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Sri Lanka refutes TN leader’s claim on LTTE chief’s well-being, calls it a joke
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Monday dismissed as a “joke” a top Tamil nationalist leader’s claim that LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was killed in 2009 by the island nation’s military, was still…
- India
Seizures in TN in connection with Erode-East by-poll
Chennai: The police and election officials on Saturday in Tamil Nadu seized tokens — which were to be allegedly given to voters who would be exercising their franchise in the February 27…
- India
Aaditya Thackeray meets TN CM Stalin in Chennai
Chennai: Thackeray scion, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Friday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The Shiva Sena (UBT) led by Aaditya Thackeray’s father and…
- India
Stalin directs officials to operationalise all announced schemes by year end
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday directed officials to ensure that all announced government schemes are made operational before the completion of the year. Reviewing the implementation of iconic…
- India
TN: Poor performance leads to transfer of entire police station team
Chennai: In a major embarrassment to the Tamil Nadu Police, the Vellore range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), M.S. Muthuswamy ordered the transfer of the entire team from the Latheri police…
- India
After human excreta, dog carcass found in drinking water tank in TN
Chennai: In a shocking incident, the carcass of a dog was found in an overhead water tank that supplies drinking water to a colony in Pudukottai in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu.…
- India
Stalin asks PM Modi to relax paddy procurement norms
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relax paddy procurement norms. Stalin, in a letter to Modi, noted that nearly one lakh hectare of…
- India
4 women die in TN stampede during free distribution of sarees
Chennai: Four women died in a stampede at Vaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu where a private organisation was distributing free sarees as part of the Thaipooyam festival celebrations. Police said that around 1,000…
- India
Case registered in singer Vani Jairam’s death
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Police have registered a case under suspicious death over the passing away of noted playback singer, Vani Jayaram after she was found dead in the house on Saturday. Vani…
- India
Atrocities against Dalits on rise in TN, state govt not acting: NCSC vice chairman
New Delhi: National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Vice Chairman Arun Halder on Thursday said cases of atrocities against Dalits are on the rise in Tamil Nadu and accused the state government…
- India
Dalit outfits demand CBI probe into human excreta in TN water tank
Chennai: The Vengaivayal incident in which human excreta was found in an overhead water tank supplying drinking water to a Dalit colony in Vengaivayal, Pudukottai district has become a blot on the…
- India
Dalits enter TN village temple for first time in 70 years
Tiruvannamalai: For the first time in about 70 years, Dalits offered prayers in their village temple near here on Monday following ‘peace’ talks facilitated by the district authorities with dominant castes. Amid…
- Chennai
DMK slams TN BJP chief Annamalai on edited video of T.R. Baalu
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK on Monday came out strongly against the BJP state President, K. Annamalai for sharing an “edited video” of party leader and former Union Minister T.R. Baalu’s speech.…
- Chennai
Don’t recruit doctors, nurses on contract basis, demands TN Doctors Association
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Doctors Association for Social Equality (DASE) has urged the state government not to recruit doctors on a contract basis. Association general secretary Dr. G.S. Raveendranath in a statement…
- India
Amid outrage among locals, TN forest dept chasing away wild elephant into deep forests
Chennai: After strong protests by the people in the Gudalur area in Nilgiris district, the Tamil Nadu forest department is chasing away a tuskless male elephant, also knwon as ‘Makhna’, into the…
