TAMIL NADU

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

Madras HC impleads I-T dept in NEET scam case

9:30 pm October 25, 2019

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday impleaded the Income Tax department in a case related to NEET impersonation scam, citing huge cash seizures made by the I-T sleuths during raids on a coaching centre in Tamil Nadu and on medical colleges in Bengaluru. A division bench comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and P Velmurugan said […]

Ruling parties rule the roost in by-polls in South

7:54 pm October 24, 2019

Chennai: The ruling parties in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Telangana won the respective Assembly bypolls in the three southern states on Thursday, but most importantly the AIADMK and CPI (M) bounced back from the severe drubbing they received in the April 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The victory for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and […]

Heavy rain likely in Tamil Nadu over next 5 days

11:42 pm October 21, 2019

Chennai: Landslips have been reported in some parts of Nilgiris district, as the Regional weather office here on Monday predicted heavy rainfall to occur over Tamil Nadu during the next five days with the North East Monsoon becoming active. Landslips were reported at least in 10 places in Nilgiris district following rains during the last […]

TN Dy CM, Stalin laud Abhijit Banerjee for winning Nobel Economics Prize

9:12 pm October 14, 2019

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and DMK President MK Stalin on Monday greeted Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee for winning the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize. The Kolkata-born Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and another economist Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” In a […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM Modi gifts Xi image embossed silk shawl to Chinese premier

6:56 pm October 12, 2019

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gifted a handmade large sized silk shawl to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the concluding day of their two day informal summit here. The shawl, with an embossment of the image of Xi in gold which are zari embellishments on bright red silk background was displayed by Modi […]