Since 2012, 54-year-old Loganathan, an accountant from Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district, has been suffering from intense bouts of headaches accompanied by a sharp pain in…
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Hope turned into disappointment for Chennai when Cyclone Phethai, which brought the promise of rains, headed north for the Andhra coast on Monday. With less…
Chennai now has an inclusive and disabled-friendly park where all children can play. The city corporation on Monday unveiled its first ever sensory park which…
Chennai now has an inclusive and disabled-friendly park where all children can play. The city corporation on Monday unveiled its first ever sensory park which…
A 16-year-old student of a government-aided school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu has allegedly been raped by the school office assistant. The police have…
It’s been two years since the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, but it now seems that an outstanding amount of Rs 44 lakh…
With just two weeks to go for the plastic ban in Tamil Nadu to come into effect, a group of manufacturers have approached the Madras…
When Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) introduced digital exam pads for the first time in 2014 for the students to write their semester exams, instead…
Months after the Supreme Court of India allowed the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 to enter the Sabarimala temple in…
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has announced power cuts in some parts of Chennai on Wednesday, December 19. Power will be shut down…
The Tamil Nadu government faced a huge setback on Saturday when the National Green Tribunal’s final order set aside the closure of the Sterlite Copper…
Even as the Idol Wing of the Tamil Nadu police is investigating the theft of idols at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Chennai’s Mylapore, an official…
Reviewing the ban on online sale of medications in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court on Monday stated that the ban would remain in effect…
As a host of leaders including Congress President Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Andhra Chief Minister and TDP President Chandrababu Naidu, Kerala Chief Minister…
A day after a pot of piping-hot sambar spilled on her, an 18-month-old girl died of scalds on Sunday. Surya and her husband Murugan lived…
In one of the biggest meetings yet of the anti-BJP alliance that has been in the making for months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha…
In his strongest speech yet against the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre, DMK President and Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu, MK…
In what is sure to come as welcome news for commuters from the Tamil Nadu and neighbouring states, the state has tied up with private…
Over 25 stray dogs were found dead at Makkiz Garden, Greams Road in Chennai on Friday. Activists have suspect that the strays in the area…
Days after rumours began doing the rounds that Kamal Haasan had entered the electoral fray with the Indian National Congress and the DMK as alliance…
Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan was visiting a nearby town when he realised that he hadn’t met Meenu for more than 3 years.…
Hours before Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi were to land in Chennai for the unveiling of the statue of former Tamil…
The proposed Stage 4 of the Chennai Metro Rail is facing stiff opposition from residents and private institutions as the planned corridors will need acquiring…
Months after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, a statue of the late leader is to be unveiled at Anna Arivalayam,…
The Tamil Nadu government is set to move the Supreme Court over the National Green Tribunal’s order to reopen Vedanta’s copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi…
In a setback for the Tamil Nadu state government, the National Green Tribunal on Saturday set aside the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s closure order…
As the General Elections near, the DMK is on war-footing not just in lining up with the right parties at the national level, but also…
On Friday morning, sanitation workers who arrived in Korattur to sweep the roads were in for a shock when they found a trash cover floating…
Traffic came to a standstill on the Chennai Airport flyover on Friday night after a car caught fire at around 10.30pm. All vehicles were forced…
After posters marking separate entrances and washbasins for vegetarians and non-vegetarians at an eating facility in the IIT-Madras campus sparked allegations of caste discrimination, the…
Overlooked and ignored in applications for government jobs, three trans women are slamming the country’s inability to provide them with ‘basic rights’ and access to…
Coimbatore, known for its musical Tamil and wonderful weather, is also famous for its industries. Although the city has been hosting a slew of Europeans…
The Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student group of the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) has accused the administration of caste discrimination in a…
