Power from Andhra Pradesh can light up Tamil Nadu: CII

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For the third year in a row, Andhra Pradesh with its pilgrim spots remains a hit with domestic tourists while Delhi continues to enjoy the tag of the Indian city most visited by foreigners. Latest figures from the tourism ministry show that the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, known for its renowned Tirumala Tirupati shrine and other temples, drew the maximum domestic tourists compared to other states.

September 3rd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday expressed deep shock at the sudden demise of Y.S.

August 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - With Indian auto makers rolling out cars powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the city-based Indian Auto Gas has chalked out plans to expand its gas vending stations, said a top company official here Wednesday. "In the current year, we will be adding 39 new stations taking the total to 66 and also build 100-tonne gas storage terminals in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh," said company chief executive S.M.

July 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Telecom major Idea Cellular will invest Rs.1,000 crore ($205 million) over the next three years in Tamil Nadu to expand its network, a top company official said Thursday. "The company will invest Rs.1,000 crore to expand its cell sites to 2,400 by 2010 and presence to 1,200 towns in the state.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Jatin Prasad, today informed the Lok Sabha that the 2,263 petrol pumps would be set up during the current financial year by the Indian Oil, the Bharat Petroleum and the Hindustan Petroleum. Prasad told the members that at present Indian Oil Corp (IOC) the largest number of petrol pumps at 18,140 while the Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has 8,539 and the Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has 8,389 petrol pumps in the country.

June 20th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Tamil Nadu government, planning to set up windmills to generate 1,000 MW, has sought financial assistance from the central government for the project, state Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami said here Saturday.

June 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - The PMK, which had dumped the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections to join hands with the AIADMK, is now supporting the Tamil Nadu unit of the Congress in its demand for ministerial berths in the state government. PMK leader S.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maharashtra has garnered the maximum berths, three, in the Manmohan Singh cabinet that took oath here Friday. The three ministers from Maharashtra are Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde and Murli Deora.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The bulk of seats in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's stunning victory came mostly from the states where the Third Front partners had expected to do well and play kingmakers. The Congress gained mostly in the Left-ruled West Bengal and Kerala, Tamil Nadu where AIADMK-led grouping was hoping to do good, Andhra Pradesh where grand alliance of Telugu Desam Party's Chandrababu Naidu was expecting to cash in on an anti-incumbency factor and Uttar Pradesh where Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati was hoping to carry on her landslide victory in last assembly elections.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said Saturday that the victory of his party in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu showed that the Sri Lankan issue had failed to sway voters in the state. As the DMK proved pollsters wrong with a strong performance in a majority of Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats, Maran told NDTV TV: 'People (of Tamil Nadu) have given a clear mandate.' Asked if the emotive issue of Sri Lanka's military offensive against the Tamil Tigers had played a role in balloting, as many had expected, he said: 'That has not played a role.' AIADMK leader J.

May 8th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Congress general secretary and the party's star campaigner Rahul Gandhi Friday reached out to the youth of Tamil Nadu, promising to work with them after the elections to change the face of the state. 'For the future and for the Congress party in particular, we are going to work with the youth of Tamil Nadu to change the face of the state,' Rahul Gandhi declared at a rally here, held in support of the party's candidate and Home Minister P.

May 3rd, 2009 COIMBATORE - At least 20 pro-LTTE activists were arrested on Sunday morning for attacking an army convoy near Coimbatore on Saturday. Tamil Nadu Police said cases have been registered against 200 pro-LTTE activists.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The following is the polling schedule for states announced by Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami Monday: Phase 1 April 16 - Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Lakshadweep.

February 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India (CPI) Sunday announced its first list of 28 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and said it planned to contest 50 seats. Announcing the list, CPI general secretary A.B.

January 3rd, 2009 NAGPUR - Abhinav Mukund and Murali Vijay took Tamil Nadu to a strong position on the first day of their Ranji Trophy semifinal against Uttar Pradesh here Sunday. Mukund, with a strokeful 100, and Vijay (69) helped Tamil Nadu finish the day at 296 for two.