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Footwear hurled at car of AIADMK MLA Karunas

Footwear hurled at car of AIADMK MLA Karunas

There were reports that a section of the people in his constituency was not happy with his decision to support the...

25 Feb 2017 9:22 PM IST

(Photo: AFP/Representational)

Tamil Nadu: Rs 10 lakh each paid to 141 families of manual scavengers

The department had identified families of 13 more victims and formalities for paying compensation to them was under...

25 Feb 2017 8:40 PM IST

DMK working president M K Stalin. (Photo: PTI)

AIADMK seeks apology from Stalin for remarks on Jayalalithaa

Stalin had objected to govt schemes being named after Jayalalithaa and 'taxpayers' money being used in her 69th birthday...

25 Feb 2017 4:34 PM IST

AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran and CM Palanisamy pay floral tribute to Jayalalithaa on Friday. (Photo: AIADMK/Twitter)

As AIADMK milks Amma's legacy, DMK says remove portraits from TN...

DMK also opposed the naming of govt schemes after her and wanted the schemes named after her to be re-named.

25 Feb 2017 4:25 PM IST

An AIADMK supporter at a function organised on the occasion of J. Jayalalithaas 69th birth anniversary at R.K. Nagar in Chennai on Friday. All three factions of the AIADMK headed by V.K. Sasikala, O. Panneerselvam and Deepa Jayakumar celebrated the occasion by distributing freebies across the state. (Photo: PTI)

Jayalalithaa's niece launches MGR Amma forum

Deepa said she has been receiving several requests to enter politics and Friday's announcement was to respect their...

25 Feb 2017 7:12 AM IST

The Chennai police on Sunday disclosed that they are providing utmost security cover for Pakistan womens cricket team.

Tirunelveli: Undertrial hacked to death in Nellai

The murder was committed in broad daylight around 10.30 am, in the presence of police.

25 Feb 2017 6:33 AM IST

Chennai corporation

Trial run of pedestrian plaza in T Nagar today

A press release from the Ripon Buildings said that that as a part of the road will be converted into a pedestrian zone...

25 Feb 2017 6:23 AM IST

Meeting on February 28 to put DMK on civic poll mode

The DMK polled about 39 per cent of votes in the 2016 Assembly elections.

25 Feb 2017 6:21 AM IST

DMK working president M.K. Stalin meets Congress president Sonia Gandhi and VP Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Friday (Photo: DC)

MK Stalin meets Sonia Gandhi to discuss Tamil Nadu political situation

This is the first meeting between Stalin and the leaders of Congress after he took over as the party's working...

25 Feb 2017 6:19 AM IST

Edappadi K. Palanisami

Oil spill: Tamil Nadu CM announces relief for fishermen

He also said more that 5,700 people including Coast Guard personnel and volunteers struggled for 25 days to remove the...

25 Feb 2017 6:17 AM IST

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

No freebies, populist schemes in civic budget

The annual civic budgets of all 12 municipal corporations in the state will miss their usual fervour, a highly placed...

25 Feb 2017 6:14 AM IST

Chief Minister Edapaddi K. Palanisami on Friday inaugurates the tree plantation drive at Omandurar multispeciality hospital to mark J. Jayalalithaas 69th birth anniversary. In all, 69 lakh saplings will be planted. (Photo: DC)

Drive to plant 69 lakh saplings launched

The massive plantation drives, which began on Friday, would be completed by the end of December 2017.

25 Feb 2017 6:09 AM IST