The administration of the Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur was criticised by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday, after the temple granted…
In 2017, singer Vinod Krishnan’s Carnatic mix of Ed Sheeran’s popular ‘Shape of You’ put him on the international music radar. The music video, which…
After Cyclone Gaja, another deep depression brewing over the Bay of Bengal is set to turn into a cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours.…
Former Tamil Nadu Transport Minister and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) chief TTV Dhinakaran’s close aide Senthil Balaji formally joined the DMK on Friday. The…
Over 100 members of the Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently-Abled and Caregivers (TARATDAC) and women’s wing of the CPI…
The Madras High Court on Thursday quashed the Tamil Nadu government’s order for a Directorate of Vigilance Anti-Corruption (DVAC) probe against DMK leaders for alleged…
Months after the Coimbatore district court closed the controversial case of DSP Vishnupriya’s death, the same court, on Thursday, ordered the CBI to continue the…
Former Tamil Nadu Transport Minister and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) chief TTV Dhinakaran’s close aide Senthil Balaji is all set to join the state’s…
A sexual harassment awareness campaign at a Chennai school prompted two students to come forward with their six-month-long ordeal of having been sexually harassed by three…
Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan has issued a legal notice to retired bureaucrat Devasahayam and Sun News channel for ‘deliberate…
A Tamil Nadu college is on the warpath against PUBG – a fresh ‘addiction’ that has gripped young mobile users this season. On Monday, the…
A Tamil Nadu college is on the warpath against PUBG – a fresh ‘addiction’ that has gripped young mobile users this season. On Monday, the…
The Madras High Court on Wednesday stated that no action can be taken against Kollywood director AR Murugadoss based on an FIR registered by the…
In a disturbing incident at Kamaraj Government Hospital in Chidambaram, a rat bit off the nose of a dead body which was being kept in…
Farmers and agricultural traders from Thadagam and Thondamuthur in Coimbatore have written to the District Collector seeking a solution to wild elephants entering their fields…
In less than three weeks, Tamil Nadu is all set to implement a plastic ban across the state. Announced by Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami on…
A day after a massive protest at the Madras Christian College in Chennai, over the death of a first-year student, the college has agreed to…
Tamil Nadu Plastic Manufacturers’ Association (TAPMA) has planned to hold a demonstration on Thursday, asking Tamil Nadu government to withdraw its plastic ban that would…
A day after a Class 2 girl approached the police accusing her father of failing to keep his promise of building a toilet in their…
The Chennai police on Tuesday arrested two men under the POCSO Act for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl. According to the police,…
On a day that the elections in five states in the Indian republic are sounding the alarm bells for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
‘Thanjavur’ TR Kamala Murthy, a well-known storyteller, famed for her Harikatha performances, passed away at her residence in Thanjavur on Monday. The Harikatha exponent was…
In an attempt to bring their livelihood issue into focus, pork traders in Coimbatore presented a petition to the District Collector TN Hariharan requesting him…
The Madras Christian College in Chennai is witnessing protests by over 500 students after Mahima, a first-year student of the college, died during a mandatory…
The low pressure that has formed over Bay of Bengal is likely to bring rainfall to Chennai over the weekend. A bulletin from IMD that…
Senior journalist Rangaraj Pandey has quit Tamil news channel Thanthi TV on Monday, where he had been serving as Editor-in-Chief for the past five years.…
‘Power Star’ Srinivasan seems to be embroiled in a financial controversy, and has alleged that he and his wife were abducted by men who came…
Months after a row over the Tamil film Sarkar made headlines, the Chennai Central Crime Branch has booked filmmaker AR Murugadoss over dialogues in the…
In disappointing news for a parched Chennai, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has ruled out rains for the city. In a press conference on Monday,…
Three months, 5,500 kilometres and four pairs of skating wheels later, Rana Uppalapati, a 37-year-old businessman from Vishakapatnam, skated to a stop at Chennai, his…
With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections less than six months away, sources close to Member of Parliament and DMK leader Kanimozhi tell The News Minute…
The recent discovery of hidden cameras in the rooms of a women’s hostel, placed by its owner in Chennai, sent shockwaves across the city. The…
In an effort to tackle the concerns surrounding women’s safety, the Union Ministry of Women and Children’s Development is set to introduce its National women’s…
