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Palaniswami slams Karnataka govt, DMK over Cauvery issue
Chennai: AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday slammed the Karnataka government for “refusing” to accept a Cauvery panel directive on water release to his state,…
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BSP’s Tamil Nadu unit chief hacked to death in Chennai
Chennai: The President of Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Tamil Nadu unit, Armstrong, was hacked to death on Friday evening by six unidentified individuals in the Perambur neighbourhood of Chennai. According to reports,…
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NIA arrests 2 in TN for ‘radicalising’ youngsters, calling Indian laws anti-Islamic
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two men, associated with international pan-Islamist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir, for allegedly radicalising youngsters in Tamil Nadu. The arrested men have been identified as…
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India record highest-ever team total in Women’s Test cricket
Chennai: India on Saturday recorded the highest team total in women’s Test cricket on day two of the one-off Test against South Africa, surpassing the previous best of 575/9 set by Australia.…
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Translating new criminal laws into Tamil underway, implementation from July 1
Chennai: The translation of new criminal laws into Tamil has already been taken up and it is likely to be completed soon, official sources have said. Requisite training has been provided to…
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TN Assembly urges Centre to take up caste-wise census
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to take up caste-based census soon. The resolution piloted by Chief Minister M K Stalin said the central…
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TN hooch tragedy: Toll touches 58; BJP slams Congress’s ‘stoic’ silence
Chennai: The death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy climbed to 58 on Monday as the political slugfest escalated over the issue with BJP training its guns against Congress, questioning its “stoic…
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TN hooch tragedy toll rises to 48, HC slams govt over deadly episode
Chennai: The toll from the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi has risen to 48, state Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Friday. The dead included 3 women and a transgender. Also…
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Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy toll rises to 47, 30 critical
Chennai: The toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rose to 47 and the condition of at least 30 people is critical, the Tamil Nadu government said on Friday. The mortal remains of 29…
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YSRCP MP’s daughter ‘runs BMW over asleep man’ on pavement, out on bail
Beeda Madhuri, the daughter of YSRCP Rajya Sabha MP Beeda Masthan Rao, allegedly ran over a 22-year-old man named S Surya who was sleeping on a pavement in Chennai’s Besant Nagar area.…
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Chidambaram says BJP, AIADMK fighting TN bypoll through ‘proxy’
Chennai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged the BJP and AIADMK are fighting the July 10 Vikravandi bypoll through ‘proxy’ PMK and that the INDIA bloc must ensure a resounding…
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7 Tamils dead in Kuwait fire incident, TN CM announces relief
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said seven Tamils were among the dead in the Kuwait fire incident, and arrangements have been made to fly their mortal remains…
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Finding out if Tamils were among victims of Kuwait fire, says Tamil Nadu govt
Chennai: It is being ascertained if Tamils were among those killed in Kuwait fire, the Tamil Nadu government said on Wednesday. Citing information on the death of ‘approximately 49 persons,’ in Kuwait…
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Kanimozhi is DMK’s Parliamentary party leader
Chennai: DMK MP Kanimozhi, who was elected from the Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency, has been appointed as the party’s parliamentary leader, the DMK said. She replaces the Sriperumbudur MP T R Baalu,…
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Oxford University to return stolen 500-year-old bronze idol to India
London: The UK’s prestigious Oxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze idol of a saint believed to be stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu to India. “On 11 March…
