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Jailed TN Minister Senthil Balaji taken to Hospital for treatment

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged involvement in a cash-for-job money, was taken to the Omandurar Government Multi Speciality Hospital for medical…
Removing Periyar statues near temples to be TN BJP’s poll issue

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP’s stand on removing statues of rationalist leader Periyar (Ramasamy) installed near temples remained unchanged and this would be made a poll issue, the party’s state chief K Annamalai…

TN: Stalin says BJP ‘daydreaming’ of intimidating DMK through IT searches

Chennai: The Income Tax department’s searches are “intimidatory tactics” aimed at the DMK as the party is exposing BJP’s “anti-people” attitude, Chief Minister and ruling DMK President M K Stalin said here…
Odisha CM Secretary VK Pandian takes voluntary retirement

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, the Centre on Monday approved the voluntary retirement of senior IAS officer V. Kartikeya Pandian, who was serving as the private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen…
Kanimozhi denounces Smriti Irani’s remark on Global Hunger Index

Chennai: DMK Parliamentarian and party’s Deputy General Secretary Kanimozhi on Saturday denounced Union Minister Smriti Irani’s remark on the Global Hunger Index and said the comments raised questions about the Centre’s competency…
TN professor struck in Gaza, family awaits her safe return

Chennai: An Associate Professor of Agricultural who was on a two-month training programme in Israel is stranded at Gaza border since Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7. The 40-year-old Associate Professor…
TN CM slams AIADMK for its ‘sudden love’ for Muslim prisoners

Chennai: In the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday, Chief Minister M K Stalin hit out at the AIADMK for its “sudden love” for Muslim prisoners serving life sentences while the main opposition…

Palaniswami slams ruling DMK over Cauvery issue

Chennai: AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday lashed out at the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery river dispute and wondered if Chief Minister M K Stalin was concerned…
‘Publicity interest litigation’: TN govt on pleas for action against Udhayanidhi

New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday argued before the Supreme Court that PILs seeking action against state Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin are rather in the nature of “publicity interest litigation”. A…
AIADMK severs ties with BJP, passes resolution to exit NDA

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, has officially cut its ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Monday, September…
TN: 50K industries to go on strike against power tariff hike on Sep 25

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Industries Association leaders have announced that around 50,000 industries including small-scale industries will go on a one-day strike on September 25 against the electricity tariff revision in the…
Cauvery dispute: Security tightened in Tamil-dominated areas of Bengaluru

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have tightened security measures in areas of Bengaluru where a significant Tamil speaking population resides after the Supreme Court’s direction to release water to Tamil Nadu. Following the…
Eliminating Sanatan Dharma will destroy untouchability: Udhayanidhi

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare, Udhayanidhi Stalin, who created a nationwide stir by making derogatory comments against Sanatan Dharam, has again courted controversy by stating that “eliminating Sanatan…
Stalin dubs women’s reservation bill ‘poll gimmick’

Chennai: DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin dubbed the Women’s Reservation Bill in its current form a “poll gimmick”, pointing out that it is “strange trick” to adopt a bill…
Jio AirFiber goes live on Ganesh Chaturthi

Delhi: As announced in its recently held Annual General Meeting, Jio has launched its all-new JioAirFiber (Wireless broadband) services on the occasion on Ganesh Chaturthi. JioAirFiber goes live in 8 cities –…