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Monday issued summons to the Assitant Conservation Officer of Archaeological Survey of India, Thanjavur, to explain…
The National Green Tribunal is set to hold its final hearing in the case against Vedanta Private Limited’s Sterlite Copper on Monday. An independent expert…
Chennai police arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl by showing her obscene pictures on his phone. The accused is the…
Three engineering students drowned in Chennai’s Marina beach on Sunday and are feared dead by the police. While the body of one of the students…
DMK President MK Stalin on Sunday met with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and INC President Rahul Gandhi in the former’s residence in New Delhi. Stalin…
Each year, hundreds of people suffer a burns injury or acid attack resulting in severe injuries to skin tissue. While several survivors are able to…
“We, Gowsalya and Sakthi, agree in front of you all, that we are life partners.” As the head office of the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam…
Social activist and crusader against caste killings, Udumalai Gowsalya married Parai musician Sakthi at the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam head office in Coimbatore on Sunday.…
Residents of Poes Garden in Chennai’s Alwarpet voiced strong opposition to converting former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s residence, Veda Nilayam, into a memorial.…
Chennai woke up to a rude shock on Saturday as news broke that the city’s iconic Sundar Mahal, popularly referred to as Jeypore Palace, had…
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has conducted raids at over 20 government hospitals in Tamil Nadu on Friday. According to one report in The…
Even as former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s close aide VK Sasikala is serving prison time at the Parappana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru, three bodies seek…
In an incident that has left many in shock, the Coimbatore police is on the lookout for a man who killed his two daughters over…
In November 2017, police from Perambalur district rescued 16-year-old Shanthi*, the daughter of daily wage workers, from a forced marriage. The accused, 22-year-old Sivabalu, a…
Soon after the release of Vijay’s Sarkar, social media was flooded with videos of fans supporting the movie as well as the actor after AIADMK…
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered an interim stay on a two-day event which was organised by Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art…
Protests broke out in Thanjavur district on Friday outside the Brihadisvara temple where Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living Foundation (AOL) was set to hold…
A 12-year-old girl died after she was knocked off her uncle’s scooter and was run over by a tanker lorry on Thursday. According to news reports,…
The Chennai police arrested a 28-year-old woman on Thursday under various sections of the POCSO Act, for sexually assaulting a minor boy. The accused, Swetha alias…
In a special session, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passed a unanimous resolution on Thursday seeking to restrain Karnataka’s plans to construct a dam across…
An enormous temporary structure which has been set up in the 25 acre Brihadisvara temple in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district has irked a section of…
Early on Thursday morning came the sad news of the passing away of Nel Jayaraman, an important farmer’s crusader from Tamil Nadu and state coordinator…
The Kumbakonam police arrested four men who allegedly gangraped a 25-year-old woman at the temple town. The incident happened when Delhi-based Sangita*, who had taken…
The Chennai city police have released the images of the prime suspects in the Avadi double murder case, where two people from Andhra Pradesh murdered…
Hidden cameras placed by a pervert owner that were uncovered at a private women’s hostel in Chennai’s Aadambakkam has sent shockwaves across the state. In…
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday issued a video message urging people to contribute for the relief and rehabilitation of cyclone-affected Tamil Nadu. Cyclone Gaja…
It’s been two years to the day since former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa passed away, after battling for her life in hospital for…
Less than a week after the Madras High Court appointed Inspector General Pon Manickavel as Special Officer of the Idol Wing on the day of…
A Byrde’s whale (tropical whale) washed ashore at Kannathur coast, 30-kilometres from Chennai on December 3 at around 6.00 am. The aquatic mammal was spotted at…
In a deposition that lasted five hours on Monday, the panel probing the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa asked Dr KS…
In a shocking allegation against Chennai Public School in Thirumazhisai, parents who sent their wards on a field trip have alleged that the students were…
Chennai police have arrested 48-year-old Sampath Raj, owner of a women’s hostel in Aadambakkam, after they found that he had kept hidden cameras in several…
In a crowded area in Trichy amidst hundreds of flags and a sea of people, MK Stalin, the President of DMK, slammed the BJP-led Central…
