Tamil Nadu will be leprosy free by 2004, said Health Minister S Semmalai recently. At the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Tamil Nadu branch of Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh, Semmalai said that

To give a fillip to non-conventional energy and renewable energy sources, Tamil Nadu energy Development Agency has extended a subsidy and easy loan facility to solar and wind powered projects and

A cyclone alert was sounded for Chennai, its neighbouring districts and Pondicherry by the Area Cyclone Warning Centre. All government schools including primary, middle, matriculation and government

Cauvery elephant sanctuary would soon be set up in Hogenekkal forest area in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu Forest and Environmental Minister P Mohan has said. Distributing welfare assistance worth

Noise levels during Deepavali this year were lower compared to that of 2001, said Tamil Nadu Pollution control Board chairperson Sheela Rani Chunkath. She said that a study conducted by TNPCB showed

The rain gods may have smiled on the water starved Chennai city but doctors are worried about the increase in the number of patients queuing up outside hospitals with symptoms of respiratory and

The Centre will soon conduct a meeting with all State IT secretaries of the e-governance project, according to S Lakshminarayanan, additional secretary, ministry of communications& information

Three people lost their lives and several others were hospitalised when they reportedly consumed contaminated lake water at Madhapuram in Tamil

Two persons died and around 70 inhabitants of hamlets in Kalakkad town panchayat of Triunelveli district of Tamil Nadu were admitted to hospitals following an outbreak of diarrhoea in the area. The

The All India fishermen Association has planned to hold a massive dharna in front of Union Minister for Environment T R Baalu's residence for being silent on their plea to lift the van on fishing 40