In order to put into productive use its engineers at the stalled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has started transferring them to other upcoming projects in India.
The Madras high court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former disciple of controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda and another person, who apprehended arrest in connection with a blackmail complaint.
Cadres of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK on Saturday attacked Tamil weekly magazine Nakkheeran's office in Chennai, while partymen in other parts of the state burnt copies of the publication to protest against a report about chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the latest issue, police said.
Tamil bi-weekly 'Nakkheeran' today faced the wrath of a group of AIADMK supporters, who attacked its office and burnt copies over publication of a report about their leader Jayalalithaa's eating habits, even as the party threatened to sue the publication.
Amid the simmering Mullaperyar dam row, Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced setting up of a memorial for British engineer Col Penny Cuick, who had constructed the dam at Lower Camp in Theni district over 116 years ago.
Sukumaran Nambiar, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive member, died of heart attack in Chennai today , party sources. said. He was 64. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
CBI had registered a case alleging that customs officials conspired with a city-based private firm and sanctioned fraudulent and false refund claims by the firm.
Medical services across Tamil Nadu were crippled on Thursday with 26,000 doctors going on strike to protest the murder of a colleague.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured DMK president M Karunanidhi that the central government would consider providing security to the Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala.
AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa today declared that the party will be in a position to decide the next prime ministerial candidate and called her party cadres to start working for the parliamentary elections.
The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) and the Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 70 km from here, remained unaffected by cyclone Thane, which killed 33 in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
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Nature's furyTamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa today asserted her government would not sacrifice the state's rights at any point and vowed to create a 'golden era' in the state.
Relief operations were launched on a war-footing to bring back normalcy in cyclone Thane battered Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district and the adjacent Puducherry, as the toll caused by the severe storm mounted to 42 on Saturday.
With government facing opposition onslaught over the Lokpal fiasco in Rajya Sabha, Union minister V Narayananswamy on Saturday said steps would be taken to get the bill passed in the Budget session of Parliament.