Tamil Nadu: 'Socialism' and 'Mamata Banerjee' get married; vow to be together forever
Jun 14, 2021, at 02:13 pm
Salem/IBNS: A woman, who is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's namesake, married a man named Socialism in Tamil Nadu's Salem on Sunday.
DMK will fulfill its poll promise to withdraw 3 farm laws by Centre: MK Stalin
May 26, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said a resolution will be adopted in the State Assembly urging the Centre to repeal the three farm laws.
One-week total lockdown comes into force in Tamil Nadu to control COVID-19 spread
May 24, 2021, at 04:15 pm
Chennai/UNI: The one-week total and complete lockdown, sans any relaxations, to control the spread of the second wave of the Coronavirus, came into force on Monday.
Total lockdown extended in Tamil Nadu for one more week, announces CM Stalin
May 22, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Chennai/UNI: As the daily COVID caseload crossed the 36,000-mark, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced extension of full lockdown in the state from May 24 to bring the spread of the virus under control.
Tamil Nadu: NIA conducts raids in Madurai for FB posts promoting ISIS ideology
May 16, 2021, at 10:31 pm
Madurai/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday raided four locations in Tamil Nadu's Madurai in connection with Facebook posts, allegedly advocating the ISIS ideology, of one Mohammad Iqbal, said media reports.
Tamil Nadu: 4 killed, 10 hurt in reactor vessel blast
May 14, 2021, at 01:27 am
Chennai/UNI: Four people were killed and more than ten others sustained injuries in a reactor vessel blast at a pesticide manufacturing unit at Kudukadu in SIPCOT Industrial estate in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu announces lockdown between May 10 and 24 to stem Covid spread
May 08, 2021, at 04:46 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu on Saturday became the latest Indian state to call a complete lockdown to stem the massive spread of Covid-19.
Narendra Modi congratulates M K Stalin on taking oath as Tamil Nadu CM
May 07, 2021, at 09:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated M K Stalin on being sworn as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
DMK chief MK Stalin takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM
May 07, 2021, at 05:13 pm
Chennai/IBNS: DMK chief MK Stalin took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Friday after his party trumped the AIADMK in the assembly elections held last month.
Tamil Nadu: 34-member Cabinet headed by MK Stalin to be sworn in tomorrow
May 06, 2021, at 11:10 pm
Chennai/UNI: A 34-member Cabinet headed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter and DMK President M K Stalin will be sworn in at Raj Bhavan tomorrow.
Tamil Nadu Governor appoints DMK chief MK Stalin the next chief minister
May 06, 2021, at 06:07 am
Chennai/IBNS: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin has been appointed as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu by governor Banwarilal Purohit, the Raj Bhavan announced on Wednesday.
MK Stalin elected DMK Legislative Party leader, to meet TN Guv tomorrow
May 05, 2021, at 01:38 am
Chennai/UNI: Two days after leading the DMK to win in the Assembly election as result came out, its President M K Stalin was on Tuesday elected as the Legislature Party (LP) Leader.
DMK ends ten year wait, set to return to power in TN; PM, Sonia, Rahul extend greetings
May 03, 2021, at 02:58 am
Chennai/UNI: DMK President and CM Candidate led from the front as the main opposition is all set to return to power in Tamil Nadu after a long wait of ten years.
MK Stalin's DMK all set to form govt in Tamil Nadu
May 02, 2021, at 06:18 pm
Chennai/IBNS: MK Stalin's DMK and its alliance is all set to form a government in Tamil Nadu.
DMK ahead in TN, LDF in Kerala, NDA in Assam, TMC & BJP neck-to-neck in Bengal
May 02, 2021, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: As per early trends of counting of votes for Assembly elections, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Congress alliance is leading in Tamil Nadu, while the All India Trinamool Congress is ahead in West Bengal, BJP-led NDA in Assam, Left Democratic Front in Kerala and All India N R Congress-led BJP alliance gaining in Puducherry.
