TAMIL NADU

Cases over 'Jallikatttu' protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

TN CM hands over appointment order to son of man killed during anti-Sterlite protest

6:32 pm November 24, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday handed over an appointment order to the son of a person who was killed during the anti-Sterlite protest in the southern Thoothukudi district in 2018. The state government had already provided jobs to 18 people who were relatives of those killed in police firing during the protest against the copper […]

PM Modi speaks to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry CMs over Cyclone Nivar

12:14 pm November 24, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry regarding the situation in the wake of Cyclone Nivar and assured them of all possible support from the Centre. On Monday, the Indian Meteorological Department had forecast a cyclonic storm that could intensify into a severe cyclonic […]

Depression intensifies into deep depression, to cross TN- Puducherry coasts on Nov 25

11:54 pm November 23, 2020

Chennai: The depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression on Monday, with the weather system likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours and into a severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours, the IMD said. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, besides the union territory of Puducherry, braced […]

TN bans online gaming involving betting

11:25 am November 21, 2020

Chennai: An ordinance to “ban online gaming” involving betting, has been promulgated by the Tamil Nadu government in the backdrop of suicides by gamers who allegedly lost money, and any violation would attract both fine and imprisonment, ranging up to two years. The ordinance was promulgated by Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday based on a […]

COVID-19 has diverted scientific attention from killer diseases like TB: Vardhan

11:49 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: COVID-19 has derailed the painstaking efforts of decades and diverted scientific attention from killer diseases like tuberculosis with the last 10 months witnessing treatment interruptions, delays in diagnosis and imposition of physical barriers for patients who must travel to distant clinics to pick up medications, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. Vardhan, who digitally […]