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Tamil Nadu CM urges PM to place amendments to Electricity Act in abeyance
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 9 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to prevail upon the Ministry of Power to put the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act in abeyance till they were thoro
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Chennai has more COVID-19 cases as city is densely populated: Tamil Nadu C
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 5 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said that COVID-19 cases are more in Chennai because the metropolis is densely populated.
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Tamil Nadu CM holds meeting with district collectors to review COVID-19 si
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 29 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Wednesday held a meeting with District Collectors, to review the COVID-19 situation.
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Tamil Nadu CM requests MEA to provide basic needs to fishermen stranded in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 20 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami on Monday wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar requesting food, water and other basic needs be provided to thousands of Indian fishermen stranded in Iran.
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Tamil Nadu CM calls COVID-19 a 'disease from wealthy', 'imported from abro
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 16 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Thursday termed coronavirus as a "disease from wealthy people and not from poor", adding that the virus did not generate in the state and it was imported from other countries.
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TN CM directs administration to act strictly against donors who defy lockd
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 12 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today instructed district collectors and police to take legal action against NGOs and politicians distributing food, essential supplies amid lockdown put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Combating COVID-19 : Tamil Nadu CM seeks Rs 9000 crore from Centre
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) April 11 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allocate Rs. 9,000 crore as grant for launching a comprehensive plan to combat COVID-19, read an official statement from the state government.
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Stringent lockdown will be enforced if people fail to cooperate: Tamil Nad
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Friday said the state government will impose a stringent shutdown and also take action against the violators of the coronavirus lockdown if the public fails to cooperate.
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COVID-19: Tamil Nadu CM extends retirement period of doctors, nurses by 2
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday extended the retirement period of doctors and nurses for a period of two months on a contract basis, in a bid to have sufficient medical force to combat the coronavirus outbreak situati
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COVID-19: DMK Foundation donates Rs 1 crore to Tamil Nadu CM's Relief Fund
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Foundation has donated Rs 1 crore to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Relief Fund in view of the situation arising out of COVID-19 crisis.
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Sathiyan Gnanasekaran pledges to donate money for combating coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran on Monday pledged to donate Rs one lakh to Tamil Nadu CM's Relief Fund and Rs 25,000 to PM-CARES Fund to combat the coronavirus crisis in the country.
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Tamil Nadu CM visits 500-bedded special COVID-19 ward
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy on Friday visited 500-bedded special COVID-19 ward at the Government Medical College Hospital at Omandurar here. The hospital has isolation, step down wards and ventilators.
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