Minister assures steps to boost output at Bamini fertilizer plant
THANJAVUR: Minister for Cooperation Sellur K.Raju has said Rs.277 crore will be disbursed as crop loans by cooperative banks in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts this year.
Till June 25, Rs.22.49 crore has been disbursed, the Minister said, at a review meeting held here on Sunday.
Barnala lauds Indian Red Cross Society
CHENNAI: The State chapter of Indian Red Cross on Sunday launched a slew of hygiene-promoting programmes, including a napkin vending machine for adolescent girls and clinical laboratories in 32 district centres of the service organisation in the State.
Launching the projects, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, complimented the Rs.73-lakh solid waste managemen
Dramatic reverses in Ariyalur and Cuddalore
Female literacy has improved in State
CHENNAI: While the overall child sex ratio has improved in Tamil Nadu, the dip in the boy-girl ratio in at least 14 districts, including Chennai, provides the demographic downside in the provisional population figures of the 2011 Census released on Friday.
According to the datasheet, the child sex ratio (CSR) in
The forest department of Nagapattinam district carried out the annual wildlife census at Point Calimere (Kodiakarai) Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday with the help of college students, researchers and volunteers.
The Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in a sprawling 20 sq km of dry evergreen forests in the district, serves as a paradise for a good population of black bucks, chitals, feral
Coastal zone is very dynamic, being the meeting place of land and sea water. The development in coastal area and subsequent population growth have given rise to problems such as erosion, sedimentation, saltwater intrusion, degradation of natural resources etc. Satellite data has proved to be more appropriate for change detections quantifying and monitoring coastal zones compared to conventional sources. An attempt is being made to elucidate the effect of shoreline changes with reference to the spatial and field data observed along the Tharangampadi area.
KULITHALAI: The successful solid and liquid waste management model practised in Kulithalai with the support of stakeholders and voluntary organisations could be replicated by civic bodies in Nepal, said the visiting Director General, Department of Water and Sewerage, Gajendra Kumar Thakur, here on Wednesday.
Speaking at the conclusion of a two-day exposure visit of the team led by him to Kulith
Union Ministry of Power has identified site in Nagapatinam district
NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Power has set in motion the process of conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Nagapatinam district.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Power Bharatsinh Solanki said the Ministry had identified the
