Tamil Nadu news
- Chennai
Nexus with rowdies, 40 cops shunted out of Kancheepuram
Chennai: The Kancheepuram district police has cracked the whip on Police officers and constables who were in constant touch with goons and rowdies in the district.Recently Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu districts were in the news…
- India
Tamil Nadu: 2 Hindu outfit workers held for defacing Periyar statue
Coimbatore: Two Hindu Munnani outfit functionaries, were arrested on Tuesday on charges of defacing the statue of a social reformer, Periyar E V Ramasamy here, police said. The statue situated in front…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin receives precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday received the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, India on Monday began administering ‘precaution doses’ under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, Prime Minister…
- Chennai
TN parties to meet Amit Shah, consult lawyers on NEET exemption
Chennai: The meeting of all legislative parties in Tamil Nadu, barring BJP, on Saturday decided to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and also get legal opinion on getting the state exempted from NEET.…
- Chennai
41-bed Siddha Covid care centre opened in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Health Department has opened a Siddha Covid care centre in Periyar Maniammai hospital at Periyar Thidal in Veperi. In a statement on Tuesday, the Health Department said this 41-bed…
- Chennai
Chennai Corporation to increase Covid testing to 30K per day
Chennai: As Covid-19 cases are increasing in Chennai, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will ramp up testing from 22,000 to 30,000 per day. GCC commissioner Gagan Singh Bedi has issued a circular stating…
- Chennai
Covid positive TN couple, child’s samples sent for Omicron test
Chennai: The samples of a Covid-19 positive couple, who had returned to Tamil Nadu’s Chidambaram from South Africa, and one of their children, have been sent for genome sequencing to check for Omicron.…
- Chennai
Panneerselvam not an AIADMK member for 5 consecutive years: Ex-MP
Chennai: Even AIADMK Coordinator O. Panneerselvam will fail to qualify for the party’s election condition of being a member of the party for five consecutive years, said expelled former MP K.C. Palanisamy (KCP).…
- India
Tamil Nadu Brahmin youth look northwards for marriage
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Brahmin youths are in search of north Indian Brahmin brides after an acute shortage in the home state. The Thamiznadu Brahmin Association (TBA) has launched a movement to seek…
- Offbeat
TN ice cream parlour sealed for serving alcohol-mixed dessert
Chennai: An ice cream parlour in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore was sealed on Thursday for serious lapses, including mixing alcohol in some desserts, officials said. An inspection by Food Safety Department officials was carried…
- News
Google Doodle honours Sivaji Ganesan on his 93rd birth anniversary
Chennai: Sivaji Ganesan needs no introduction. The innumerable characters he made memorable on screen gave him a permanent place in the hearts of millions of movie-goers, and he still lives there, 20…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu women can now receive training to become priests: Minister
Chennai: In a bold move towards gender equality, the minister of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department announced that women who wished to be priests can now do…