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KV Lakshmana

KV Lakshmana

KV Lakshmana is the Tamil Nadu bureau chief of Hindustan Times. He covers social, economic and political changes in the state and neighbourhood.

Articles by KV Lakshmana

Protesters cheer as Thoothukudi collector seals Sterlite plant after govt order

Thirteen people lost their lives in the police firing in Thoothukudi last week.

Updated on May 28, 2018 18:34 IST

HC asks Apollo Hospitals to submit report on Jayalalithaa’s blood samples

AIADMK members pay floral tribute to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on her 70th birth anniversary in Coimbatore on February 24.

Updated on Apr 25, 2018 15:52 IST

Tamil Nadu governor apologises for patting woman journalist’s cheek

The action of Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit patting the cheek of journalist Lakshmi Subramanian sparked outrage among other journalists who have demanded an apology from him.

Updated on Apr 18, 2018 18:35 IST

College sex scandal: Tamil Nadu governor rules out resignation

File photo of Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit.

Updated on Apr 17, 2018 18:25 IST

Tamil Nadu professor tells students to ‘please’ officials for marks, arrested

Hours after a complaint was lodged by the college and a local women’s association, police on Monday evening detained the lecturer after a brief questioning at her residence in Virudhunagar District.

Updated on Apr 17, 2018 09:03 IST

Tamil folk singer arrested for singing songs criticising PM Modi, gets bail

File photo of Tamil Nadu folk singer Kovan.

Updated on Apr 14, 2018 08:04 IST

Modi in Tamil Nadu for Defence Expo, Cauvery protesters wave black flags at him

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Chennai on Thursday.

Updated on Apr 12, 2018 10:03 IST

IPL 2018: BCCI picks four standby cities for CSK games due to Cauvery turmoil

According to sources, Visakhapatnam is front-runner among the four cities -- the other three being Trivandrum, Pune and Rajkot -- to host Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2018 home games.

Updated on Apr 11, 2018 14:44 IST

Helicopter and 4,000 cops secure Chepauk for IPL 2018 match, Cauvery protesters chased away

Police detain activists of Tamilzhar Vazhvu Urmayi Katchi who were staging an anti-IPL protest outside MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.

Updated on Apr 10, 2018 15:09 IST

TN parties ‘disappointed’, say SC gave too much time to Centre on Cauvery board

DMK working president MK Stalin during the third day of a mega rally over the Cauvery issue that will cover the delta regions of Tamil Nadu, seeking immediate constitution of a management board, in Thanjavur on Monday.

Updated on Apr 9, 2018 16:36 IST

Tamil Nadu oppn parties flay Panneerselvam’s decision to skip meet of southern states

Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister and finance minister, O Paneerselvam will not be attending the meeting of finance ministers of south Indian states in Thiruvananthapuram.

Updated on Apr 9, 2018 14:13 IST

Rajinikanth says CSK should think about Cauvery issue, time not right for IPL in Chennai

Rajinikanth, with fellow actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan at a protest in support of ongoing agitations in Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Apr 9, 2018 16:25 IST

Tamil Nadu parties oppose IPL matches in Chennai over Cauvery issue

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) players during a practice session for IPL T20-2018 tournament at MAC Stadium in Chennai.

Updated on Apr 6, 2018 18:25 IST

Cauvery issue: DMK-backed bandh evokes mixed response in Tamil Nadu

Leaders of various opposition parties hold a ‘road roko’ protest in Chennai on Thursday.

Updated on Apr 5, 2018 13:53 IST

Cauvery issue: Tamil Nadu CM, deputy CM begin hunger strike

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam begin hunger strike over Cauvery Management Board issue, in Chennai.

Updated on Apr 3, 2018 13:40 IST

Stalker slits teen’s throat outside college in Chennai, had wanted to marry her

Policemen outside the gate of Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research in Chennai on Friday.

Updated on Mar 10, 2018 02:40 IST

Brahmins attacked in Tamil Nadu as Periyar statue vandalism triggers violence, protests

A statue of social reformer EVR Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, was vandalised in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

Updated on Mar 7, 2018 16:35 IST

Tamil Nadu BJP leader, whose Periyar remark sparked row, expresses ‘heartfelt regret’

A statue of social reformer EVR Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, was vandalised in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

Updated on Mar 7, 2018 07:05 IST

Periyar statue vandalised in Vellore, petrol bomb hurled at BJP Coimbatore office

A petrol bomb was hurled at the BJP office in Coimbatore early Wednesday.

Updated on Mar 7, 2018 11:45 IST

After Lenin, it’s Periyar: Statue vandalised in Vellore after BJP leader’s remark, TN parties up in arms

The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) protest against the demolition of Lenin's statue in Tripura. A BJP leader H Raja on Tuesday allegedly put up a social media post that read: “Today Lenin’s statue, tomorrow Tamil Nadu’s EVR Ramaswami statue”, sparking protests in Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Mar 6, 2018 18:09 IST

DMK wants strict action against BJP leader Raja for his remark on Periyar statue

In Tamil Nadu, BJP national secretary H Raja in a celebratory mood put out a warning to the Dravidian parties, saying now it was the turn of Periyar statues in the southern state.

Updated on Mar 6, 2018 14:24 IST

Rajinikanth says he will fill vacuum in Tamil Nadu politics, can repeat MGR’s good governance

Actor Rajinikanth has said he will float a political party that will practise "spiritual politics" and contest in all of Tamil Nadu’s 234 constituencies in the next assembly elections.

Updated on Mar 5, 2018 16:42 IST

Rajinikanth’s political rally marred by ‘illegal’ posters; Kamal takes a jibe

Rajinikanth, while announcing his entry into politics last December, had pointed out the failure of systems and how he wanted to make a meaningful change to governance.

Updated on Mar 5, 2018 14:28 IST

DMK’s Stalin urges Tamil Nadu CM to ask MPs to resign over Cauvery water dispute

DMK leader MK Stalin suggested that all MPs from Tamil Nadu should resign if the Centre fails to immediately set up Cauvery Management Board .

Updated on Mar 3, 2018 09:38 IST

Tamil Nadu: 86 rescued from St Joseph’s Hospice over ‘organ harvesting’

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Updated on Feb 26, 2018 18:17 IST

Sanskrit invocation song at IIT Madras event, attended by central ministers, sparks row

Director of IIT-M Bhaskar Ramamoorthy, who was also present at the event, said the institution does not issue any directions to students for a particular song to be sung.

Updated on Feb 26, 2018 14:35 IST

‘Spiritualism needed even as world makes progress in science and tech’, Modi at Auroville

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Auroville International township at Villupuram district at Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

Updated on Feb 25, 2018 17:21 IST

Tamil Nadu all party meet decides on united fight on Cauvery issue

Cauvery river flowing in to Kallanai Dam in Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court increased Karnataka's share of water and directed the state to release 177.25 tmc to Tamil Nadu on Friday.

Updated on Feb 22, 2018 18:08 IST

Kamal Haasan launches his new party ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam’ with Kejriwal by his side

Kamal Haasan with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during the launch his political party in Madurai.

Updated on Feb 21, 2018 17:53 IST

Kamal Haasan begins political journey at APJ Kalam’s house amid pomp, to meet Kejriwal at Madurai

Veteran actor Kamal Hassan arrives to pay tribute to former president APJ Abdul Kalam at his memorial at Peikarumbu in Rameswaram, on Wednesday.

Updated on Feb 21, 2018 13:17 IST

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