Tamil Nadu
- Chennai
Chennai man set himself ablaze in protest against evictions, critical
Chennai: A 60-year-old man set himself ablaze on Sunday to protest the evictions being carried out in Chennai’s Govindswamy Nagar, despite the matter slated to be heard by the Supreme Court on…
- India
Chennai: One more E-scooter goes up in fire
Chennai: One more Okinawa electric scooter went up in flames in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district on Saturday morning. Satish, a resident of Hosur in Krishnagiri district, bought the Okinawa electric scooter last…
- India
11 electrocuted in Tamil Nadu religious chariot procession
Chennai: Eleven persons were electrocuted and 16 others injured when the top of a chariot belonging to Appar mutt touched the overhead power cable in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday…
- Chennai
Suriya donates vehicle to Tamil Nadu police department
Chennai: Actor Suriya’s production house 2D Entertainment has has donated a vehicle worth Rs six lakh to the Tamil Nadu Police department’s ‘Kaaval Karangal’ initiative. The ‘Kaaval Karanagal’ initiative has been launched…
- India
Teachers tried to convert me to Christianity: Tamil Nadu student
Chennai: A class 6 student of a school in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur has alleged that two teachers tried to force her to convert to Christianity and also mocked her. The girl has…
- India
IIT Madras turns Covid-19 cluster with 55 testing positive
Chennai: With 25 more testing positive, the total number of persons infected with Coronavirus in the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) has gone up to 55, said Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J.Radhakrishnan.…
- India
TN: Parent asked to remove hijab in school, cops commence probe
Chennai: The Selaiyur police in Chennai have commenced a probe following a complaint by a person that his wife was asked to remove her hijab when they had gone to a school…
- Chennai
Wearing masks now mandatory in Tamil Nadu, violators to be fined Rs 500
Chennai: In an order issued on Friday, the Tamil Nadu Health Department has made wearing of masks mandatory in the state and violators will have to pay Rs 500 as fine. The…
- India
Chennai man dies of seizures while in police custody, family refuses to believe
A 25-year-old man in Chennai, who was taken into police custody for possessing ganja on April 18 died the next day allegedly from seizures, a police official said. The deceased – V…
- Sports
Despite history, Chess Olympiad for the differently-abled will not be held in India
Chennai: Even as the Tamil Nadu government and All India Chess Federation (AICF) are gearing up to hold the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram near here in July-August, Chennai hosted the first…
- India
TN: BJP man sets own car on fire to falsely claim insurance
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Tamil Nadu was arrested for setting his own car on fire so that he could claim the insurance money from it. He was caught with…
- India
Tamil is root of our existence: AR Rahman amid Shah’s Hindi remark controversy
Ever since Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial ‘speak Hindi instead of English’ remark made headlines in the country, many prominent southern political parties, including BJP ally AIADMK have opposed it. The…
- Offbeat
Friends gift bottles of petrol, diesel to couple as wedding gift in Tamil Nadu
Chengalpattu: A newly married couple was gifted bottles of petrol and diesel by their friends, recently. A video went viral on social media, where a group of youth were seen gifting their…
- India
French envoy to visit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry to boost cultural, economic ties
New Delhi: Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain will travel to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on a three-day visit focused on deepening Indo-French business, cultural and people-to-people ties. During his visit,…
- India
Tamil Nadu: ‘Dead’ man walks home 24 hours after being buried
In a bizarre incident, a 55-year-old man who was presumed dead and buried by his family returned home. The incident occurred in Banagaladpur near Erode district in Tamil Nadu. According to a…