TAMIL NADU

People gather at Gandhi statue to mark birth anniversary

Mahatma Gandhi remembered in TN, Puducherry

3:02 pm January 30, 2020

Chennai: Mahatma Gandhi was remembered in Tamil Nadu on Thursday on his 72nd death anniversary, with leaders paying tributes. Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan described Gandhi as “one of the most important ambassadors of world peace” and termed his assassin, Nathuram Godse, an “allegedly patriotic Indian.” Earlier, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister […]

Rafale, Goa’s ‘save the frog’ campaign, J-K’s ‘back to village’ programme: Themes of R-Day tableaux

1:12 pm January 26, 2020

New Delhi: Goa’s ‘save the frog’ campaign, Jammu and Kashmir’s ‘back to village’ programme, scaled down model of Rafale aircraft besides others in Indian Air Force’s tableau were among themes of the 22 tableaux that rolled down Rajpath here during the 71st Republic Day parade on Sunday. The Indian Air Force tableau showcased scaled down […]

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Kuwait firm to set up Rs 49,000 cr oil refinery in TN: CM

7:46 pm January 23, 2020

Chennai: Kuwait based Al Kharafi plans to set up an oil refinery and a petrochemical manufacturing facility at an investment of Rs 49,000 crore in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said here on Thursday. The setting up of the refinery would see the southern districts in the state develop like Jamnagar in Gujarat and […]

SSI’s killing: Two suspects held in Udupi

8:22 pm January 14, 2020

Mangaluru (Karnataka): Two prime suspects in the murder of a policeman at a check post in Tamil Nadu were arrested from the Udupi railway station, about 55 KM from here, on Tuesday, police said. The arrested suspects have been identified as Abdul Shameem (29) and Taufeeq (27), both hailing from Thiruvithancode near Nagercoil in Kanyakumari […]

Kayaking, canoeing training facilities added to Khelo India Centre in Srinagar

Maharashtra picks up 4 gold, regains top spot

4:15 pm January 14, 2020

Guwahati: Maharashtra picked up four gold on Day 5 to regain the top spot in the medal tally of the Khelo India Youth Games here on Tuesday. Haryana, who had a spectacular day on Monday by scooping 12 gold, grabbed one yellow metal on Tuesday to slip to the second position. Maharashtra’s total medal tally […]