Tamil nadu

Civic polls were to be held after a seven year gap in Tamil Nadu and the nominations for the rural seats, earlier voting on December 27 and 30, were supposed to begin on Friday. read more

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) had filed the petition seeking a stay on State Election Commission’s recent notification to conduct civic polls. read more

Police made the arrest after inspecting footage of the incident from a closed-circuit television or CCTV camera. The bank’s chief manager Chandrasekaran said Vetrivel tried to attack him at around 11.20am on Tuesday. read more

The memorandum also sought 90 per cent reservation for Tamils in central government jobs in Tamil Nadu and demanded that Tamil be made an official language in the Madras High Court. read more

The 80-feet-long granite compound wall of businessman Sivasubramanian’s bungalow collapsed early Monday in Nadur Adi Dravidar (Dalit) Colony in Mettupalayam after heavy showers lashed the area. read more

BJP secretary in Tamil Nadu R Srinivasan, general secretary Vanathi Srinivasan, and youth wing leader AP Muruganandam are also said to be contenders for the party chief’s position in the state. read more

The 80-feet-long granite compound wall of Sivasubramanian’s bungalow collapsed early Monday in Nadur Adi Dravidar (Dalit) Colony in Mettupalayam,Coimbatore. read more

Officials said rescuers have retrieved the bodies from the debris in Nadur with the assistance of locals and police. read more

As Rajya Sabha met for the day and the zero hour was about to commence, a demand was raised that a discussion on safety of women in the country be taken up. read more

The Met department has issued a red alert for seven districts — Chennai, Thiruvallur, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Thoothukkudi, Ramanathapuram and Tirunelveli. read more

According to police, the four wall collapses at Nadur Colony early on Monday were triggered by the heavy downpour. Five other people have also been killed in the torrential rain over the past two days. read more

Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 1 run to win the prestigious Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy for the second time in a row. read more

BJP senior leader CP Radhakrishnan had also praised Stalin in September by calling him “the commander” who had defeated the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. Radhakrishnan, too, spoke at a family function of a DMK leader in Coimbatore. read more

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Places like Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Vellore, Tiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai districts may receive very heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours,” an official from Regional Meteorological Centre said. read more