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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin before taking oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. (PTI)

Stalin forms panel to study NEET impact on medical admissions

Ahead of the Assembly polls, the DMK leader had promised to do away with the nationwide medical entrance exam for MBBS...

5 Jun 2021 4:50 PM IST

health worker takes a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a market in Chennai on June 1, 2021. (AFP)

Lockdown to continue in Tamil Nadu till June 14 with easing of curbs

11 districts will have lesser relaxations and the rest of the state relatively more, according to an official release

5 Jun 2021 4:34 PM IST

Earlier, on May 8, two lionesses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh and eight Asiatic lions housed in the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) Hyderabad have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus on May 4. (Representational Image/ANI)

Lioness dies of COVID-19 at Chennai zoo

Few other lions have tested positive for the virus at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park

5 Jun 2021 11:31 AM IST

Sasikala had been staying in Chennais T Nagar area after returning to the city in February. (Photo: File/PTI)

Expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala hints at returning to active politics

This follows after AIADMK lost the power in Tamil Nadu elections to DMK

30 May 2021 11:00 AM IST

On Wednesday, the Chennai Ford Employees Union expressed concern in a letter to management. (Photo: PTI)

Ford halts southern India plant production as pandemic surges

The automaker will stop work at its Chennai plant on Friday and Saturday

28 May 2021 10:02 AM IST

At Pullur toll plaza at Kurnool, the Telangana police stopped an ambulance carrying a Coronavirus infected patient from Kadapa to Hyderabad even as the patient attendants informed them that they got allotment of a bed in a private hospital in Hyderabad. (Representational Image/PTI)

No toll if queue is longer than 100 metres

A yellow line at a distance of 100 meters from toll booth will be marked in each toll lane

27 May 2021 2:18 AM IST

Poster of the web series The Family Man season 2. (Photo: Instagram/@samantharuthprabhuoffl)

Tamil Nadu govt seeks banning 'The Family Man 2' over portrayal of...

IT Minister T Mano Thangaraj said the trailer was aimed at discrediting and distorting historical struggle of the Eelam...

25 May 2021 11:53 AM IST

TN couple gets hitched on rented flight, big fat mid-air wedding flouts COVID rules

TN couple gets hitched on rented flight, big fat mid-air wedding...

Officials say they were not aware of the mid-air marriage

24 May 2021 2:34 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Electricity Board workers push a cart loaded with concrete posts during COVID-induced lockdown in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Tamil Nadu extends COVID-19 lockdown till May 31

The lockdown will be in place until May 31 till 6 PM

23 May 2021 12:43 PM IST

Prayers being offered in Kamatchipuri Adhinam temple in Coimbatore (ANI)

Temple in Coimbatore consecrates 'Corona Devi' idol to protect people...

Consecrating deities to protect people from deadly diseases has been in practice for many years, said the priest

21 May 2021 11:19 AM IST

The Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu (PTI)

Sterlite Copper plant in TN resumes oxygen production

Last week, the ISRO team had arrived and suggested some measures to fix the snag and resume oxygen production

19 May 2021 1:11 PM IST

A policeman gestures as people queue outside a government dispensary to buy an antiviral drug used to treat Covid-19, in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Chennai to impose Rs 2,000 fine on those violating home quarantine...

Chief Minister MK Stalin inspected state's COVID-19 unified command centre in Chennai on May 14

19 May 2021 12:07 PM IST