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TN BJP to increase number of district committees ahead of 2026 Assembly polls
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP is planning a major organisational revamp to improve the grassroots structure of the organisation as part of its preparations for the 2026 Assembly elections.…
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TN: CM Stalin urges Centre to ensure protection for Rahul Gandhi
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday expressed shock over media reports of ‘threat’ to Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi and demanded that the Centre act swiftly to ensure…
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Temple elephants: Animal activists petition TN govt to end practice
Chennai: Animal protection groups of Tamil Nadu and elsewhere in South India and other parts of country have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to end the practice of keeping elephants in…
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BJP faces ire over leaked video of Annapoorna MD apologising to Sitharaman
A leaked video of a private conversation between Srinivasan, the managing director of Coimbatore’s renowned restaurant Annapoorna and Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has caused a stir in Tamil Nadu politics. In…
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Armstrong murder case: TN Police to file charge sheet soon
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Special Police team probing the murder of the state president of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), K. Armstrong, will soon file the charge sheet. Sources in the police told…
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Protest in TN’s Pudukottai after Sri Lankan Navy arrests 14 fishermen
Chennai: Families of fishermen and local people protested on Sunday at Jegathapattinam in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district over the Sri Lankan Navy arresting 14 fishermen and seizing their mechanised boats. The fishermen…
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TN: 30 college students detained in police crackdown on drug menace
Chennai: At least 30 students were detained on Saturday after Tamil Nadu Police launched a crackdown against the drug menace in Potheri and Kattankulathur in Chengalpattu district. Acting on a tip-off, around…
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TN govt inks pact with Microchip, Nokia, PayPal during CM’s visit to San Francisco
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government signed agreements with several potential investors, including Microchip, Nokia and PayPal, during Chief Minister M K Stalin’s trip to the USA to attract investments to the state.…
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‘Explanation sought from TN school, where girls were sexually abused in fake NCC camp’
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that a show cause notice has been issued to a school in Krishnagiri district, where 12 girls were allegedly sexually…
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Tamil Nadu: Over one lakh engineering seats vacant
Chennai: After the completion of the second round of counselling for the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA), over one lakh seats remained vacant in the state. However, the third round of counselling…
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There’s no need for secret ties with BJP, says TN CM Stalin
Chennai: The ruling DMK does not have any need for secret ties with the BJP merely because it invited Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to release a commemorative coin marking the birth centenary…
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Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal dies of heart attack
Chennai: Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Rakesh Pal has died of a massive cardiac arrest here on Sunday. Sources in the ICG told IANS that he was in INS Adyar…
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Rajnath releases Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark M. Karunanidhi’s birth centenary
Chennai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday released a commemorative Rs 100 coin to mark the birth centenary of the late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi. M. Karunanidhi was a…
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Madras HC refuses anticipatory bail over post on Prophet Muhammad
Chennai: Madras High Court dismissed an anticipatory bail petition filed by an individual who was booked under the provisions of the Bharathiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act, 2000 for…
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Discrimination against Dalits unacceptable: Tamil Nadu Governor
Chennai: Discrimination against Dalits is “abhorrent and unacceptable” and such practices must be ended, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi said on Wednesday. In his Independence Day message, the governor said Tamil…
