Tag: Tamil Nadu

Chennai: DMK President M. Karunanidhi’s condition continues to be stable on Sunday and doctors are confident of his recovery, said a senior party official. The 94-year-old veteran politician was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Kauvery Hospital here at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday after his blood pressure dropped. Following treatment, Karunanidhi’s blood pressure […]

Chennai: DMK President M. Karunanidhi on early Saturday was shifted from his home to Kauvery Hospital here for further treatment. The five time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi was brought to the hospital about 1.30 a.m. He was suffering from urinary tract infection and age related ailments. Speaking to reporters here DMK leader A. […]

Chennai/Thoothukudi: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday issued orders closing the copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi owned by the Vedanta Group, a week after 13 people were killed in police firing during protests against continued functioning of the unit. The Government Order said it has been brought to the notice of the government that Tamil […]

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu): Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Monday said here that the government will take necessary steps to permanently shut down the copper smelter plant of Vedanta Ltd, popularly known as Sterlite Copper. Pannerselvam visited the hospital here and enquired about the health of those injured in the police firing on […]

Chennai: Six contract workers of integrated lignite mining company NLC India Ltd attempted suicide consuming poison in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district on Monday pressing for various demands, said police. The contract workers were protesting outside a lignite mine in Neyveli. Speaking to IANS a police officer in Cuddalore said the contract workers mixed pesticide in […]

Thoothukudi: With the death toll in police firing rising to 10, an uneasy calm on Wednesday gripped Tamil Nadu’s port town Thoothukudi where widespread violence erupted a day earlier during protests against the Sterlite Copper Smelting plant. Of the nearly 100 people injured, the condition of two was said to be critical in hospital. Families of […]

New Delhi: Maharashtra came out at the top with 53 awards in total at the recently concluded Smart India Hackathon (software edition), followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) said on Sunday. Tamil Nadu, New Delhi, and Karnataka, the next three won 34, 28, and 19 awards respectively. […]

Chennai: Tamil film fraternity led by veteran actors-turned-politicians Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth on Sunday observed a silent protest demanding the setting up of a Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC). It also opposed the operation of copper smelter plant of the Vedanta group in Tuticorin. The protest organised by the South […]

Chennai: Nine trekkers have died in a forest fire on the Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu, the District Collector said on Monday. A rescue operation with the help of the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters has been underway since Sunday. A total of 27 trekkers were rescued from the fire in picturesque Theni district, some 520 […]

Chennai: Hours after a BJP office in Tamil Nadu was attacked, party National Secretary H. Raja on Wednesday expressed regret for his Facebook post that said statues of rationalist movement founder E.V.Ramasamy or Periyar would be razed to the ground in the state. Early on Wednesday a petrol bomb was hurled at a BJP office around […]

New Delhi: In a setback to Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court on Friday reduced its share of Cauvery river water to 177.25 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) down from 192 tmcft allocated by a Tribunal in 2007. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar reduced the share of the […]

New Delhi: Filmstar Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said there will be no more films for him as his plunge into politics for the people of Tamil Nadu is final and irreversible. The actor-turned-politician, who is set to announce his party and its guiding principles this month, believes Hindu extremism is a threat and he cannot […]

Chennai: At least 10 shops were damaged when a fire broke out in the complex of the famed Meenakshi Amman Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai complex but there was no damage to the temple itself, said a fire service official. “We got information about the fire in shops near the 1,000 pillar mandapam in the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench the challenge to the Tamil Nadu law permitting the “Jallikattu” traditional bull-taming sport that is a part of the Pongal festivities. “We have formulated five questions,” said Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman pronouncing the judgement along with Justice Navin Sinha. The court referred […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A man from Tamil Nadu has been arrested for groping upcoming actress Sanusha when she was travelling in a train on Wednesday night, police said. Speaking to IANS a police official attached to the special branch police in Thrissur said the arrested person hails from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and is over 40 years […]