In yet another initiative to revive the Salem Airport, a cream of city’s elite on Thursday held an hour-long interaction with a team of officials from Mumbai-based Kingfisher Airlines Limited, which has expressed its intention to operate flights from here. The meeting focused on the advantages of reviving the airport for passenger traffic and tried [...]

The Southern Railway has allotted a sum of Rs. 4.50 crore to carry out various development works in Salem Railway Junction, Additional General Manager, Southern Railway, V. Carmelus has said. Talking to reporters here on Saturday, he said that the funds would be utilised to construct new buildings, create more passenger amenities including parking facilities [...]

Construction works in the Salem Information Technology (IT) Park will commence in a month’s time, Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam has said. Participating at the ‘Salem 2020’ programme organised by Sona College of Technology here on Wednesday, the Minister said that the government had allotted 160 acres of land for the establishment of the IT [...]

Frequent Rains are experienced in Salem for the past one week. Some parts of city areas like kitchipalayam and kallanguthu were water logged few days back. Thus the rain kept the mercury low in city especially on evenings and nights. Take a look at the picture, Salem City view from Oothumalai in one fine rainy [...]

Chances to revive commercial operations from Salem airport have brightened with Vijay Mallaya’s Kingfisher Airlines evincing a “keen interest”. The airline is planning its operations to Salem in the forthcoming winter schedule. This is the third airlines in three years to show interest in operations to Salem airport which has remained idle for nearly a [...]

Few Weeks back, the entire by-pass road has been Re-Laid and a new Toll Gate has been Opened Near Periyar Unviersity. Bypass road having a revived look.

Distribution of welfare assistance, honouring of freedom fighters and cultural programmes marked the Independence Day celebrations organised by the district administration at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday. Collector J. Chandrakumar hoisted the national flag and took the salute. After witnessing the ceremonial march past of the police, NCC cadets and school students, he [...]

Salem Railway Division during the current financial year (July 2009), has netted an overall earnings of Rs. 131.06 crore, which is 14.23 per cent higher than that of the corresponding period of the previous year. While the passenger earning of Rs. 82.40 crore has worked out to 6.52 per cent higher than that of last [...]

S.K. Roongta, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), reviewed the progress of Salem Steel Plant’s (SSP) modernisation and expansion works here on Thursday. Mr. Roongta also inaugurated the newly-installed units at the Salem Steel Plant such as CRM Roll Grinding Machines and HRM Roll Besides this, he also visited the plant’s Steel Melting Shop, [...]

The Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital here, has received the first batch of high quality ‘test kit’ from a Mumbai-based company with which the throat and nasal swabs and blood samples of the A(H1N1) affected could be preserved in ‘lab conditions’ before sending them to the testing centres for confirmation. “All Government hospitals in [...]