Tamil Nadu top news developments today
The Hindu
Key news developments from Tamil Nadu on March 02, 2022.
Here are the key news developments in Tamil Nadu to watch out for today.
1. Newly elected councillors of urban local bodies to take oath today.
2. National Highways Authority of India to build four Vehicle Underpass with service road at four locations along the Tiruchi-Karur, Tiruchi-Madurai and Tiruchi-Dindigul national highways at a cost of nearly ₹100 crore to curb fatal accidents.
3. An ailing elephant in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve was shifted to a kraal late on Tuesday. An expert team from TANUVAS will examine the animal today.
4. Australia High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell AO will announce a partnership with Pitchandikulam Trust in Chennai. 4. The higher education secretary has asked the Director of Collegiate Education to send a proposal for regularising excess teaching staff of Annamalai University.
5. The Tamil Nadu government’s existing three restrictions against public gathering in social, cultural and political congregations, against allowing more than 200 people in weddings and against allowing 100 persons in funerals to contain the spread of COVID-19, are set to end today. The State government is expected to take a decision today on whether to continue them.
6. PMK will release a shadow budget.
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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Friday (March 14, 2025) announced that a state-of-the-art Chennai Science Centre will be established in collaboration with the Singapore Science Centre to foster scientific thinking among students, at a cost of ₹100 crore.
Demolition of Chander Kunj Army Towers in Kochi, Kerala, worth ₹150 crore may take 9-10 months.
South Central Railway and NDRF conduct mock drill at Bolarum station to enhance emergency response efficiency.
Search operation continues for 7 trapped in SLBC tunnel with robots, HRDD dogs, and round-the-clock efforts.
Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh and wife attend celestial wedding at Mangalagiri temple, receiving blessings and presenting silk garments.
AAP leader Manish Sisodia defiant against BJP-led government amid ₹2,000-crore classroom scam allegations, vows not to back down.
All five MLC candidates elected unopposed under MLA quota in Telangana, Congress secures three seats, CPI one and BRS party secures one seat in the MLC elections.
A fitness club in Thiruvananthapuram made a difference this International Women’s Day by dedicating an open deadlift challenge titled 18,887 only for women
Prioritising the welfare of schoolchildren, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Friday (March 14, 2025) said the State government has allocated funds from its exchequer to compensate for ₹2,152 crore funds due from the Centre to the State under the Samagra Shiksha scheme.
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