Tamil Nadu Court Language

• Tamil Conference: A matter of Politics?

  Tamil was accorded classical language status in the year 2004 but it's only six years later that the Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi decided to hold the first edition of  world classical Tamil conference. The much hyped first edition of the world classical Tamil conference ends at Coimbatore on Sunday.Home Minister P Chidambaram and Fi...

• Threat to Tamil conference: 7 arrested

  Tamil Nadu Police have arrested seven people in Coimbatore for distributing pamphlets against the ongoing Tamil conference. Five of those arrested belong to a radical organisation called Democratic Youth and two to another such outfit, the Democratic Youth Front.Today is the third day of the lavish five-day Tamil conference, a pet project of C...

• Karunanidhi's dream Tamil conference begins, it'll cost 380 crores

  For close to 400 crores, Tamil Nadu gets to celebrate its language for a period of five days with Tamil scholars from all over the world -4000 of them.  It's all part of the extravaganza that is the first World Classical Tamil Conference in Coimbatore. (Forum: Is the 382-crore bill worth it? Comment here) The event was inaugurated this morning...

• Louder demands for Tamil as first language in courts

  It's politics over language in Tamil Nadu. The opposition AIADMK on Monday jumped in to support lawyers who are fighting for their right to argue cases in Tamil. This, even as the ruling DMK prepares for its first Classical World Tamil conference in Coimbatore.Lawyers in the state can be allowed to argue cases in Tamil in the Madras High Court if t...