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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday suggested the central government had not held enough consultations with states on the plan to raise money using the country's infrastructure assets, as he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while campaigning in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, accusing him of being "scared" of China as well as working for the interests of the privileged few in the country.

Tamil TV star Chitra's husband is being questioned by the police in Chennai for the second day, sources said on Friday, as the actor's mother accused him of beating her daughter to death.

Cyclone Nivar made a late-night landfall near Puducherry. The tropical storm has weakened from a "very severe cyclonic storm" to a "severe cyclonic storm" with a wind speed of 100-110 km per hour, gusting up to 120 km per hour, the weather office said in a statement. The coastal states have been bracing for the cyclone - the fifth-strongest categor...

The AIADMK's alliance with the BJP will continue for the Tamil Nadu elections due early next year, the ruling party's chief coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam announced on Saturday during a visit by Union Minister Amit Shah to Chennai.

DMK chief MK Stalin's son Udhyanidhi was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district on Friday as he launched the party's campaign for next year's elections at an event that the police said violated COVID-19 curbs. "There no permission for political meetings," a police officer said.

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's aide VK Sasikala has paid the Rs 10 crore fine she was served in a disproportionate assets case and is expected to be released from prison soon, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

After nearly five months, Tamil Nadu's daily coronavirus tally fell below 2,000 on Friday, helping active cases drop below 18,000. The state has reported the fourth-highest number of cases in the country.

Classes 9 and above in schools along with colleges will be allowed to reopen from November 16 with COVID-19 safety norms, the Tamil Nadu government announced on Saturday.

Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari, H Vasanthakumar, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, has died, hospital authorities in Chennai said on Friday.

Tamil Nadu's opposition DMK party will request for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the deaths a father-son duo in police custody in court if the state government does not investigate it properly, party chief MK Stalin said on Saturday as outrage swelled over the incident.

The death of a father and son in police custody in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin following allegations of torture is snowballing into a major political row and has triggered calls for law enforcement reform.

A day before domestic flights are set to resume across the country, there is still confusion about the rules and readiness in states. Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu - home to some of the country's busiest airports in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai - have red-flagged the centre's plan to restart passenger flights two months after a shutdown trigg...

A 64-year old woman died of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday taking the number of deaths due to the disease to seven in the state while the number of coronavirus cases rose to 690 with 69 more people testing positive, the government said. The highly contagious disease has now spread to 34 of the Tamil Nadu's 38 districts.

Tamil Nadu on Tuesday registered 57 new COVID-19 cases, the highest spike in a single day so far, including 50 who had travelled to Delhi to attend a religious congregation earlier this month, the government said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday suggested the central government had not held enough consultations with states on the plan to raise money using the country's infrastructure assets, as he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while campaigning in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, accusing him of being "scared" of China as well as working for the interests of the privileged few in the country.

Tamil TV star Chitra's husband is being questioned by the police in Chennai for the second day, sources said on Friday, as the actor's mother accused him of beating her daughter to death.

Cyclone Nivar made a late-night landfall near Puducherry. The tropical storm has weakened from a "very severe cyclonic storm" to a "severe cyclonic storm" with a wind speed of 100-110 km per hour, gusting up to 120 km per hour, the weather office said in a statement. The coastal states have been bracing for the cyclone - the fifth-strongest categor...

The AIADMK's alliance with the BJP will continue for the Tamil Nadu elections due early next year, the ruling party's chief coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam announced on Saturday during a visit by Union Minister Amit Shah to Chennai.

DMK chief MK Stalin's son Udhyanidhi was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district on Friday as he launched the party's campaign for next year's elections at an event that the police said violated COVID-19 curbs. "There no permission for political meetings," a police officer said.

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's aide VK Sasikala has paid the Rs 10 crore fine she was served in a disproportionate assets case and is expected to be released from prison soon, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

After nearly five months, Tamil Nadu's daily coronavirus tally fell below 2,000 on Friday, helping active cases drop below 18,000. The state has reported the fourth-highest number of cases in the country.

Classes 9 and above in schools along with colleges will be allowed to reopen from November 16 with COVID-19 safety norms, the Tamil Nadu government announced on Saturday.

Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari, H Vasanthakumar, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, has died, hospital authorities in Chennai said on Friday.

Tamil Nadu's opposition DMK party will request for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the deaths a father-son duo in police custody in court if the state government does not investigate it properly, party chief MK Stalin said on Saturday as outrage swelled over the incident.

The death of a father and son in police custody in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin following allegations of torture is snowballing into a major political row and has triggered calls for law enforcement reform.

A day before domestic flights are set to resume across the country, there is still confusion about the rules and readiness in states. Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu - home to some of the country's busiest airports in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai - have red-flagged the centre's plan to restart passenger flights two months after a shutdown trigg...

A 64-year old woman died of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday taking the number of deaths due to the disease to seven in the state while the number of coronavirus cases rose to 690 with 69 more people testing positive, the government said. The highly contagious disease has now spread to 34 of the Tamil Nadu's 38 districts.

Tamil Nadu on Tuesday registered 57 new COVID-19 cases, the highest spike in a single day so far, including 50 who had travelled to Delhi to attend a religious congregation earlier this month, the government said.