Tamil Nadu News

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party on Sunday alleged that 30 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) meant for the October 21 Nanguneri Assembly by-poll in Tamil Nadu have been "suddenly shifted" for "unknown reasons."

In raids on a Tamil Nadu-based business group running coaching institutes for competitive examinations, the Income Tax (I-T) Department has seized Rs 30 crore unaccounted cash.

President Xi Jinping, on his two-day visit for an informal summit in India at Tamil Nadu's Mamallapuram, was treated to a lavish spread from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In what many call a welcome change, the Tamil Nadu government and the centre did not put up even a single banner welcoming the visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the two-day informal summit in Mamallapuram, near Chennai.

The arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tamil Nadu's coastal town of Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram. as it is known now, has been good news for environment enthusiasts, especially those worried about water bodies.

As Mahabalipuram prepares for a grand welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will arrive in Chennai this afternoon for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a gate has been decorated near the iconic Pancha Rathas monument using 18 different varieties of vegetables and fruits.

The two-day informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram, 56 km from Chennai, would also be a symbolic walk into an ancient era of trade ties between the heritage coastal town and China around 1,600 years ago. This is the second informal meet between the two leaders since the Wuhan summit last year.

India China Summit: As the informal India-China summit is set to begin on Saturday, with the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tamil Nadu's Mahabalipuram

Taking note of the extensive clean-up drive in Chennai and nearby Mamallapuram ahead of summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Madras High Court on Thursday said that leaders need to visit Tamil Nadu often so that the state remains spick and span.

The father of a Chennai software engineer, who died after she was run over by a lorry when an illegal hoarding fell on her, today moved the Madras High Court seeking Rs 1 crore as compensation and "maximum punishment" to those who installed the banners.

The ancient monuments of Mahabalipuram, which locals call Mamallapuram, have been spruced up ahead of this week's informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Government doctors in Tamil Nadu have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from October 25 if their demands for a pay hike are not met by the state government. The doctors are demanding pay parity with central government doctors.

Kamal Haasan has sought the Supreme Court's intervention in the matter of a first information report (FIR) filed against the 49 eminent personalities who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

A newborn baby was found lying in a bush behind the botanical gardens at Tamil Nadu's Udhagamandalam on Sunday, police said.

In a bizarre statement, veteran Tamil Nadu politician C Ponnaiyan held the wind responsible for the tragic death of the Chennai software engineer who was killed last month after an illegally erected hoarding fell on her