Limited, lodged in the Madurai central … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, slammed the Tamil Nadu government over poor pre-monsoon preparedness and asked its Public Works Department to deposit a penalty of Rs two … READ FULL STORY
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sent notices to the district revenue officers (DROs) in Tamil Nadu, asking them to specify details, including extent of ‘panchami lands’, encroachments and the steps taken … READ FULL STORY
Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami, on October 10, 2018, launched new initiatives in various departments, including flagging off new buses to be used in various transport divisions. He also inaugurated a new bus … READ FULL STORY
The central government, on September 26, 2018, sanctioned the construction of 6,28,488 housing units, taking the total number of houses being funded under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban) to 60,28,628 across the … READ FULL STORY
The board of directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has approved financing of up to USD 500 million for a multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) that will develop climate-resilient water supply, sewerage and drainage … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Madras High Court, comprising justices TS Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan, on September 20, 2018, directed the state government and its officials to refrain from undertaking any precipitative action on … READ FULL STORY
A three-day international conference on the Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, beginning November 30, 2018, in Coimbatore, will discuss steps to protect and preserve the ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The conference would … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra, on August 21, 2018, asked a panel headed by former Delhi High Court judge, justice SN Dhingra, to go ahead with the sale of … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Madras High Court, comprising justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan, on August 21, 2018, passed an interim order on a batch of petitions opposing the Rs 10,000-crore, proposed … READ FULL STORY
The Tamil Nadu government has rolled out its draft state Forest Policy, aimed at preserving forests and wildlife, conservation of ecosystems and climate change mitigation, among others. According to the Vision Tamil Nadu 2023 … READ FULL STORY
