Senior BJP leader CP Radhakrishnan appointed Jharkhand Guv
Feb 13, 2023, at 01:48 am
Chennai/UNI: Senior BJP leader and two time former Lok Sabha member C.P. Radhakrishnan was appointed the new Governor of Jharkhand,
Tamil Nadu: EPS nominates Ex-MLA Thennarasu as AIADMK candidate for Erode East bypoll
Feb 01, 2023, at 05:26 pm
Chennai/UNI: The AIADMK faction led by Interim General Secretary Eadappadi K Palaniswami has announced former MLA K.S.Thennarasu as its candidate for the February 27 bypoll to the Erode East Assembly seat.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi sues suspended DMK worker over derogatory remarks
Jan 19, 2023, at 10:22 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has filed a defamation case against a now suspended DMK worker for his derogatory remarks over Ravi’s refusal to read some parts of a government-approved speech in the state assembly earlier this month, media reports said citing officials.
Tamil Nadu: Bull tamer gored to death in Madurai's Palamedu Jallikattu
Jan 16, 2023, at 10:57 pm
Chennai: A bull tamer, who had this far tamed nine bulls at the famous Palamedu Jallikattu in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, died after he was gored by a bull in the arena on Monday.
'Go to Kashmir..we will send terrorists to kill you': DMK leader abuses Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi
Jan 15, 2023, at 02:10 am
Chennai/IBNS: DMK leader Shivaji Krishnamoorthy sparked controversy after making abusive statements against Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, media reported.
Tamil Nadu: College girl gang-raped at knife point, 5 arrested
Jan 14, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Chennai: In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old private college student was gangraped by five youths at knife point at a secluded place in neighbouring Kancheepuram taluk.
High drama witnessed at Tamil Nadu Assembly, Guv skips National Anthem
Jan 09, 2023, at 08:09 pm
Chennai: High drama was witnessed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday, the opening day of its first session of the New Year, with Governor R.N.Ravi avoiding two paragraphs highlighting the 'Dravidian model' Governance of the DMK and skipping the National Anthem after his customary address.
Tamil Nadu: Gang used 200 SIMs to threaten loan app users, arrested
Jan 08, 2023, at 03:03 am
Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu): The Tamil Nadu Police nabbed a five-member gang that used 200 SIM cards to threaten users who took loans through a foreign-based app, according to media reports.
Tamil Nadu: 8 Ayyappa pilgrims killed, 2 hurt as car plunges into 40ft gorge
Dec 24, 2022, at 09:12 pm
Chennai: At least eight Ayyappa pilgrims were killed and two others suffered serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling plunged into a 40 ft gorge on the Kumuli mountain pass in Theni district of Tamil Nadu late on Friday night.
Udhayanidhi Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu Minister
Dec 14, 2022, at 06:47 pm
Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK president M.K.Stalin's son Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Wednesday sworn in as a Minister in the state cabinet.
Kashi Tamil Sangamam Express: Railway Minister announces new train between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu
Dec 11, 2022, at 03:49 am
Varanasi/IBNS: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday announced a new train—Kashi Tamil Sangamam Express—between Kashi and Tamil Nadu.
Cyclone Mandous starts making landfall in Tamil Nadu, 16 Chennai flights cancelled amid rains
Dec 10, 2022, at 05:19 am
Chennai/IBNS: Heavy rainfall has been forecast in Tamil Nadu besides cyclonic winds of around 85 km an hour as Cyclone Mandous started beginning its landfall, the weather office predicted Friday.
Supreme Court reserves verdict in Jallikattu case
Dec 09, 2022, at 12:02 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra government's laws allowing the bull-taming sport “Jallikattu” and bullock cart races.
Fire destroys scaffolding of temple tower in Tamil Nadu
Nov 21, 2022, at 06:18 pm
Virudhunagar/UNI: A fire destroyed the scaffolding erected around the Raja Gopuram (Temple Tower) of Sri Badrakaliamman Temple at Sivakasi here late on Sunday.
Centre challenges release of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi case by Supreme Court
Nov 18, 2022, at 03:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A week after the Supreme Court ordered the release of six people who were convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the Centre Thursday requested the court to review its decision.
