A woman devotee from Tamil Nadu was stopped by devotees outside the temple after rumours she was below 50 years but allowed on showing her Aadhaar case while a 38-year-old Dalit woman was asked by police to wait as heavy rains lashed the area Saturd... read more

The DMK is hoping to cash in on the “anti-incumbency factor” against the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which is also witnessing a tussle of leadership after the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. read more

The advisory said appropriate prohibitory orders be issued and a close watch may be kept on dissemination of “adverse information” through social media and internet services. read more

The sleeper bus had 23 passengers onboard and most of them were asleep when the accident occurred at about 1:30 am, the official said. read more

Only 8% of the respondents marked 10 as their trust score on a scale of 1-10, where 1 stands for complete distrust and 10 for complete trust, in information received on WhatsApp, found a survey. read more

The man’s neighbour said he was very disturbed at the backlash and the harsh criticism. read more

S Malathi, a first-year student of masters in history at the Government College of Arts, organised the event in campus though she had been denied permission to hold it. The event was held on September 28 and she was suspended on October 1 read more

On the morning October 12, the Air India Express flight with 136 people on board had a miraculous escape when the aircraft’s wheels scraped the airport’s outer wall during take-off in Trichy, damaging the wall as well as the plane’s undercarriage. read more

Five swine flu cases have been confirmed in the state including a government medical college hospital doctor and his family, while five other patients are admitted to hospitals with swine flu-like symptoms. Tamil Nadu government said that all precautions... read more

Woman devotees of Lord Ayyappa on Friday took a vow in Chennai to undertake pilgrimage to the Sabarimala hill shrine only in keeping with age-old traditions and avoid visiting it notwithstanding a favourable Supreme Court verdict. read more

The judge then directed the vigilance agency to hand over all relevant documents to the CBI within a week. read more

Sasikala has filed an application before the Delhi high court and the election commission, seeking quashing of the bylaws changed by the EPS-OPS duo that rendered the top post obsolete. read more

A court in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu has awarded a double life term to a 64-year-old man for raping a girl, who contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) following the incident in 2012. read more

The accused, who served in Tamil Nadu police’s special battalion force in Vellore opened fire at his girlfriend following an argument on her birthday. He then shot himself in the head. read more

The Sinhagad police have arrested N Ravi,the driver, a resident of Vellikenpatti, Tamil Nadu on charges of rash and dangerous driving. read more