Tamil Nadu News

Celebrating the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh on a government college campus has landed a woman student in trouble as she has been suspended for allegedly organising it without permission, an action which she termed as "suppression" of the freedom of expression.

A person, who was injured during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi district in May, died last night taking the number of dead in the incident to 14. Justine was in the coma for past five months.

AMMK leader TTV Dhinakran on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the AIADMK leadership, saying the ruling party has "lost its identity" and was "stuck" due to a "few selfish" people.

The DMK on Monday said its Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament TKS Elangovan has been relieved of the post of secretary, public relations, a party jargon that denotes the position of spokesperson.

A Sub Inspector allegedly attempted to commit suicide Monday after the inspector verbally abused him a couple of days ago, police said.

The Dubai-bound Air India Express Boeing plane seems to have overshot the normal take-off point as tyre marks have been found between the end of the runway and the compound wall of the Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu, officials said on Sunday.

Depressed over their only daughter eloping with a man outside their community, an elderly couple allegedly committed suicide at their home in Tamil Nadu's Pollachi, around 35 km away from Coimbatore on Sunday.

Controversial Tamil Nadu minister Sellur K Raju said today a woman leader would lead the AIADMK in future but later clarified that it was to encourage women party workers to work with vigour during elections.

The Dubai-bound Air India Express plane was flying at a speed of 250 km and possibly overloaded when its tyre hit equipment used to guide a pilot to land a flight and then brushed the compound wall during take-off at the International Airport in Trichy early Friday, officials said.

The Madras High Court Friday dismissed a petition of a woman, who claimed that she was the biological daughter of late chief minister Jayalalithaa, stating that she "miserably failed in her endeavour to establish the same".

Threats to constitutional authorities like the Governor will not be tolerated, the Raj Bhavan said on Friday, criticizing Tamil magazine 'Nakkheeran' Editor RR Gopal for allegedly slandering the Governor.

With the #MeToo movement gaining momentum, actor-politician Kamal Haasan said men accused of sexual harassment by women should respond to the allegations.

The Madras High Court on Friday ordered a CBI probe into allegations of corruption in award of road contracts by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami.

Shankaran Devarajan used to run Shankar IAS Academy.

An agricultural labourer from Tamil Nadu's Ooty, Vasantha stomach was growing rapidly in size. At first, she thought it was regular weight gain associated with age, but when the pain and discomfort got unbearable, she decided to visit a local hospital. It was there she found out about the massive tumour in her abdomen, possibly world's largest. Doctors refused surgery, saying her chances of survival were slim.