Tiruchy banks deprive visually impaired people of availing ATM facilities on the grounds of their disability. This has added to their troubles as now they have to stand in long queues of banks for money withdrawals. According to visually impaired people, this is a common practice across Tamil Nadu state[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu police releases Louis Sophia who raised slogans against the BJP-led central government in public’ on bail after her arrest sparked a political row. DMK chief MK Stalin had slammed the Tamil Nadu government for arresting her and called for Sofia’s release on Monday. Stalin had also dared Tamil[Read More…]
Much to one’s surprise a Panchayat Union Middle School in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu has banned the use of plastic in the school campus. The school management is so specific about removing the plastic usage that even the stationery materials that students use in the school are prohibited strongly[Read More…]
DMK Working President M.K. Stalin is set to become the party President unopposed as he is the only person who has filed the nomination for that post on Sunday, the last day for filing of nominations, said a party official. Similarly, senior leader Duraimurugan is also set to become the[Read More…]
In Chennai today, PM Narendra Modi paid tributes to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kalaignar Karunanidhi. The PM said that Kalaignar Karunanidhi was an extraordinary leader and a veteran administrator whose life was devoted to public welfare and social justice. தன்னிகரற்ற தலைவரும், பழுத்த நிர்வாகியும், மக்கள் நலனுக்காகவும் சமூக நீதிக்காகவும் தன் வாழ்நாளை[Read More…]
As India mourned the icon of Dravidian politics, several leaders across party lines paid rich tributes to Kalaignar. However, it was MK Stalin’s emotional letter that showed the beautiful bond between father and the son. “Can I call you Appa for one last time my leader”, DMK leader MK Stalin[Read More…]
Putting an end to all the speculations, Kauvery Hospital today announced the demise of DMK leader and five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi at 6:10 pm on Tuesday. The 94-year-old veteran had been dealing with extremely critical and unstable health for the last few weeks. A flood of DMK cadres and[Read More…]
The name Muthuvel Karunanidhi invokes extreme reactions from both diehard loyalists to fierce opponents. Be it in power or out of power, active or not, the 94-year-old grand old DMK president has had a great/remarkable influence on the political narrative of Tamil Nadu. He represents a heterogeneous and multilayered imagination of[Read More…]
Putting an end to all the speculations, Kauvery Hospital today announced the demise of DMK leader and five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi at 6:10 pm on Tuesday. The 94-year-old veteran had been dealing with extremely critical and unstable health for the last few weeks. A flood of DMK cadres[Read More…]
M K Stalin, the working president of DMK, said that 21 of its party workers have died unable to bear the “shock” of the illness and hospitalisation of party chief M Karunanidhi in the early hours of Saturday. The party has appealed to the cadres not to take any extreme[Read More…]
A horrifying rape case was reported in Chennai on Monday, July 17, in which 18 men have been accused of sexually harassing a hearing-impaired 12 year old girl for over a period of seven months. While the victim’s parents have took the girl to the nearby hospital, police is deeply[Read More…]
Chennai: Making it clear that attempting suicide is an offence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Madras High Court has observed that some people do it to grab the attention of authorities. The court said that people should approach the court rather than resorting to such practices which are not[Read More…]
Coimbatore: A 19-year-old undergraduate student died during a mock drill in her college near Coimbatore on Thursday evening after she was allegedly forced to jump and pushed off a building when she hit a sunshade while going down. Video footage shows a trainer nudging N Logeswari, a second year BBA[Read More…]
12 Tamil Nadu fishermen have been detained by the Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday July 5, for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters. Two mechanised boats used by them have also been impounded by the Lankan Navy. An official from fisheries department said over 3,000 fishermen had set the sail[Read More…]
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday said the Thoothukudi police are arresting only those persons who indulged in arson and violence on May 22. Speaking in the assembly, he noted that Tamil Nadu is the only state witnessing large number of protests in the country and protection[Read More…]
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth on Wednesday perhaps faced the most embarrassing question of his life from an injured youth in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi, who asked Who are you? Several days after the May 22 police firing at the anti-Sterlite Copper smelter plant protest in Thoothukudi left 13 people dead, Rajinikanth called[Read More…]
Thoothukudi/Chennai: London-listed Vedanta Resources on Thursday said that its Sterlite copper smelter plant at Thoothukkudi district, whose closure has been accompanied by two days of rioting, arson and police firing, has not been operating since March 27, 2018. On Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) ordered the closure[Read More…]
Toothukudi (Tamil Nadu): Nine people, including a girl, died on Tuesday in police firing after the ongoing anti-Sterlite protests turned violent with thousands of people from nearby areas allegedly attacking the District Collectorate demanding closure of the Vedanta Group-run company. In the first major incident of police firing in Tamil[Read More…]
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK legislators, including Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, for voting against the government during a confidence motion moved by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami last year. Dismissing the petition filed by DMK Whip R. Sakkrapani, the court said[Read More…]
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliver justice that Tamil Nadu is looking for amid growing political turmoil over the Cauvery water issue. As Modi arrived here on Thursday, Kamal tweeted a video and shared an open letter to the Prime Minister via social media.[Read More…]
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday faced a silent protest by some 30 students dressed in black and carrying posters when he visited the IIT Madras. Modi, who flew from one venue to another to avoid the threatened black flag protests over the Cauvery issue, could not escape it at[Read More…]
Chennai: The DMK on Monday staged protests here against the Central government for not setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) as per the Supreme Court’s orders. Party members protested in several places in the city including the arterial Anna Salai stretch in Saidapet here affecting traffic. The DMK had[Read More…]
Madurai: Independent legislator and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran on Thursday launched his new party called Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagham (AMMK). He announced his party’s name at Melur near the temple town here in Tamil Nadu. The party flag was later unfurled. “From today onwards we will function with a[Read More…]
Madurai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday formally launched his political party called Makkal Neethi Maiam (People Justice Centre). He also unfurled his party’s flag, which has six hands – three in red and three in white – joined together around a star on a white background. With this, Kamal becomes one[Read More…]
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday formally began his political journey by first visiting former President late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s residence in Rameswaram. He will be unveiling his party’s name and the flag at a public rally later in the day in Madurai. Kamal met the former President’s elder brother[Read More…]
