Adani’s Colombo terminal commences operations

Adani’s Colombo terminal commences operations

Colombo West International Terminal NEW DELHI: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s firm Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Monday said it has commenced operations at Colombo West International Terminal in Sri Lanka. APSEZ, in a statement, said that developed under a public-private partnership, CWIT is operated by a consortium — comprising India’s largest port … Read more

‘Economic metric will always be higher than in previous years’: P Chidambaram responds to PM Modi on Tamil Nadu funds | India News

‘Economic metric will always be higher than in previous years’: P Chidambaram responds to PM Modi on Tamil Nadu funds | India News

PM Modi and P Chidambaram NEW DELHI: Congress veteran and ex-Union finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday argued that “economic metric will always be higher than in the previous years,” as he responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that the current National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre allocated more funds to Tamil … Read more

‘They want to create Hindia’: Kamal Haasan joins MK Stalin in opposing delimitation, ‘Hindi imposition’ | India News

‘They want to create Hindia’: Kamal Haasan joins MK Stalin in opposing delimitation, ‘Hindi imposition’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Actor-politician Kamal Haasan sharply rebuked the central government over Lok Sabha seats delimitation. He questioned the “real motive” behind the PM Modi-led government’s move to skip census and dubbed it as the move to create “Hindia”.“This arbitrary decision is part of that same pattern,” he said at the the all-party meeting on Wednesday. … Read more

SC relief for Isha yoga centre on Tamil Nadu government’s notice | India News

SC relief for Isha yoga centre on Tamil Nadu government’s notice | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday protected Sadhguru-led Isha Foundation‘s yoga and meditation centre at Coimbatore from Tamil Nadu government’s ire by quashing a show cause notice issued to it by state pollution control board alleging constructions carried out between 2006-2014 without prior environment clearance.While upholding the Madras HC’s 2022 decision to quash the show … Read more

NEP row: ’25 north-Indian languages destroyed by Hindi-Sanskrit,’ says TN CM Stalin | India News

NEP row: ’25 north-Indian languages destroyed by Hindi-Sanskrit,’ says TN CM Stalin | India News

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday stepped up his attack at the BJP-led central government over alleged “Hindi imposition”, saying Hindi “swallowed” over a score of regional languages in the North.Calling the “real” regional languages of North India “relics of the past”, Stalin said … Read more

Amit Shah hails Tamil Nadu’s contribution to evolution of Indian spiritualism | India News

Amit Shah hails Tamil Nadu’s contribution to evolution of Indian spiritualism | India News

COIMBATORE: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday praised the contribution of Tamil Nadu to the evolution of Indian spiritualism, and said no account of India’s spiritual history was complete without referencing the rich Tamil culture.“Tamil Nadu is a land enriched with countless living examples of spirituality and has carried forward an unbroken legacy of wisdom … Read more

Woman injured as cooking gas cylinder explodes near Dharmapuri

Woman injured as cooking gas cylinder explodes near Dharmapuri

DHARMAPURI: A 24-year-old woman suffered injuries when a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder exploded in her house in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Saturday . The injured woman, identified as R Kalaiyarasi of Mottupatty near Papparapatty, is a third-year BSc student at the Dharmapuri Government Arts and Science College. Her … Read more