Avian and exotic animal specialist Dr. Rina Dev has been a practicing veterinarian for over a decade now in India’s financial capital and has always…
Job offers for students of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), in the first phase of placements for 2018-19, has increased by nearly 30%, excluding…
A trans woman police officer from Ramanathapuram district was admitted to hospital after she tried to kill herself, allegedly due to verbal abuse from her…
19 years after her one-year-old son was snatched away in a tragic twist of fate on a balmy October night in 1999, Nagarani, a resident…
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has announced power cuts in some parts of Chennai on Wednesday, December 5. Power will be shut down…
The Alliance for Media Freedom condemned the ‘illegal detention’ of two journalists from Tamil Nadu who had helped two French journalists investigate illegal beach sand…
Former Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat, who demitted office on December 1, has said that rising abuse of money power in state elections was the…
Political parties in the state, led by the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), staged a protest in Chennai over the release of the seven convicts…
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras have alleged arbitrary checks and moral policing by hostel authorities at the central-government aided institution. Reaching out…
Journalist Pramod Madhav, Chennai correspondent of Mirror Now, was attacked in a tea shop near the Governor’s residence (Raj Bhavan) in Chennai. While the journalists…
Days after the Tamil Nadu government moved the Supreme Court over the Centre’s nod for the Mekedatu project, Masood Hussain, the Chairman of the Cauvery…
In what comes as a relief for Chennai, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has predicted light showers in the city over the next 24 hours. In…
Residents of Ramanathapuram in Coimbatore district were in for a shock on Monday morning when they discovered the body of a foetus near the sewer…
Music director Ilaiyaraaja has opened up a new space for discussing India’s copyright laws that are a little murky in comparison with many other parts…
Sleuths from the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) cell of Tamil Nadu police arrested three persons for running an illegal scan and abortion centre…
A 57-year-old policeman, who would otherwise have led a normal retired life after four months, was arrested on Sunday after he was caught flashing a…
Keeping up with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the Tamil Nadu government has finally set up the State Animal Welfare Board (AWB).…
Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan recently visited his assembly constituency of Gobichettipalayam to distribute free cycles to the students at the town’s…
Following months of representations and agitations over the non-payment of long-pending dues as well as a call to repeal the new pension scheme, the Joint…
Following months of representations and agitations over the non-payment of long-pending dues as well as a call to repeal the new pension scheme, the Joint…
Over two weeks after Cyclone Gaja wreaked havoc in the delta districts of Tamil Nadu, the Centre has approved the release of Rs 353.7 crore…
The most recent figures of new HIV positive cases in Tamil Nadu has revealed that while the state has seen an overall decrease in the…
In early November, a month after Idol Wing officials held raids at Chennai-based businessman Ranvir Shah’s properties across Tamil Nadu, a heated argument was underway…
Twenty eight years after the conviction of the assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, members of the film fraternity and netizens are taking social…
There was huge drama in store as officials of the Revenue department and railway authorities at Kanchipuram station got into an argument on Friday when…
In a freak accident, a student of Class 9 fell to his death from the footboard of a moving MTC bus in Tiruvottriyur near Chennai…
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Friday reinstated a man who was suspended in September for violently attacking a woman inside a beauty parlour. Selvakumar, former…
In a shot to the arm of the Tamil Nadu Idol Wing, IG Pon Manickavel was appointed as Special Officer by the Madras High Court…
As the tenure of Pon Manickavel, the Inspector General of Police of the Idol Wing comes to an end on Friday, the Tamil Nadu government…
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has announced power cuts in some parts of Chennai on December 1, Saturday. Power will be shut down…
Even as the nation’s capital is witness to a massive protest by farmers across the country, marching towards Parliament, farmers from Tamil Nadu too have…
Despite repeated warnings from the courts, political parties in Tamil Nadu have continued to put up banners and hoardings in violation of the law. Coming…
Weeks after an 18-day-old infant was declared dead under suspicious circumstances, the baby’s mother has confessed that she killed her baby girl as she was…
