Tamil Nadu News

The National Green Tribunal on Monday said it will issue its judgment in one week on whether to allow Vedanta Ltd to re-open its copper smelter, which was closed earlier this year after 13 people died when police fired on protesters.

According to officials, the facial recognition-based attendance will be done through a mobile application which will have photos and other relevant details of the students stored in it.

The Tamil Nadu government Monday launched a 24-hour helpline for women, among others, facing domestic violence and sexual harassment.Chief Minister K Palaniswami launched the initiative,developed at a cost of Rs 62.70 lakh.

A farm labourer, who lost his home during cyclone Gaja, allegedly committed suicide on Monday in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district. Pandian, 38, was found hanging in a well in his village. The police have not found any suicide note but claim initial investigations indicate he was "heart-broken after he lost his home and committed suicide."

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Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar has sought an opportunity to explain the benefits of the proposed Mekedatu project on the Cauvery river in his state to the AIADMK-led Tamil Nadu government and the opposition DMK

A case has been registered against DMK leader A Raja for allegedly making derogatory remarks and levelling allegations of corruption against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his cabinet colleagues.

A court in Chennai has issued a warrant to a Bengaluru jail to produce VK Sasikala on December 13 in connection with a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violations.

Income Tax sleuths today seized over Rs 54 crore of unaccounted cash during searches at multiple premises of a leading Tamil Nadu based distillery in the city. Acting on a tip off about suspected tax evasion and backed up by days of spadework related to the company, income tax officials conducted searches at 12 premises belonging to the Director and employees of the distillery.

In a setback to spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court today stayed his foundation's two-day meditation programme at the Sri Brihadeeswarar Temple -- a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district. Although the court will continue hearing the case on Monday, the organisers have already shifted the event to another venue.

A video showing a man threatening to attack Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister OS Manian with a sickle at Nagapattinam has gone viral on the social media. The AIADMK politician had come to survey the destruction wreaked by the cyclone Gaja in his hometown when he was challenged by an angry mob.

The Supreme Court today refused to stay the Madras High Court order for a CBI probe against police officials for firing at anti-Sterlite protesters in Tamil Nadu in May this year. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notice to the CBI on the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the High Court order.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday unanimously demanded the Union Government to withdraw the permission given to Karnataka to prepare a detailed project report or DPR for a proposed dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, in yet another face off between the neighbouring states over sharing of river water

The European Union (EU) on Thursday announced emergency assistance of 105,000 euros to the communities most affected by cyclone Gaja that hit Tamil Nadu in November.

Raising the prospect of another showdown over river water sharing with Karnataka, The Tamil Nadu assembly will meet for a special session today to discuss the proposed construction of a reservoir-cum-drinking water project at Mekedatu across the Cauvery, about 110 km from Bengaluru.