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Udhayanidhi Stalin’s elevation as Dy CM likely on agenda in DMK meet on Aug 16

Chennai: The ruling DMK will hold a meeting of its district secretaries on August 16 to discuss the preparations for the annual ‘Mupperum Vizha’ celebration. However, there is speculation that the role…
Tamil Nadu: Man cleaning drain dies of suffocation

Chennai: A 25-year-old contractual worker on Sunday died of asphyxiation while cleaning an underground sewer in Tamil Nadu’s Avadi, police officials said. The deceased is identified as Gopinath of Arunthathipuram, worked as…

Tamil Nadu: Weather department issues yellow alert for 6 districts

Chennai: The weather department on Saturday issued a ‘yellow alert’ in six districts of Tamil Nadu for the next two days. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) predicted heavy rain along with thunderstorms…
SL Navy hands over 2 TN fishermen, mortal remains of another to Indian Navy

Chennai: The Sri Lankan Navy released two fishermen and handed over the mortal remains of another fisherman to the Indian Navy in the wee hours of Saturday. In a statement, the Tamil…
EAM urged to look into Sri Lankan Navy’s alleged attack on TN fishermen

Chennai: Tamil Nadu unit BJP president K. Annamalai has written a letter to External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, regarding the alleged mid-sea attack by the Sri Lankan Navy on fishermen from Rameswaram…
Cauvery river dispute: Protesters from TN headed for Delhi detained at MP

Narmadapuram: As many as 65 people, mostly farmers from Tamil Nadu, travelling to Delhi to stage a protest over the Cauvery water dispute were deboarded from GT Express train at Narmadapuram station…
TN CM asks if stopping Mamata in her NITI Aayog address is ‘cooperative federalism’

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday condemned the Centre over his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee’s claim that she was unfairly stopped midway in her speech at the…

Stalin lashes out at Centre, calls Union Budget a ‘revenge’ against country

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday launched a sharp attack against the ruling BJP at the Centre over the 2024-25 Union Budget, calling it a ‘revenge’ taken by…
Madras HC deprecates use of caste names for schools

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday came out strongly against the continued use of caste-based terms in the names of government schools, saying the practice may end up causing stigma to…
TN CM’s decision to boycott NITI Aayog meet ‘theatrical,’ says Annamalai

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Wednesday said Chief Minister M K Stalin’s decision to boycott the the July 27 NITI Aayog meet in Delhi is quite ‘theatrical.’ Annamalai said…
TN govt announces helpline for Tamils stranded in Bangladesh

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has set up helplines for the stranded Tamils living in violence hit-Bangladesh enabling a safe return, the government said. The Indian High Commission has instructed Indians living in Bangladesh…
TN CM has to decide about his elevation as Deputy CM, says Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday played down reports of his possible elevation as Deputy Chief Minister and said Chief Minister M K Stalin has to take a call on…
TN CM to launch expansion of breakfast scheme to govt aided schools

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin is all set to launch the expansion of the government’s breakfast scheme for primary school children to state-aided schools as well on July 15,…
TN Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024 comes into force

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024, stipulating enhanced punishment term and quantum of fine for offences like manufacture, possession and sale of illicit liquor that endangers lives, has come into…
SC adjourns hearing on ex-TN minister Balaji’s bail plea to July 22

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has adjourned to July 22 the hearing on a bail plea of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in…