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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…
- Technology
Hackers now selling 1.5 lakh patients’ data of TN hospital on Dark Web
Bengaluru: As AIIMS-Delhi struggles to recover from a massive ransomware attack, hackers are currently selling at least 1.5 lakh patients’ data records belonging to Tamil Nadu-based multi specialty hospital called Sree Saran…
- India
‘Can state allow Jallikattu based on its perception of cultural rights’, SC asks TN govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu government whether an animal can be used for the entertainment of humans, while hearing petitions against the state’s law permitting ‘Jallikattu’,…
- India
TN Hindi imposition: Tiruppur railway station removes Hindi signage
Chennai: After allegations that Southern Railway was resorting to Hindi imposition, the authorities of Tiruppur railway station removed the Hindi signage ‘Sahyog’ from the station. The signage was removed on Tuesday. The…
- Chennai
TN to constitute committee to prevent sexual abuse of kids
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Department of School Education will soon constitute an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to prevent the sexual abuse of children. While hearing a PIL on the increasing sexual abuse of…
- India
TN Coastal Security Group on alert after thwarting fertiliser smuggling bid to SL
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Coastal Security Group and Coastal police are on high alert after 360 kg of fertilisers were seized from two people who were trying to smuggle it to Sri Lanka…
- India
TN fishermen block roads, demand release of 24 fishers detained by SL Navy
Chennai: A couple of days after the Sri Lankan Navy detained 24 Indian fishers, the mechanised boat fishermen of Jagadapattinam coastal village in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district on Wednesday staged a protest…
- India
Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam files plea to disqualify TN Guv
Chennai: Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) on Tuesday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking disqualification of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi for holding an office of profit after being…
- India
Sri Lanka apprehends 23 Indian fishermen, Stalin writes to Centre
Chennai: As many as 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by Sri Lanka on Monday, Chief Minister M K Stalin apprised the Centre and sought action to secure the release of fishers…
- Chennai
Udayanidhi Stalin likely to join DMK govt as minister soon: Sources
Chennai: Udayanidhi Stalin, son of Chief Minister M K Stalin, and an MLA is likely to join the DMK government soon. The birthday bash of the younger scion of the first family…
