Tamil Nadu, India News

Focus on education: Zhang Yan, Chinese Ambassador to India at the inaugural of the silver jubilee celebrations of the VIT University in Vellore on Saturday.

The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation has decided to run a special Bharat Darshan train to South India considering heavy rush of pligrims in the state.

Chennai, Nov 28 : Hyundai Motor India Employees Union, which served a strike notice last week over a contentious labour union election issue, is expected to convene a general body meeting soon to chalk out its future course of action.

IndiaGlitz [Saturday, November 28, 2009] Few months ago the Tamil Nadu Government announced the list of awardees for Kalaimamani award.

MADURAI: The police should firmly deal with demonstrations of support for the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, said Union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan here on Saturday.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday laid the foundation stone for an automobile transit hub in West Bengal's Howrah district and announced that nine other such complexes will be developed in other states on land belonging to the railways.

There is no cause for worry over potential job losses among Indians employed in the Gulf following the the multi-billion-dollar debt default risk faced by Dubai World, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said on Saturday.

A computer crash in an unspecified number of centres in six cities marred the start of the Common Admission Test that determines admission to over 100 business and management schools, a leading coaching centre said.

Zhang Yan, Chinese Ambassador to India, at the inauguration of the photo exhibition 'New China, New Look' to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Chennai on Friday.

Chennai, Nov 27 : The Tamil Nadu Government has finalised common syllabus for Uniform Education to be implemented in the State from next academic year onwards.

Nevada , Nov 27 : Oscar wining music composer A.R. Rahman's prestigious KM Music Conservatory is reportedly proposing to launch preparatory program in various instruments.

New Delhi, Nov 27 : The 59-billion dollars debt woes of state-run Dubai World, one of the largest global conglomerates, has left thousands of Indian families worried, as the region accounts for half of the country's 25-billion dollars remittances.

Press Trust of India Posted: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 at 0023 hrs IST Updated: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 at 0023 hrs IST Chennai: Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday said a section of its workers belonging to an unrecognised union at its Chennai plant have threatened to go on strike from December 5. 'Hyundai Motor India has received a faxed communication ...

CHENNAI: Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman will soon compose a theme song for the Tamil Nadu Police as part of its 150-year celebrations.

Chennai, Nov 26 : Newly appointed Southern Railway General Manager Deepak Krishan today called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and assured that efforts would be taken for the speedy completion of all Railway projects in the State.

French Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont. CHENNAI: The "hottest area" of French investment in India is nuclear energy and France is excited about the MoU signed between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and France's nuclear company Areva, French Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont said in an interview to The Hindu on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, INDIA: IBM announced new and extended collaboration with six engineering and technology colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu to provide a platform for development of software skills among the students.

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government, with the support of non-governmental organisations , has successfully conducted an HIV risk behavioural surveillance survey in the state.

NEW DELHI: On the eve of the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Union government said the challenge faced by India today was from terrorist organisations that were not only equipped with the latest technologies and have immense access to funds, but were having the active backing of various external agencies.

Agencies New Delhi, Nov 25: The number of Americans of Indian-origin coming back to India, especially South India, has increased in the last few years as the opportunities available for them here had increased, an American official said on Tuesday.