Tamil Nadu News

The CBI has carried out searches at the Chennai residence of Additional Commissioner, GST, Senthil Valavaen in connection with the Gutkha scam, officials said Thursday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Thursday indicated independent MLA S Karunaas, elected on the AIADMK symbol, might face action for seeking the removal of Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal.

Rains are likely in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the next three days, with the possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places, the regional weather office said on Thursday. A low pressure area is likely form over the Southeast Arabian sea on Friday and could intensify into a cyclonic storm, it said. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted that a red alert has been issued for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry for heavy to very heavy rain in next 72 hours specially on October 7 due to a severe storm in the Arabian Sea. Fishermen in deep sea are advised to return to the coast by October 5, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, S Balachandran said.

AIADMK lawmaker S Karunaas has sent a notice seeking removal Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal for allegedly acting in a biased and partisan manner.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday declined interim relief to former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanithi Maran in trial proceedings against them in a CBI court in the "illegal" telephone exchange case.

Five tourists from Chennai were killed and two others injured after the SUV they were travelling in fell in agorge near Ooty, police said today.

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu today dismissed its arch rival DMK's corruption charges against it as "baseless" and vowed to successfully fight the cases in court.

A flash flood struck around 200 people on a picnic to a waterfall in a hilly area near, but they escaped by showing presence of mind by forming a human chain Tuesday, police said.

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy steps inside a drain and cleans it as part of Swachhta Hi Sewa movement.

The Tamil Nadu government Monday commenced census on livestock population across the state to help evolve policies and schemes for the benefit of the livestock farming community.

The Madras High Court Monday observed that once a government starts functioning, its policy decisions must be "beyond its political ideologies".

A Chetak CH 442 helicopter of the Indian Navy on a training sortie crash-landed at INS Rajali near Velloreon Monday and the crew were safe, a defence official said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Sunday said that after the British, it is the AIADMK which has ruled the state for the longest period of time.

Ruling AIADMK today lashed out at DMK over its criticism of former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran's birth centenary celebrations, saying the amount spent on it was a fraction of that used by DMK for the world Tamil conference when it was in power in 2010.

The fishing community in Rameshwaram district on Sunday declared an indefinite strike demanding the subsidised diesel.