Tamil Nadu

Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is on a visit to Tamil Nadu, arrived in Vellore on Sunday afternoon and is set to hold a public meeting here. The Minister also held discussions with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries in Chennai today. He also held a meeting with South Chennai BJP functionaries. […]

Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption on Tuesday morning conducted searches at the residence of IAS officer S Malarvizhi in Chennai in connection with alleged corruption during her posting at Dharmapuri. The raid is underway in connection with an FIR lodged against her for alleged corruption during her posting as the District Collector of Dharmapuri from February 2018 to October 2020. […]

A major disaster was averted when alert railway staff noticed a crack on the chassis of a coach of the Kollam Junction-Chennai Egmore Express at Tamil Nadu’s Sengottai railway station, Railway officials said. The crack was detected at the Sengottai railway station on Sunday evening. The affected coach was detached from the train, and a replacement […]

Searches by Income Tax officials continued on Friday for the eighth day in Karur in Tamil Nadu at properties allegedly belonging to Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji, and his close associates and party functionaries. Today the residence of an advocate was searched in the Lorry Medu area of Karur. Visuals showed officials carrying some boxes with them […]

As many as ten people including two Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Councillors were arrested for preventing Income Tax officials from doing their duty, informed police officials on Monday. “Based on CCTV we identified the persons who attacked and prevented IT Officials from doing duty. So far we have arrested 10 […]

 Tamil Nadu government has extended the ban on — manufacturing, storage, transport, distribution or sale of chewable food products, such as Gutkha and Pan masala, which contain tobacco and nicotine as ingredients – for one more year. The Commissioner of Food Safety and Drug Administration, Tamil Nadu said the order will apply […]

A motorcycle rally was held on Monday in Ramanahaputam as part of the Sea Cow Day celebrations. The rally was conducted to spread awareness about the importance of conserving the species. Ramanathapuram Wildlife Conservator Jagatheespakhansudakar flagged off the rally which has been started from the “APJ Abdul Kalam National Memorial” to the Ramanathapuram Wildlife […]

The owner and worker of a government-run bar at Keela Alangam in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur were arrested on Monday following the death of two people who allegedly consumed alcohol there late Sunday, said police. The arrested accused were identified as Senthil Palanivel and Kamaraj as a bar owner and worker respectively, police said […]

Tamil Nadu Law Minister Thiru S Regupathy on Thursday termed as “historical” the Supreme Court judgement upholding the validity of the State law allowing traditional bull-fighting sport ‘Jallikattu’. “The Supreme Court has given a very good verdict and a historical verdict. It was a legal fight that we won,” he […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday expanded his cabinet for the second time since assuming office on May 7, 2021. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) was divested of the Finance and Human Resources Management portfolio and made the Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services in the reshuffle of […]

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has accepted chief minister M K Stalin’s recommendations to induct Mannargudi legislator TRB Raja into the State cabinet and to drop State Dairy Development Minister S M Nasar from the council of ministers, according to Raj Bhavan statement. “Chief minister recommended the governor of Tamil […]