Flats for Sale in Hasthampatti, Salem

In an appeal against the Madras HC's quashing of the land acquisition process for the Salem-Chennai Expressway, the NHAI has told the Supreme Court that the project is of 'national importance'

In its state budget, the Tamil Nadu government has proposed the construction of one lakh concrete houses, at an estimated cost of Rs 1,700 crores, to replace huts damaged by cyclone Gaja in 2018

In a major move to boost indigenisation of defence manufacturing, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched a mega corridor to link leading military manufacturing units in five cities in Tamil Nadu

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked all district revenue officers in Tamil Nadu to furnish information on the steps taken to remove encroachments of 'panchami lands' given to Dalits

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami, inaugurated a slew of transport initiatives for the state, including a mofussil bus terminal at Madhavaram, Chennai, which will serve north-bound routes

The Madras HC made it clear that no precipitative action shall be initiated by the authorities on land acquisition for the proposed Salem-Chennai green corridor highway project

The Madras HC has upheld the constitutional validity of the key provisions of a law, under which land acquisition for the Salem-Chennai Expressway was taken up, saying determination of compensation is more advantageous to the land owner

The Madras HC has restrained the centre and the Tamil Nadu government, from dispossessing people of their lands to be acquired for the proposed Salem-Chennai highway, till further orders

The Environment Ministry has informed the Madras HC that the land acquisition for the Chennai-Salem Expressway project, which is facing opposition from several quarters, was being done strictly as per law