Speaking at the 125th anniversary of the Sri Ramakrishna Math at the Vivekananda House here, Modi said "Swami Vivekananda's vision was to have faith in ourselves and our governance philosophy is inspired by Swamiji".
Category: TAMIL NADU
Heavy police deployment in Chennai ahead of PM Modi's visit
The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate new terminal of Chennai International Airport on his arrival at 3 p.m. He is later scheduled to flag off the Vande Bharat Express train from Chennai to Coimbatore that will ease the travel time between the two cities by two hours.
Real estate sector relieved with RBI holding on the existing rates
"The RBI's decision to hold rates is welcome as this will enhance buyers' confidence especially after repeated hikes had already increased their acquisition cost," said Ramani Sastri - Chairman & MD, Sterling Developers.
PhD scholar at IIT Madras commits suicide, third incident at IIT-M in 2023
A 32-year-old research scholar at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras committed suicide by hanging at his residence at Velachery in Chennai. The deceased, Sachin Kumar Jain, was a native of West Bengal.
Frequent amendment of corporate laws is to make them more robust: Sitharaman
She said that Opposition members used to question the rationale behind approaching the Parliament frequently but "the government was able to convince them about the need for such frequent amendments to corporate laws".
K'taka election: Opinion poll says BJP will win 110-120 seats
The survey predicts that the former Chief Minister of Karnataka and veteran BJP leader, B.S. Yediyurappa is the most popular leader of Karnataka and 23 per cent of those surveyed supported him as the Chief Minister candidate.
OPS, Sasikala & Dhinakaran to charter future course of action as EPS takes charge of AIADMK
The deposed AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam (OPS) will have to either keep quiet or fight against the now powerful Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and his team. Sasikala and Dhinakaran too have to rework on their strategies.
Two Sri Lankan families reach TN's Dhanushkodi seeking asylum
The coastal police in turn informed the Indian Coast Guard officials, who rescued the two families in a hovercraft from the sand dune. Eight people -- five women, two children and an adult male -- had reached the sand dune near Dhanushkodi from Sri Lanka.
TN IPS officer accused of pulling out suspects' teeth with pliers
Two political outfits -- Nethaji Subhash Sena and Puratchi Bharatham Katchi -- have decided to stage massive protests in Tirunelveli and Ambasamudram areas following the police action against youths.
TN church priest held after nursing student complains of sexual abuse
Based on a complaint from the nursing student, the Kanniyakumari police had registered a case against Benedict Anto but he was absconding since the past couple of days.
Six killed in minivan-truck collision in TN
Six people, including a child, were killed when a minivan they were travelling in collided with a truck in Tiruchi district of Tamil Nadu early on Sunday. According to sources, three other occupants of the van were grievously injured in the incident.
TN: Ash packets sent to Raj Bhavan after Guv rejects bill on online gambling
Pro-Dravidian outfit, Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) has sent packets of ash to Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi as a symbolic protest against him not giving assent to the bill passed by the state assembly to ban online gambling.
Chandrayaan-3 passes ISRO's vibration tests
Indian space agency on Thursday said it had successfully completed the tests to check Chandrayaan-3 -- moon spacecraft -- to withstand the harsh vibration and acoustic environment that the spacecraft would face during its launch.
ISRO's LVM3 rocket to launch OneWeb's 36 satellites on March 26
The first batch of 36 satellites was launched on October 23, 2022 from Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh with the LVM3 rocket formerly known as Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV MkIII).
OneWeb's satellites fitted inside Indian rocket's heat shield
The first batch of 36 satellites was launched on October 23, 2022 from Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh with LVM3 rocket formerly known as Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV MkIII).
Oscars 2023: Stalin congratulates Guneet, Kartiki for 'The Elephant Whisperers'
The 41-minute short documentary film was directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga. The director shot the movie patiently staying in the forest area for about five years. Kartiki was born and brought up in Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu.
Three pavement dwellers killed as SUV runs over them in TN
Police have registered a case against him under sections 304 A (causing death by negligence), section 279 (rash driving on a public way) and 337 (causing hurt by act, endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Tata-Lockheed Martin JV to make fighter plane wings in India
Global defence aerospace player Lockheed Martin and Indias Tata Group have inked an agreement for the production of fighter plane wings at their joint venture Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Ltd (TLMAL) in Hyderabad.
Rumours of attacks on migrants in TN spread day after I called for Oppn unity: Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin Thursday alleged that rumours of migrant workers from Bihar being attacked in the state, had emanated a day after his call for opposition unity against the BJP.
TN BJP suffers fresh setback as 13 IT cell office-bearers quit, likely to join AIADMK
BJP's Tamil Nadu BJP state President K. Annamalai has been claiming an euphoric growth in the state, but the state IT cell is fast losing its staff with 13 more office-bearers quitting on Wednesday in wake of its state President and Secretary's departure.
TN coastal police on high alert after seizure of heroin off Gujarat coast
Recently a few Sri Lankan nationals were apprehended in Thoothukudi by the Tamil Nadu Police while they were trying to smuggle in drugs from Pakistan through the international smuggling network controlled by the Haji Ali network.
Hoping for a High: India's FY24 GDP growth rate predicted in 6-6.5% range
As to the reasons for the 6.4 per cent growth Das said the expected higher rabi output has improved the prospects of agriculture and rural demand. The sustained rebound in contact-intensive sectors should support urban consumption.
Editor of Dainik Bhaskar in TN booked for spreading rumours
Tamil Nadu police on Saturday booked the Editor of the popular Hindi newspaper, 'Dainik Bhaskar' and Tanveer Ahmad - the owner of 'Tanveer Post' - for spreading false news that Hindi-speaking migrant workers were attacked in Tamil Nadu.
DMK front candidate cruising for easy victory in Erode East
The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance candidate and senior leader of the Congress party, E.V.K.S. Elangovan is cruising for a comfortable victory in Erode East Assembly constituency where counting is in progress.
Erode East bypolls: DMK front candidate Elangovan leading with over 6,000 votes
The by-election was necessitated following the demise of the sitting legislator E. Thirumahan Everaa of the Congress on January 4. The deceased legislator's father and senior Congress leader, Elangovan is contesting the polls as the Congress candidate.