Loans extended to set up or modernise <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/bank-loans-to-cetps-fast-turning-into-npas/article5319999.ece> 18 Common Effluent Treatment Plants </a> in the Tirupur knitwear cluster are fast turning into Non-Performing Assets one by one. File Photo: K. Ananthan
With Tiruchi district recording below normal rainfall under the northeast monsoon (October-December) so far this year, farmers in <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/monsoon-plays-hide-and-seek-nondelta-area-farmers-worried/article5320132.ece> non-delta areas </a> of the district are keeping their fingers crossed over the prospect of the samba paddy crop. File Photo: B. Velankanni Raj
A statue of former Prime Minister <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/rajiv-statue-damaged-in-tirupur/article5320318.ece> Rajiv Gandhi </a>, close to the Town Panchayat office at Thirumuruganpoondi near here was damaged by miscreants. Tense moments prevailed thereafter as Congressmen resorted to a road blockade agitation on Tirupur-Avinashi road. Photo: Special Arrangement
Of the 55,000 anganwadis functioning in Tamil Nadu, nearly 63 per cent are located in private buildings and operate under <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/tamil-nadu-anganwadis-in-poor-state-study-by-thozhamai-and-cry/article5324950.ece> unhygienic conditions </a>, says a report made by Thozhamai in collaboration with CRY. File Photo: P. Goutham
Flagging off the <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/jayalalithaa-flags-off-metro-rail-test-run/article5321219.ece> test run of the Chennai Metro Rail </a>, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa inquisitively watched the four-coach train making a small trip of one km along the test track in Koyambedu. Photo: M. Vedhan