Days after the Central Water Commission (CWC) gave the go-ahead to Karnataka on the controversial Mekedatu dam project on the river Cauvery, DMK, the main…
Over five months after 13 residents of Thoothukudi district were shot dead on the 100th day of protests against Sterlite Copper, the Central Bureau of…
“It is not about how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” This famous quote by Mother Teresa is one that…
The city of Chennai has always been a gastronomical delight for foodies. From south Indian breakfast items to street side snacks to thulping dinners at…
A 45-year-old woman was crushed to death between two MTC buses in Chennai’s T-Nagar bus terminus on Wednesday. The incident happened on Wednesday morning around 9…
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has announced a power shutdown from 9 am to 4 pm in the following areas on Friday…
On November 17, Tiruvannamalai Collector KS Kandasamy visited a private children’s home in the district after he received a tip off that the institution was…
The CCTV footage of a young woman being repeatedly stabbed by a man at a public bus stand in Tirunelveli has sent shock waves across…
In yet another case of untimely and premature deaths of lovers, a young couple was found dead on the railway tracks near Kuppam railway station…
It was close to 9 pm on November 22 when Deputy Director of Health Services, Senthil Kumar, finally received a phone call that he had…
Iravatham Mahadevan died this Monday in Chennai, at age 88. His death is the deepest sense of loss I’ve felt in a really long time.…
A day after the video of a mob lynching an unidentified person to death in Cuddalore went viral, the Superintendent of Police (SP) office has…
In a blow to the Tamil Nadu government, the three-member committee formed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) to probe the closure of the Sterlite copper…
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has called for an all-party meeting on Thursday to discuss the Mekedatu project which has been planned across the Cauvery…
Occupational stress affects millions in the workforce on a daily basis and equally so, in the law enforcement services. Letting off steam, therefore, is an…
Ganesan, a social worker in Tamil Nadu, has toiled tirelessly to help those affected by natural calamities over the years. But this month, when Cyclone…
Over a year after Ilaiyaraaja’s legal notice to singer SP Balasubrahmanyam made headlines, the ace music composer has provided a video explanation of his stance.…
In a gruesome incident, a man suspected of robbery has been lynched to death by a murderous mob in Cuddalore district. A video of the…
A Madras High Court Division Bench comprised of Justices R Subbiah and R Tharani delivered a first of its kind order, allowing an 11-year-old sexual…
With close to six months left for the Lok Sabha elections, parties in Tamil Nadu are already looking to make their poll strategies very clear.…
Months after Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper Smelter plant appealed to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)’s decision to seal…
Chief Minister K Palaniswami and other leaders in Tamil Nadu condoled the death of renowned epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan, who died on Monday after a brief…
Actor and dance choreographer Gayathri Raghuram, who became a household name soon after her stint in the reality TV show Bigg Boss Tamil, was booked…
Noted film producer and wife of late veteran filmmaker K Balachander, Rajam, passed away in Chennai early on Monday morning due to age-related ailments. She…
The Central team that has been entrusted with the task of visiting the cyclone-affected regions in Tamil Nadu said that the situation in delta districts…
Noted epigraphist and former IAS officer Iravatham Mahadevan passed away early on Monday. He was 88. He passed away at 4 am at his residence…
Wife of the traffic constable Dharmaraj questioned why the Chennai police has not registered an FIR against the inspector who pushed her husband from a…
On Saturday, Minister for Tamil culture, ‘Ma Foi’ K Pandiarajan, said that the government will not allow a ‘derogatory and slanderous’ conference organised by the…
Performer and music academician Swarnamalya, who has been at the forefront of the #MeToo movement in Carnatic music and also vocal about her support to…
48-year-old Muthaiyan, a fisherman from Nagapattinam stands desolately at a relief camp in Vizhandhamavadi village. The tension in his shoulders is evident as he looks…
Ten days after Cyclone Gaja hit Tamil Nadu, a few coastal and delta districts are still struggling to get back on its feet. Although the…
Over a week after Cyclone Gaja struck Tamil Nadu and left a trail of destruction in its wake, the Tamil Nadu government has revealed that…
The Chennai police have arrested a 45-year-old man for stalking and harassing a girl. According to a news report in The Hindu, the accused, R…
Months after the Income Tax (I-T) Department carried out raids on Christy Group, the firm that had a monopoly on supplying eggs to the Tamil…
A week after singer Chinmayi was expelled from the South Indian Cine, Television Artistes and Dubbing Artistes Union, she has clarified on allegations that she…
