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DMK mouthpiece targets Governors with Tamilisai-TRS clash episode
Chennai: The ruling DMK has launched a tirade against Governors confronting states on welfare initiatives and legislations and warned such persons would meet a similar fate as did Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, the…
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DMK leader A Raja speaks against Hindu religion, BJP responds
Chennai: DMK leader and former Union Minister, A. Raja spoke against the Hindu religion while addressing a public gathering, triggering a strong response from the BJP. While addressing the gathering organised by…
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TN: Plea to introduce online hearing in Waqf Tribunal rejected
Chennai: The first bench of the Madras High Court has rejected a PIL plea to introduce online filing and virtual hearing of cases in the Tamil Nadu Waqf Tribunal. The direction, as prayed…
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TN: Teachers hopeful govt to revive elementary educational officer’s post
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s primary school teachers’ associations want the posts of district elementary educational officer (DEEO) and assistant elementary educational officer (AEEO) to be revived for the smooth functioning of elementary education in…
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Facilitator-in-chief: Stalin emerging as glue to join Cong, regional satraps
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin after inaugurating the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Kanniyakumari on September 8 said that the star Congress campaigner was on…
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Surge in distress calls to TN health helpline after NEET results
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government’s health helpline set up for providing counselling to NEET aspirants is flooded with calls from students who failed to crack the exams. After the NEET results were…
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Tamil Nadu: Bride calls lover to stop her wedding
Chennai: To stop his lover from marrying another man, a 24-year-old Tamil Nadu man snatched the ‘Thali’ (mangalsutra) from the prospective groom and tried to tie it around the woman’s neck. The…
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Stalin for ban of single-use imported cigarette lighters
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has sent a letter to Union minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal urging him to take measures to ban the import of single-use plastic…
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I stand by my remark on higher judiciary: TN YouTuber tells court
Chennai: ‘Savukku’ Shankar, a well-known YouTuber from Tamil Nadu, on Thursday told the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that he stood by his remarks on the higher judiciary that it…
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TN govt schemes appreciated by President, VP: Stalin
Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday said various states across the country are trying to emulate the development schemes of the DMK government, but some political parties in…
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TN govt school headmistress refuses to hoist Tricolour on I-Day
Chennai: A controversy has erupted in Tamil Nadu after reports of a government school headmistress allegedly refusing to hoist the national flag and salute it on Independence Day. The woman named Tamil…
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TN: Stalin announces hike in DA for govt staff, pensioners
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday announced a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowances (DA), from 31 per cent to 34 per cent, for government employees and pensioners.…
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Two arrested at Chennai airport with heroin, cocaine
New Delhi: In two seperate cases, the Customs officials at Chennai airport arrested two persons, including a female, and recovered cocaine and heroin valued at Rs 111.41 cr from their possession. In the…
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Spending on health, education can’t be freebies: Tamil Nadu CM
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said the expenditure incurred by the government on education and health cannot be construed as freebies and stated such measures were being…
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No chair for many Dalit panchayat presidents, reveals survey report
Chennai: In a survey conducted by the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), it was shockingly found that many Dalit panchayat presidents in the state were not even allowed a chair in…
