TN: 9 killed as tourist bus falls into gorge in Nilgiris

At least nine people were killed after a tourist bus fell into a gorge in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district on Saturday, said police. Photograph: ANI on X According to police, the bus was on its way......

100 Indian Elephants March To New York

Photograph: Kind courtesy The Great Elephant Migration A huge herd of elephants -- 100 of them -- are arriving in Manhattan on Friday, which is also auspiciously the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. Nope,......

TN: Heavy rains flood several areas; IMD issues orange alert

Several areas of Tamil Nadu remain inundated after hours of heavy to moderate rainfall in the region. Water entered houses and markets in the low-lying residential areas of Erode district due to......

Lockdown to continue in Tamil Nadu till June 14 with relaxations: CM

Announcing relaxations such as allowing shops selling essential commodities to reopen and government offices to resume work, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced extension of lockdown by......

TN promoting rural BPOs

As part of its policy to take the IT sector to rural areas, Tamil Nadu government is holding talks with various companies and colleges for setting up of Rural business process outsourcing centres.......

Farm revival critical for poverty removal

For the country's poorest districts, the only hope of escaping grinding poverty is to increase farm productivity in a big way -- in most of these districts, around 85 per cent of those employed......

Chennai villages ride the IT wave

Sixty-year old Palaniammal, a resident of Melur, a village 600 kilometres from Chennai, seems like the most unlikely candidate to be endorsing the benefits of information technology.Barely......