Sam Daniel
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Bus Driver Suffers Heart Attack, Conductor Applies Brakes With His Hands
A major accident was averted in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul district on Friday, when an alert conductor of a private bus pressed the brakes of the moving vehicle with his hands after the driver suffered a heart attack.
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"Crossing All Limits": Supreme Court Raps Enforcement Directorate Over Tamil Nadu Raids
The Supreme Court has rebuked the Enforcement Directorate for "crossing all limits" in raids - carried out in March and earlier this month - of state-run liquor shops in Tamil Nadu.
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After Top Court Win, Tamil Nadu Suffers High Court Setback On Vice Chancellors' Appointment
Having won a hard-fought victory in the Supreme Court over the Governor's assent to 10 pending bills, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu has suffered a setback in the High Court over powers to appoint vice-chancellors laid out in one of the new laws.
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DMK Sacks Worker Accused Of "Grooming" Women For Sex With Politicians
The DMK worker whose wife accused him of attempted sexual exploitation, has been sacked by Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.
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Huge Row After DMK Worker's Wife Says He 'Groomed' Women For Politicians
A young woman from Tamil Nadu has accused her husband - a 40-year-old man associated with the ruling DMK - of torture and sexual harassment, declaring "his job is to force 20-year-old girls to sleep with politicians".
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'Discrimination Of Dalits After 80 Years Painful': Madras High Court On Temple Row
Continued discrimination against Dalits, 80 years after independence, is painful, the Madras High Court said as it heard a plea demanding the Tamil Nadu government intervene to ensure Dalits can enter temples, such as one in Pudukkottai district.
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5 Arrested, 7 Boys Detained For Sexually Assaulting Girl In Tamil Nadu: Cops
Five men were arrested and seven minors were detained in Tamil Nadu's Pallavaram, near Chennai, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl several times.
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DMK, AIADMK's 'Hang Your Head In Shame' Barbs Over Pollachi Sex Assault Case
On Tuesday, hours after a Tamil Nadu court sentenced nine men to life in prison - for raping and blackmailing eight Pollachi women multiple times between 2016 and 2018 - Chief Minister MK Stalin and the AIADMK's Edappadi K Palaniswami bickered.
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Life Sentence For 9 Convicts In Tamil Nadu's 2019 Pollachi Sex Assault Case
Six years after nine men were accused of sexually assaulting and blackmailing several women in Tamil Nadu'sPollachi, a court has pronounced them guilty. Sessions court Judge R Nandhini Devi found the men guilty of gangrape and repeated rape.
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Kamal Haasan Defers Audio Launch Of Film 'Thug Life' Amid India-Pak Tension
Actor Kamal Haasan, today, rescheduled the audio launch for his upcoming film Thug Life, scheduled for 16 May amid a state of heightened alert in the country.
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Tamil Nadu Class 12 Board Results Out: Rural Districts Outperform Urban Ones
Their domination continues among government schools too, with Ariyalur, Erode, Tiruppur, Kanniyakumari and Cuddalore securing top honours.
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From Nagapattinam To Netherlands: Cops Recover Stolen Shiva Devotee Idol
Tamil Nadu Police's Idol Wing has stopped the auction of an antique, dating to the 11th or 12th century, at the European Fine Arts Exhibition in Maastricht in the Netherlands.
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Elderly Couple Found Murdered In Tamil Nadu House, Gold Goes Missing: Cops
An elderly couple was allegedly murdered at their residence in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, police said on Friday.
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"Failure At Age Of Eating Chocolates": Tamil Nadu Minister On Big CBSE Move
Tamil Nadu Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi slammed the CBSE for failing Class V and VIII students under the National Education Policy NEP 2020.
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Chennai Metro Conducts Trial Of Driverless Train On 10 km Stretch
The Chennai Metro Rail Limited has conducted a trial run of a driverless train on a 10 kilometre stretch, amid much cheer and excitement from commuters.
