Tag: Tamilnadu

Samantha Akkineni has apologized for potentially 'hurting anyone's sentiments' in 'The Family Man 2' in which she played the role of a Sri Lankan Tamil liberation fighter.

Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi breathed his last at Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital today. He was 94 years old and had been admitted in the hospital since July 26. Earlier in the day, Kauvery hospital had issued a statement informing decline in Karunanidhi’s health. “He is extremely critical and unstable,” it read. Famous for his script-writing that […]

Chennai: Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav and four of his associates were detained and allegedly manhandled by police on Saturday in Tiruvannamalai district when they were on their way to meet protesting farmers against the proposed eight-lane expressway between Chennai and Salem. In a series of tweets, the psephologist-turned-politician claimed besides being prevented from going […]

New Delhi: The government’s efforts at improving access to quality maternal health services and increased emphasis on women’s education are some of the reasons behind India’s groundbreaking progress in reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 77 per cent, the WHO said on Sunday. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the MMR has declined […]

Chennai: Political parties on Sunday condemned a case registered by the Tamil Nadu Police against a TV channel, one of its employees and a movie director in connection with a debate held in Coimbatore. MDMK General Secretary Vaiko said the case was an attack on the freedom of the press. The Puthiathalaimurai channel recorded the […]

New Delhi:The Centre Friday assured the Tamil Nadu government of all assistance to deal with the situation arising out of the cyclonic storm ‘Gaja’, which has so far claimed 11 lives. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also directed Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to monitor the situation in Tamil Nadu and provide all help to the state […]

  Tamil Nadu: A day after a 22-year-old tourist from Tamil Nadu was killed in stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister K Palaniswami today spoke to his counterpart Mehbooba Mufti over the phone and sought her help for the safe return of 130 tourists from his state. R Thirumaniselvam, a city resident, suffered […]

By Sandeep Sahu The decks have been cleared. With the Supreme Court agreeing to defer the verdict in the case by a week and the Centre promising to de-notify the bull as a performing animal ‘in a day or two’ and facilitate Presidential assent to the ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government, Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Jalad Kumar Tripathy was today appointed Director General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force in Tamil Nadu. As per reports, Tripathy will take charge on July 1, 2019. The Tamil Nadu government appointed Tripathy in place of T.K. Rajendran. Tripathy, a 1985 batch IAS officer, had completed his education at Jawaharlal […]