Tamil Nadu
- Andhra Pradesh
Cyclone Mandous disrupts life in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Tirupati: The leaders of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), including MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy and local officials, visited the cyclone Mandous-affected places in Andhra Pradesh after many residential areas in the…
- India
SC reserves judgment on batch of pleas against bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra governments’ laws allowing the bull-taming sport “Jallikattu” and bullock cart races. The top…
- Chennai
Cyclone Mandous: Holiday for schools, colleges in eight TN districts
Chennai: With Cyclone Mandous expected on Friday, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday declared a holiday for schools and colleges in eight districts of the state that day. Schools and colleges in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Alert in south coastal Andhra Pradesh for cyclone ‘Mandous’
Amaravati: A cyclone alert has been sounded in south coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued the cyclone Alert for north Tamil Nadu,…
- Andhra Pradesh
NCMC meets to review preparedness for possible cyclonic storm
Delhi: With a view to take stock of preparedness of different agencies including Central ministries and states, the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba met…
- India
1998 Coimbatore blasts was the price TN paid for Babri demolition
Chennai: On February 14, 1998, Coimbatore was rocked by a series of bomb blasts in which 11 explosions took place leading to the death of 56 people and injuring more than 200.…
- India
Controversial posters spring up on Ambedkar’s death anniversary in TN
Chennai: Posters allegedly put up by a Hindu outfit depicting B R Ambedkar in saffron robes and forehead smeared with sacred ash in Tamil Nadu’s Kumbakonam on his death anniversary on Tuesday…
- Business
Tamil Nadu to increase salt production
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation will increase its production and commence manufacturing in an area of 3,000 acres in Ramanathapuram district. Presently the Corporation is producing salt in 5,236 acres of…
- India
NHRC issues notice to TN, Bihar over torture of 12 orphaned juveniles
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments over the reported torture of 12 orphaned juveniles brought from Bihar to a madrasa in…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Suspecting theft; man tied to tree, beaten to death
A man was allegedly beaten to death by mill employees at the Ashapura saw mill in Manigandam on the Trichy-Madurai highway in Tamil Nadu. The saw mill, which imports premium timber from…
- Chennai
Temples are for people, not someone’s personal property: TN CM Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asserted temples are meant for the public and cannot be someone’s personal property. He said certain forces unable to stand the various…
- India
TN Congress chief Alagiri used ‘unparliamentary’ words: CLP leader
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President K S Alagiri used ‘unparliamentary’ words in a meeting following a scuffle at party headquarters over postings, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader K Selvaperunthagai alleged…
- India
TN headmistress held for making SC students clean school toilets
Chennai: A primary school headmistress was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making six Scheduled Caste students clean the school toilets in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Geetha Rani, the headmistress of Palakkarai…
- India
‘For purity & sanctity’: Madras HC directs TN govt to implement mobile phone ban in state temples
Madurai: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to implement a ban against the usage of mobile phones in temples across Tamil Nadu, “so as to maintain the purity…
- India
TN: Case filed after headmistress makes SC students clean toilet
Tamil Nadu police are searching for the headmistress of a government school in Erode district for allegedly forcing six children from the scheduled castes community to clean a school toilet. A complaint…
