Polling for the crucial by-election to the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K. Nagar) Assembly constituency began on Thursday at 8 a.m. Over two lakh voters are eligible to decide the fate of 59 candidates in one of the smallest constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The by-poll was necessitated following the death of AIADMK[Read More…]
Income Tax (IT) officials on Tuesday raided 33 premises in Tamil Nadu here and Madurai belonging to three business groups. It is a follow-up to its earlier searches linked to jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s kin and business associates, said a senior official. “Search operations are on… The officials are[Read More…]
Hitting out at the Tamil Nadu government, Tamil actor Kamal Haasan on Sunday said any regime that focusses on power and fame even if results in loss of life would fall. A person is an accessory to a murder if his action results in an accident which Tamil Nadu’s rulers[Read More…]
The Madras High Court on Friday summoned the Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru to appear before it with the fingerprint records of Tamil Nadu’s late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa in connection with affixing of the thumb impression on poll documents, said a lawyer. The prison official will have to[Read More…]
The Election Commission on Friday announced by-election to the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu on December 21, a day after it allotted the AIADMK’s “two leaves” symbol to the ruling faction headed by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. The counting of votes[Read More…]
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday decided to allot the “two leaves” symbol of the AIADMK faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, an AIADMK leader said. Congress party is ‘nervous’ for Gujarat polls, says BJP “We are happy with the EC[Read More…]
On a half-a-day’s trip to Chennai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on DMK President M. Karunanidhi and enquired about his health. “Vanakkam, Sir”, Modi greeted Karunanidhi as he sat near the 93-year-old veteran and held his hand. Accompanied by Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Pon Radhakrishnan, Modi was[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly in here on Monday morning to participate in the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Daily Thanthi newspaper, said state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan. Modi is expected to arrive here at around 10 am and would return back to New Delhi the same day. Security[Read More…]
The Centre has sent a five-member team to review the outbreak of dengue cases in Tamil Nadu. The team will audit and conduct a meeting on Friday with state health minister, C. Vijayabhaskar, and other officials of the health department. On Thursday, deputy chief minister, O. Panneerselvam, along with other[Read More…]
The Tamil Nadu government has increased the prices of alcohol at Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) outlets across the state. The step was taken in Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. While the tipplers will have to disburse Rs 10 extra on a bottle of beer, Rs 12 on hot drinks has[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman threw her six-month-old son into a well and jumped to death as she was unable to pay for her child’s treatment. The child was suffering from suspected dengue. The incident happened in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district, reported in Hindustan Times. P Anbukodi and[Read More…]
A woman professor, who heads the journalism department at a top university in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, was stabbed on campus on Tuesday. The woman, Professor E Jenefa, is recovering in the hospital. According to the police, she was attacked at the state-run Madurai Kamaraj University by a former guest[Read More…]
In a shocking revelation, a Tamil Nadu minister has confessed that he lied to the people about the health condition of former Tamil Nadu chief minister, Jayalalithaa, almost a year after she was admitted to the Apollo hospital. Tamil Nadu Forest Minister, C Sreenivasan, during a public address in Madurai[Read More…]
On the occasions of Navratri, Jayalalithaa ‘Golu’ dolls were introduced this year and it has garnered huge the interests of the people in the southern state. “We’ve introduced Jayalalithaa golu deity dolls this year. People are have welcomed this,” Kanagavalli, a doll merchant, told Thanthi TV. An arrangement of colorful[Read More…]
Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is to meet popular actor Kamal Haasan for the political purpose on Thursday in Chennai. Haasan is preparing to enter politics. A source close to Kejriwal told The Indian Express, “Arvind Kejriwal will be travelling to Chennai Thursday to meet Kamal Haasan,[Read More…]
The Madras high court on Wednesday has said that no floor test would be held in Tamil Nadu assembly until petitions challenging disqualification of AIADMK MLAs are disposed off. The 18 legislators support former deputy general secretary, TTV Dinakaran. They say that their disqualification by speaker doesn’t stand legal check[Read More…]
In a heinous incident, a school principal has been held accused of sexually assaulting over 90 girls in a school in Madurai. The Madurai Bench of the Madras HC sentenced M Arokiasamy to 55 years in prison for sexually assaulting the students. The 62-year-old was convicted in the sensational Pothumbu[Read More…]
The Chennai assembly Speaker disqualified18 rebel legislators of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday.They were loyal to sidelined deputy general secretary of the party, TTV Dhinakaran. The legislators had withdrawn support to chief minister, E Palaniswami. They have been disqualified under the anti-defection law. The opposition DMK and the[Read More…]
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has said that he wants to start the process of “change” in Tamil Nadu politics, dropping biggest ever hint on joining politics. “The politics of Tamil Nadu can change and I want to bring about that change, no matter how slow it may be,” the actor[Read More…]
AIADMK on Tuesday announced that former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will remain the eternal General Secretary of the party after it sacked the interim general secretary, VK Sasikala. The decision was announced following a crucial General Council meeting in Chennai attended by chief minister, E Palaniswami and his deputy,[Read More…]
Leaders of opposition parties headed by DMK working president MK Stalin met Tamil Nadu governor, C Vidyasagar Rao on Sunday. He urged him to convene the state assembly within a week so that the K Palaniswamigovernment can prove its majority. “We urged the Governor to convene the assembly within a[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday instructed the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that no protests are held against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in the state. The bench, led by Chief Justice of India, Deepak Misra, said that anyone protesting against the NEET is liable to be charged with contempt[Read More…]
At least 9 people were killed and 20 others are feared trapped under debris after the roof of a bus stand collapsed in Somanur on the city outskirts on Thursday. As per the preliminary reports, the roof of the shed at the bus stand abruptly collapsed on commuters. It is[Read More…]
Grieving over the death of her daughter, Anitha’s father on Saturday said that his daughter managed to study hard in even difficult circumstances and was concerned about the NEET exam. The 17-year-old Dalit girl, who led a campaign against National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exams, committed suicide on Friday.[Read More…]
S.Anitha, the state board student who filed a case in the Supreme Court against National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions, has allegedly committed suicide at her house at Kuzhumur village near Sendurai on Friday. The 17-year old Dalit girl, who was a daughter of a daily wage[Read More…]