TAMIL NADU

Theatres open after seven months in COVID-19 shadow

5:33 pm October 15, 2020

New Delhi: Cinemas in several parts of the country opened after almost seven months on Thursday, ushering in a new era of contactless’ movie watching in the shadow of a pandemic with alternate seating, 50 per cent capacity and packaged snacks. While theatres and multiplexes will remain closed in states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala […]

Kushboo joins BJP after quitting Congress

9:19 pm October 12, 2020

New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Kushboo Sundar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Monday, hours after she quit the Congress. Speaking to reporters at the joining ceremony, the actor from Tamil Nadu said she had come to the understanding over a period of time that if the nation has to move forward, then someone like Prime Minister Narendra Modi is needed to […]

Two suspected members of ISIS held in Bengaluru

7:43 pm October 8, 2020

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency has arrested two suspected members of the city-based ISIS module, which was allegedly involved in radicalisation of youth and funding their trip to Syria to join the terror outfit. Ahamed Abdul Cader (40), hailing from Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu and Irfan Nasir (33) from Frazer Town here were arrested […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Hashish worth Rs 6 crore seized in MP; 7 arrested

7:33 pm October 8, 2020

Indore: Seven persons were arrested for allegedly smuggling 117 kg of hashish, worth Rs 6 crore in the international market, from Nepal, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Thursday. The contraband was being taken to Tamil Nadu when it was seized in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh by DRI officials, the central agency […]

TN logs 5,017 fresh COVID-19 infections

10:58 pm October 6, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Tuesday recorded 5,017 fresh COVID-19 infections taking the tally to 6,30,408 and the death toll mounted to 9,917 with 71 fatalities. The number of active cases stood at 45,279 with 5,548 patients getting discharged from various hospitals and in total 5,75,212 people have recovered so far, a Health department bulletin said. […]