Tamil Nadu

An audio clip widely circulated on social media in which a Tamil Nadu assistant professor in heard flaunting her proximity to governor Banwarilal Purohit in the alleged 'sex for degree' scandal has given fresh ammunition to the opposition DMK which is now demanding for a CBI probe.

Ruling AIADMK today said it would hold state-wide public meetings on the Cauvery issue between April 25 and 29 to urge the Centre to implement the Supreme Court verdict to ensure water for irrigation in the Delta districts.

Tamil Nadu BJP leader S. VE. Shekher Venkataraman, an actor and playwright, has provoked anger by sharing on Facebook a post that disparages the woman journalist who had objected strongly to the Governor patting her on the cheek on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu's main opposition party DMK as well as the PMK denounced the transfer of a senior Crime Branch-CID officer in a "hurry", soon after the case of alleged sexual scandal involving a college professor was transferred to it.

A small school in Tamil Nadu that gave India one of its brightest minds will be plunged into darkness in five days. It was in the corridors and classrooms of this school that former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam received education in his formative years. Mandapam Panchayat Union Middle School in Rameswaram, 560 kilometres from state capital Chennai, has not paid the power bill for the past two years, local electricity board officials said.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit's apology for a cheek-patting gesture that many found offensive has been accepted by a woman journalist, but with a disclaimer.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has denied having any link with the professor who was arrested today for allegedly making tacit requests for sexual favours to her students on behalf of officials of the Madurai Kamaraj University. Nirmala Devi, 46, of Devanga Arts College, had claimed she knows the Governor, who is the chancellor of the university.

A professor at a Tamil Nadu college has been accused of tacitly asking undergraduate students to provide sexual favours to university officials in return for financial and academic rewards. The Devanga Arts College ordered an investigation after an audio clip, allegedly of her conversation with four undergraduate students, was widely circulated in the social media yesterday.

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami Sunday accused former chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao of providing wrong information about late chief minister J Jayalalithaa's health.

On the occasion of Tamil New Year, actor-politician Rajinikanth who has been vocal about the need for a the setting up of the Cauvery Management Board, said that life for the people in the state has been a "struggle".

Amid raging protests across Tamil Nadu over the formation of the Cauvery Management Board, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) founder Vaiko's close relative set himself on fire on Friday, news agency IANS reported. The man has been admitted to a hospital where he condition was said to be "very critical'.

A first year student of the Government Law College was suspended for allegedly attempting to create communal divide by her remarks over the rape incidents in Unnao and Kathua.

A Travelling Ticket Examiner was allegedly assaulted and pushed out of a running train by six passengers as he reportedly demanded a fine from two of them for not having a valid identity proof, police said.

An 18-month old girl child was crushed to death by a school van that was leaving after picking up her two elder sisters from their house near here today, police said.

Tamil folk singer Kovan has been arrested for a song that criticises PM Narendra Modi besides taking dig at Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.