Tamil Nadu
- India
Despite opposition by Muslim body, Madras HC allows Muharram procession with music
The Madras High Court on Monday, July 15, permitted the observation of Muharram with the beating of drums and music in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, despite being opposed by another Muslim…
- India
TN farmers, Left parties stage protest demanding release of Cauvery water
Tiruvarur: Scores of farmers besides members of the Left parties staged a rail-roko agitation at Thiruthuraipoondi in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur district on Tuesday demanding that neighbouring Karnataka release Cauvery water and help…
- India
TN CM condemns Karnataka over ‘non-release’ of Cauvery water, convenes all-party meet
Chennai: Karnataka government taking a stand against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu is strongly condemnable, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Monday and announced convened a meeting of legislative…
- India
BSP leader murder case accused shot dead in Chennai, oppn cries foul
Chennai: A key accused in the murder of BSP Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong was shot dead here on Sunday, police said, adding that he allegedly opened fire at them and attempted…
- Chennai
TN CM to launch expansion of breakfast scheme to govt aided schools
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin is all set to launch the expansion of the government’s breakfast scheme for primary school children to state-aided schools as well on July 15,…
- Bangalore
Cauvery issue: Will release 8k cusecs water to TN, says Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the Karnataka government was ready to release 8,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery river every day to neighbouring Tamil Nadu instead of one TMC…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: All party meet to discuss Cauvery water release to TN today
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened an all-party meeting on Sunday to discuss issues related to the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) directive to the State to release one tmcft of…
- India
TN Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024 comes into force
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024, stipulating enhanced punishment term and quantum of fine for offences like manufacture, possession and sale of illicit liquor that endangers lives, has come into…
- India
Palaniswami slams Karnataka govt, DMK over Cauvery issue
Chennai: AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday slammed the Karnataka government for “refusing” to accept a Cauvery panel directive on water release to his state,…
- India
Security agencies seize Chinese shipment of banned chemicals for Pakistan at TN port
Chennai: Security agencies have seized a Chinese shipment of internationally banned chemicals, apparently intended for Pakistan’s biological and chemical warfare program, at a port in Tamil Nadu, officials said on Thursday. The…
- Middle East
Kuwait: At least 7 Indian expats killed in road accident
Kuwait: At least seven Indian expatriates were killed and three others injured after their vehicle met with an accident on the Seventh Ring Road in Kuwait. The accident occurred on Tuesday, July…
- Chennai
BSP’s Tamil Nadu unit chief hacked to death in Chennai
Chennai: The President of Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Tamil Nadu unit, Armstrong, was hacked to death on Friday evening by six unidentified individuals in the Perambur neighbourhood of Chennai. According to reports,…
- India
TN police registers FIRs under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police have registered FIRs under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which has replaced the Indian Penal Code, official sources said on Monday. Under the new law, FIRs have…
- Chennai
NIA arrests 2 in TN for ‘radicalising’ youngsters, calling Indian laws anti-Islamic
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two men, associated with international pan-Islamist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir, for allegedly radicalising youngsters in Tamil Nadu. The arrested men have been identified as…
- Chennai
Translating new criminal laws into Tamil underway, implementation from July 1
Chennai: The translation of new criminal laws into Tamil has already been taken up and it is likely to be completed soon, official sources have said. Requisite training has been provided to…