Chorus for single chief grows in AIADMK

June 16, 2022

AIADMK held a general body meeting with the district secretaries, top leaders and cadres today in Chennai. In the meeting the issue of single leadership was raised by the party leaders and MLAs of the AIADMK party. After the death of former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa, there was...

I NEVER LOST HOPE, SAW THIS AS A SETBACK: AG PERARIVALAN

May 24, 2022

The Supreme Court on May 18 ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, the convict serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, while invoking its extraordinary power under Article 142 of the Constitution. Perarivalan had sought a premature release from jail based on the...

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi case convict

May 19, 2022

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the prime accused and convicts in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 31 years ago, while invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. Perarivalan was out on bail granted by the top...

CBI books Karti Chidambaram for ‘bribery’ to provide visa to Chinese firm

May 18, 2022

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against five accused including private persons based in Chennai, Mumbai, private companies based in Mumbai, Mansa (Punjab), etc and unidentified public servants and private persons. The accused include Congress leader Karti P. Chidambaram. As per the CBI, the case has been...

OLDEST IRON AGE SITE IN INDIA DISCOVERED IN TAMIL NADU, SAYS CM STALIN CITING ARCHAEOLOGY DEPT REPORT

May 12, 2022

Iron implements unearthed from a village in Mayiladumparai area of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu shows that the oldest Iron Age has been found in the state. The report by the Tamil Nadu State Archaeology Department stated that the Tamil civilization had mastered the art of making iron supplies, which...

POST-MORTEM REPORT INDICATES FOUL PLAY IN VIGNESH’S DEATH

May 6, 2022

A fresh round of political slugfest has begun in Tamil Nadu following the post-mortem report of Vignesh who died in police custody last month. The post-mortem report that was released yesterday, has confirmed that the 25-year-old suffered multiple injuries and fractures on his body, indicating custodial death due to torture....

TAMIL NADU, KARNATAKA ON ALERT AS ZIKA VIRUS SPREADS IN KERALA

July 12, 2021

Zika Virus is a new concern in Kerala, as nearly 15 cases have been reported from the region— one case was reported from the region adjacent to Tamil Nadu–Kerala border and other cases have been reported in the Tiruvandhapuram district of Kerala The state government has also formulated an action...

PUDUCHERRY GETS FIRST WOMAN MINISTER IN 41 YEARS

June 28, 2021

Puducherry gets its first woman minister in over four decades with the induction of AINRC legislator Chandira Priyanga in the N. Rangasamy-led coalition cabinet. Late Congress leader Renuka Appadurai was the last woman minister from the Union Territory during the 1980-83 period. She was the Education Minister of the DMK-led...

Women can be priests: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

June 14, 2021

History has changed, M.K. Stalin, the DMK party president, has been chosen as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time. After he took the oath as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on 7 May 2021, he also launched multiple schemes for the betterment of people. One of...