Such a centre would psychologically reassure the coastal population, she said in her letter to the PM.
This has been done to meet the constitutional obligation that the ministry's size should not exceed 10 per cent of the assembly's strength. The Tamil Nadu assembly has 234 members.
The minister's special aircraft narrowly missed a collision with an Indian Airlines flight.
In a bid to appease the public following the AIADMK's rout in the polls, she also restored free power to farmers.
'Both are mature enough to realise that a break will not benefit either of them and both will be losers'
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday convened a meeting at her room in the Apollo Hospital in Chennai to discuss the interim directions issued by the Supreme Court on the Cauvery issue.
The government, which has expedited rehabilitation efforts, said over 1.28 crore food packets have been distributed and an immediate relief amount of Rs 67.47 crore was disbursed among over 1.11 lakh families.
Given the 'nature of this calamity, furious and ferocious along the coastline, the normal norms of Calamity Relief Fund cannot apply and a special package should be developed', Jayalalithaa said in letters to Manmohan Singh and Shivraj Patil.
The DMK's campaign appeared to be the most visible with propaganda at a feverish pace across the segment for the April 6 assembly polls and Stalin is the party's chief minister candidate.
A bench comprising Justice S N Variava and Justice H K Sema said, 'No case is made out by Jayalalithaa for modification of the court's earlier order.'
The special court in Bangalore adjourned on Wenesday, the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case hearing against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to August 26 in the wake of the Supreme Court order staying the joint trial.
Showers continued to lash parts of Tamil Nadu, including the state capital, as death toll in the rain-related incidents mounted to 176 on Wednesday.
Based on information provided by two people arrested in Chennai on November 9, the police got information about the seer's links with those hired to murder the temple official, she said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said a notification banning strikes by government staff, issued in July 2003, would not be renewed after its expiry on July 23.
A day after the Special Court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him, T T V Dinakaran, one of the accused in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case filed against Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa and others, on Wednesday surrendered.
The warrant was issued following Dinakaran's failure to appear before the court in compliance with the July 2 summons.
Observing that there was vast potential for British investment in Tamil Nadu, its Business Ambassador Lord Swraj Paul on Thursday promised full help to facilitate creation of recreation and fashion industries in the state.
It asked the Karnataka high court to constitute a special court and appoint a public prosecutor for conducting the trial.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he was sad that 7 people convicted of killing his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, were being released by the Tamil Nadu government.
Tamil Nadu's new tourism strategy is aimed to position the state as an international tourist destination in Asia and Pacific regions by transforming it into a "tourism hub", Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Monday.
OPS has impressed Chennai residents by his astute, on the scene, handling of the Cyclone Vardah aftermath.
With the arrest of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J Jayalalithaa coming as a shock to her supporters, the party today claimed that 154 sympathisers have died unable to bear the anguish.
German automobile major BMW on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to establish its car assembly plant at an investment of Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion) in five years.
Harnessing the power of social media, Palaniswami seems to have struck a personal chord with citizens-cum-netizens, not only interacting with them but ensuring redressal of their grievances.
Judge A S Pachhapure adjourned the hearing after the counsel for the accused filed an application requesting the court to exempt Jayalalithaa, Sashikala Natarajan, Elavarsi and T T V Dinakaran from personnel appearance.
Meanwhile, a central intelligence estimate has put the toll at 30 besides four suicide attempts.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader S S Palanimanickam on Wednesday assumed office as Minister of State for Finance.
Jaya predicted a snap poll for the Lok Sabha. She, however, did not indicate early elections to the state Assembly, scheduled to go to polls in May 2006.
The meeting assumes significance in the context of an uneasy relationship between the BJP and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
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