6 Rajiv Gandhi assassins including Nalini Sriharan released from Tamil Nadu jails
Nov 13, 2022, at 01:40 am
Vellore (Tamil Nadu): The six remaining life-term convicts of the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Nalini Sriharan, her husband Murugan, Santhan, Robert Payas, RP Ravichandran and Jayakumar were formally released from Tamil Nadu jails on Saturday evening after spending 31 years in prison, media reports said.
Tamil Nadu medical college suspends 7 students over video of sexual harassment
Nov 10, 2022, at 04:55 am
Chennai/IBNS: Seven senior medical students of the Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu's Vellore have been suspended after an unverified video surfaced on social media suggesting ragging involving sexual harassment.
PM Modi to visit Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Nov 11-12
Nov 10, 2022, at 04:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Nov 11 and 12.
RSS cancels road marches in Tamil Nadu after court puts condition
Nov 06, 2022, at 04:50 am
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Saturday said it would not hold road marches across Tamil Nadu a day after Madras High Court permitted them only in confounded locations, media reports said.
Oct 31, 2022, at 10:40 pm
On October 23, one person, identified as Jameza Mubin, died in an early morning explosion in a gas cylinder-laden Maruti 800 near the Kottai Eswaran Temple in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore District.
Tamil Nadu: Fisherman critically injured after being shot by Indian Navy at mid sea
Oct 21, 2022, at 06:22 pm
Ramanathapuram/UNI: A fisherman belonging to Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu sustained critical injuries, when an Indian Naval patrol team reportedly fired on a mechanised fishing boat in the Gulf of Mannar late Thursday night.
Oct 14, 2022, at 02:35 am
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to his New Delhi counterpart, Arvind Kejriwal, urging him not to impose a blanket ban on the sale of firecrackers that fall within the permissible norms, media reports said.
'You are a Shudra till you're a Hindu', says DMK leader A Raja, draws BJP's ire
Sep 14, 2022, at 05:57 am
Senior DMK leader and former Union minister A Raja has sparked a controversy after he reportedly said that Shudras, the lowest caste in the varna system, are children of prostitutes and they will remain so as long as they practice Hinduism.
'Jesus is real God': Pastor tells Rahul Gandhi in 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', Congress draws BJP ire
Sep 11, 2022, at 12:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s slammed the opposition Congress after its top leader and MP Rahul Gandhi's conversation with a controversial pastor in Tamil Nadu's Puliyoorkurichy on Jesus Christ in the middle of the party's ambitious 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' went viral on social media.
Sri Lanka Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen, seizes trawler
Aug 23, 2022, at 01:35 am
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)/UNI: The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday arrested 10 Indian fishermen and confiscated their mechanized fishing trawler on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and indulging in unlawful poaching in their territorial waters.
Setback for EPS as Madras High Court orders status quo in AIADMK leadership tussle
Aug 17, 2022, at 06:27 pm
Chennai/IBNS: The Madras High Court Wednesday ruled former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami's appointment as the AIADMK general secretary is invalid, media reports said.
MK Stalin's DMK approaches Supreme Court challenging definition of freebies
Aug 17, 2022, at 04:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has filed a petition in the Supreme Court in the ongoing case about "freebies", stating that the scope of the term is very wide and "there are a lot of aspects which need to be considered".
Slipper thrown at Tamil Nadu minister's car; 5 BJP workers arrested
Aug 14, 2022, at 05:28 am
Chennai: Five BJP workers have been arrested after a slipper was hurled at Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan's car in Madurai. The minister was in Madurai to pay respects to Rifleman D Lakshmanan who laid down his life while fighting terrorists in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Microsoft India launches CyberShikshaa in partnership with ICT Academy to educate rural women
Jun 24, 2022, at 09:45 pm
Hyderabad/UNI/IBNS: As part of its ongoing commitment to develop the cybersecurity ecosystem in India, Microsoft India Friday announced the launch of the CyberShikshaa for educators initiative in collaboration with ICT Academy.
Tamil Nadu: Setback for EPS in bid to takeover AIADMK leadership
Jun 23, 2022, at 05:07 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Paneerselvam late Wednesday night received a setback from the Madras High Court in his bid to take over the leadership of his party AIADMK, media reports said.