Early trends show AIADMK, DMK in neck and neck race in Tamil Nadu
May 02, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Chennai/UNI: The ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK are involved in a neck and neck race as counting of votes began amid tight security and strict COVID protocols on Sunday.
Assembly polls 2021: Under Covid shadow, counting of votes begins in four states, one UT today
May 02, 2021, at 02:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Counting of votes for Assembly elections in four states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry began at 8 AM on Sunday amid strict COVID-19 protocols in place.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Four of seven exit polls conducted by various agencies in India have predicted Mamata Banerjee-led powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s return to power in West Bengal with the country's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a strong opposition to reckon with.
SC allows Vedanta to operate Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu to produce oxygen
Apr 27, 2021, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Vedanta to operate its Oxygen production unit on standalone basis at Copper plant in Tuticorin as the country faces acute oxygen shortage amid unprecedented surge in Corona cases.
Apr 26, 2021, at 01:06 am
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting immediate cancellation of oxygen supply from its plants to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as the State is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases, media
Apr 07, 2021, at 03:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Polling across 475 assembly constituencies in four states and one union territory of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal were conducted on Tuesday amid high vigil and live monitoring as well as webcasting of more than 50 pct booths.
Ex-Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's close-aide Sasikala's name not in voter's list, did not vote
Apr 06, 2021, at 02:55 pm
Chennai/UNI: As Tamil Nadu started exercising the democratic duty to elect its 16th Assembly, V K Sasikala, a close-aide of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, could not cast her ballot as her name has been ‘removed’ from the voters list, even as single phase polling began at 0700 hrs on Tuesday morning.
Tamil Nadu: Single phase polling begins amid tight security
Apr 06, 2021, at 02:40 pm
Chennai/UNI: An estimated 6.29 crore electorate are expected to cast their ballots as the single phase polling in one of the most fiercely contested polling to elect the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly began at 0700 hrs on Tuesday, apart from the bypoll to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat.
Tamil Nadu polls: Congress leader tweets unusual image to mark end of campaign
Apr 06, 2021, at 04:29 am
Chennai/IBN: As Tamil Nadu gears up for Assembly polls on Tuesday, Congress leader Mohan Kumaramangalam tweeted an unusual picture to mark the end of the campaign in the state on Sunday.
DMK chief MK Stalin's son-in-law raided by IT officials in Tamil Nadu
Apr 02, 2021, at 05:57 pm
Chennai/IBNS: DMK chief MK Stalin's son-in-law Sabareesan was on Friday raided by Income Tax officials at Chennai in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, media reports said.
British PM likely to visit Tamil Nadu during his India tour next month
Mar 21, 2021, at 01:55 am
Chennai/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is likely to pay a visit to Tamil Nadu during his India tour next month.
Tamil Nadu: DMK finalises seat sharing with CPI(M), allots six Assembly seats
Mar 08, 2021, at 05:10 pm
Chennai/UNI: The main Opposition DMK today finalised the seat sharing agreement with the CPI(M) allotting six seats to it for the April six Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Amit Shah kickstarts campaign in TN, confident of AIADMK-BJP victory in Assembly polls
Mar 07, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kanniyakumari/UNI: Kickstarting his party’s campaign for the April 6 Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha bypolls in Kanniyakumari, senior BJP leader Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed confidence that the AIADMK-BJP combine would win the upcoming polls.
IT raids in 2 Chennai-based groups reveal over Rs 1,000 cr undisclosed income : CBDT
Mar 07, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Chennai/UNI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) today said the Income Tax raids at two Chennai-based groups, including leading bullion trader in Tamil Nadu, led to the detection of undisclosed income of more than Rs 1,000 crore.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls: DMK allots 25 seats to Congress, 16 less than 2016
Mar 07, 2021, at 06:28 am
Chennai/IBNS: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has decided to allot 25 seats to Congress in the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, media reports said.