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Over 5,600 rooms were added since 2010; and demand has grown by 3,200 rooms per night.

Rooms increase, while occupancy remains flat

The occupancy in hotels in the city marginally declined to 62.2 %; and has remained flattish for 3 years now.

2 May 2018 6:12 AM IST

Pon Radhakrishnan

Tamil Nadu close to achieving target in Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

According to sources, a total of 1,183 villages out of 1,477 selected under this programme, have been saturated.

2 May 2018 6:10 AM IST

DMK MLAs continue to decline increased pay: MK Stalin

Stalin said his party had opposed the hike in view of the stir by workers of transport corporations seeking upward pay...

2 May 2018 6:07 AM IST

A little girl welcomes MNM party president Kamal Haasan at the Gram Sabha meeting held at Adigathur village on Tuesday. (Photo: DC)

Kamal Haasan adopts eight villages; pledges toilets, classrooms

He also promised building of minor dams and de-silting of ponds in the region so as to improve farming and â€œbring back...

2 May 2018 6:05 AM IST

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami at the May Day meeting on Tuesday. (Photo: DC)

Tamil Nadu CM allocates Rs 654 crore for Greater Chennai

Entire Ambattur constituency will get new LED lights and a state-of-art Amma marriage hall will be constructed at a cost...

2 May 2018 6:03 AM IST

He escaped by jumping off a running train with his handcuffs on near Itarsi railway station, police said today. (Photo:

Fake I-T sleuth held for bid to con DMK MLA

The accused conned the MLA by reiterating the MLA's political growth and spoke about the properties owned by the elected...

2 May 2018 1:28 AM IST

The Special Courts from this date onwards shall comply the mandate of Section 35(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in its letter and spirit, Justice Rathnakala has ordered.

Chennai: Rs 24 lakh to kin of accident victim

Principal Special Judge K. Ayyappan held that the accident was caused by TNSTC bus.

2 May 2018 1:26 AM IST

Students can register online until May 30. Then the certificate verification is likely to take place in the first week of June at the TNEA Facilitation Centres (TFCs) across the state.

Online engg counselling process to begin tomorrow

Online engineering counselling will be conducted in five rounds and each round will be held for five days.

2 May 2018 1:21 AM IST

Accompanied by Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palanisamy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the office of the Prime Minister in Parliament House, the release added.

Tamil Nadu CM Palanisamy to fly to Delhi tomorrow amid Cauvery...

Palanisamy had earlier submitted memorandum to PM during the latter's visit to Chennai where he urged the Centre to...

1 May 2018 6:13 PM IST

This weekend, the food at restaurants across the city will get spicier, not in the form of added chilli but in the form of added tax.

Consumer spends Rs 2,100 per month on eating out

The eating out market is growing at around 25 per cent year-on-year.

1 May 2018 12:47 PM IST

Work done - Desilting, deepening, removal of invasive alien species of plants - about 250 lorry loads, fencing and habitat enrichment through planting.

Restoration of Sembakkam lake work to start soon

For the past two and a half decades, residents of the area are demanding to restore and rejuvenate both Chitlapakkam...

1 May 2018 6:27 AM IST

The Tourism Ministry will also organise a three-day mega event - Incredible India Tourism Investor Summit - which would begin from September 21.

Has tourism ministry's campaign ignored southern states?

Most likely, if a study commissioned by the ministry to assess the impact of the hospitality scheme, is to be believed.

1 May 2018 6:25 AM IST