Days after 32-year-old Esakki Shankar’s body was found dead in the banks on Thamirabarani river in Tirunelveli with a knife-wound on his neck, the police…
A week after the deadly devastation by Cyclone Gaja, a severe storm that had brewed for days in the Bay of Bengal, the Madras High…
Responding to the sexual harassment allegations made by a student inside the campus of the SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai, the Registrar…
Tragedy struck in the wee hours of Friday, November 16. Coastal and delta districts in Tamil Nadu were witness to the devastation of Gaja, a…
A little over 12 hours after students of the SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai raised their voices against sexual harassment inside their…
Madras High Court on Thursday stated that it was the government’s obligation to provide items like rice and groceries to the needy people and not…
“It was 200-years-old,” says Rajendran. “No no, it must’ve been four hundred years at least,” says Manikam, correcting Rajendran. “This has been here for over…
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Madras High Court verdict which awarded 196 grace marks for students who had attempted the Tamil language…
As the rain stopped pouring over Kattangulathur in the outskirts of Chennai on Thursday night, hundreds of students of the SRM Institute of Science and Technology…
32-year-old Porkudi was trapped in an abusive marriage. For the last nine years, this resident of Ramanathapuram was constantly sent by her husband Periyakannan to…
Despite usury, the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates of interest, being illegal in Tamil Nadu, a 38-year-old woman killed herself in Dharmapuri on…
Months after the Madras High Court ordered the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to award 196 grace marks for students who had attempted National…
While there have been reports stating that there is a shortage of vaccines for swine flu, or H1N1, in Chennai’s pharmacies, authorities have stated that…
The discovery of rotting meat on the platforms of the Egmore railway station in Chennai, left consumers in the state shocked for more than one…
Almost a week after Cyclone Gaja ravaged the coastal and the Cauvery delta districts in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami has sought Rs 15,000…
Not long after Arappor Iyakkam, a citizen’s rights group based in Chennai, exposed various levels of corruption in awarding infrastructure contracts by Chennai Corporation, further…
Days after the discovery of a large shipment of meat at the Egmore Railway Station in Chennai, the NGO People for Cattle in India moved…
32-year-old Esakki Shankar body was sprawled on wild foliage, deep cuts visible on his hand and his chest. A fatal knife wound on his neck…
The Chennai District Collector has announced holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai district On Thursday (November 22) following prediction of heavy rains in the…
Anger simmers in the villages of Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts. It has been five days since Cyclone Gaja reduced their homes to rubble. A sea…
A day after TN Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami announced Rs 1000 crore as relief money towards the damages caused by Cyclone Gaja, a government order…
Chennai will witness rains for the next two days while north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will see heavy rainfall in one of two places for…
The muddying roads to Chozhapandi village in Mannargudi are littered with freshly-fallen electric poles and large neem trees. Even as the rain pelts down into…
Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu will witness rainfall as another well-marked area of low pressure is approaching Tamil Nadu coast from Bay of Bengal.…
It had been raining intermittently through Tuesday in Nagapattinam district and foreman Tamilselvan’s team from Tirunelveli has been heaving heavy concrete poles into paddy fields through…
“I lost two of my children in 2004 tsunami, only one survived. My youngest who was 10 months old in 2004 is in 10th standard…
Just hundred metres separate the houses of Nandesh and his wife Swathi in Soodagondapalli near Hosur in Krishnagiri district. But no matter how close they…
Coimbatore Government Hospital is being accused of maintaining poor conditions for patients after a video allegedly taken at the hospital shows a woman exposed and…
Disasters and natural calamities at times bring the best out of humanity. Even as the delta districts of Tamil Nadu slowly come to terms with…
70-year-old Veerasamy is seated alone at his home in Namakkal district, seething with anger. He shouts into the phone, rage evident in his voice as…
The gale winds of Cyclone Gaja have wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu’s delta and coastal districts. Leaving many people homeless and destroying crops and infrastructure,…
As overcast skies loom over Thanjavur district on Tuesday, Mari Susai is sitting in his field, taking stock of the damage that Friday’s cyclone unleashed.…
On November 12, three days before Cyclone Gaja hit Thanjavur district, 12-year-old Vijaya of Anaikkadu village got her first period. And despite multiple warnings from…