MDMK chief Vaiko states that alcohol is one of the main reasons behind violence against women. He demanded that the shops be removed at once. He also urged the Indian government to boycott the Commonwealth meet at Sri Lanka.
Heavy rains in Tamil Nadu bring the much needed respite from the summer heat. The farmers in the state are a happy lot as the fields running the threat of drying up are now watered. The drinking water problems have also been offset a bit by these rains.
Heavy rains in Tamil Nadu bring the much needed respite from the summer heat. The farmers in the state are a happy lot as the fields running the threat of drying up are now watered. The drinking water problems have also been offset a bit by these rains.
Several acres of cucumbers have gone to a waste in Ulundurpettai, Villupuram, due to the incessant heat. The cucumbers are usually harvested in large numbers during the summer months, however this year, the heat seems to have taken a toll. The farmers have req...
The Tamil Nadu Medical Councl says that any physiotherapist who prefixes the title 'Dr' in his/her name will have to face contempt proceedings, as he/she is not a doctor but a paramedic or a technician. This comment has drawn criticism with students of physi...
President of the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, K Prakasam, has come under heavy criticism for stating that physiotherapists cannot prefix the 'Dr' title in front of their names and that they are technicians who come under the paramedical wing. The students of ph...
Following Tamil and English papers that went missing in Cuddalore and Villupuram, now Mathematics answer papers, written by tenth board students, go missing. The Mathematics papers, were being transported from Dindigul to a correction centre to Trichy, when th...
Close to 150 tenth standard Tamil answer papers were destroyed when they were being transported from Vridhachalam to Pattukottai in a train. The papers fell on the tracks and were destroyed. Four Railway Post Office mailmen have been suspended for negligence.
The DMK tries bringing up the issue of the arrest of an Apollo hospital doctor's arrest, but is denied permission by the Speaker. Following this, the leaders staged a walkout. 70-year-old Dr Karunanidhi was arrested on March 28 after he stopped a police inspec...
Another clash between students and Congress leaders ensues in Kanyakumari. The students were supposed to hold a human chain protest, when the Congress leader came to the site and broke all the placards condemning Rajapaksa. The students and Congress leaders ha...
Protesting against the online payment of monthly subscriptions, and demanding that the tariff be increased to Rs 100 from Rs 70, the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable Television Corporation members organise a protest meet. The cable TV operators even took out a morcha fr...
Protesting against the online payment of monthly subscriptions, and demanding that the tariff be increased to Rs 100 from Rs 70, the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable Television Corporation members take out a massive strike. The cable TV operators took out a morcha from ...
Protesting against the online payment of monthly subscriptions, and demanding that the tariff be increased to Rs 100 from Rs 70, the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable Television Corporation members take out a massive strike. The cable TV operators took out a morcha from ...
While CM Jayalalithaa is expressing her concerns over the Tamils in Sri Lanka, she is also silently trying to suppress the student protests in the state, allege the DMK. The party also accused her of playing out a drama and not caring enough for the Tamils. DM...
Sri Lankan Tamils and refugees in Chennai, Vellore, and Puducherry gather at Valluvar Kottam, and express their gratitude to the students by holding a one-day hunger strike. The students of Tamil Nadu have been going on hunger strikes for the last ten days, de...
Declare Rajapaksa as a war criminal, bring a new resolution at UNHRC, cut off all trade ties with Sri Lanka, and introduce a referendum for a separate Eelam - these are the few demands that the students have put forth in their agitation for the Tamil cause. Ta...
DMDK chief Vijayakanth slams the Tamil Nadu Budget for not doing anything for the common man. He accused the Finance Minister O Pannerselvam and the AIADMK government for not giving any financial compensation for drought-ridden farmers.
Finance Minister O Pannerselvam announces the state Budget for Tamil Nadu. This Budget is being hailed as a tax-free Budget, as no taxes have been introduced. The existing tax rates are not not being hiked. Close to Rs 2000 crore has been allocated for develop...
Tamil Nadu Lorry Booking Agents Association (TNLBAF) announces that it will no longer accept any more bookings from March 28. The association is protesting against diesel price hike, lack of insurance for lorry drivers, and so on.
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O Paneerselvam will today present the state's Budget 2013-14. The Budget session is expected to reconvene on March 25. The session is expected to be very stormy as the Sri Lankan war crimes issue will loom large over the proceedings...
Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) leader Velmurugan and Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangangalin Peravai leader Vellaiyan speak about the one crore continuous protest by students. The students have gathered on Marina beach and have been protesting the entire day.
Women from Teachers Colony in Kovilpatti submit a complaint to the electricity board, accusing them of unfairly cutting off power for several hours in a day. The women allege that the students with board exams cannot study without power and if this continues t...
Tamil Nadu Film Director's Association (TNFDA) goes on a one-day hunger strike to support the Sri Lankan Tamils' cause. The association is headed by Ameer Sultan and the strike will take place from dawn to dusk. The vegetable market at Koyembedu will also wear...
Congress sends top leaders like P Chidambaram, AK Antony, and Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet DMK leader Karunanidhi to pacify him and convince him to not quit the coalition. The leader had earlier threatened to do so if India did not vote against Sri Lanka at the UN...
DMK chief Karunanidhi blackmails the Centre again, threatening to pull out of the coalition, if India doesn't vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka. After this threat, several Congress leaders have been trying to pacify the DMK. PM Manmohan Sin...
Demanding justice for Tamils in Sri Lanka, nursing and teachers training colleges go on a strike. This is a first, as only arts and science colleges have been protesting in the last few days in Nagapattinam.
Salem's most popular college, the Periyar University, goes on a strike demanding that India support US in its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC meet in Geneva. The students have been on a strike since the last week, demanding an honourable settlement f...
Claiming that the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka was ethnic violence and not a war crime, 200 students of a private engineering college in Nilgiris, go on a strike. A few more colleges will join the strike soon and form a human chain.
Protest against Sri Lankan war crimes continue as more than 150 students sit on a hunger strike. The students demand that India vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC meet and declare Rajapaksa as a war criminal.
Chennai's students try to gherao Raj Bhavan, and shout slogans in front of the building. eclare Rajapaksa as a war criminal, vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC meet, cut off all trade ties with Sri Lanka, and introduce a voting system for a separate Eelam - t...
DMK chief Karunanidhi blackmails the Centre again, threatening to pull out of the coalition, if India doesn't vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka. After this threat, several Congress leaders have been trying to pacify the DMK. PM Manmohan Sin...
While the students have decided to gherao Raj Bhavan, Chennai, today to protest against the Sri Lankan war crimes, Kollywood too decides to do its bit. Several directors and actors associations will go on a one day strike condemning state atrocities against Ta...
Sri Lanka expresses hope that India will support the country during the voting of the US-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Foreign Secretary Karunatillaka Amunugama says that India would back the country and not vote against it. Sr...
Protesting against the never-ending power cuts in Salem, even during examination times, the students come out on the streets and study using a candle. The protesters have said that they will continue condemning the government until the power cuts stop.
Following a PIL, the Madras High Court orders the Tamil Nadu government to explain why ration cards were not being issued in time. Logu from Coimbatore had filed a PIL stating that ration cards were not being issued properly and that some families even had two...
Sinthanai Kalam | Chennai police arrest the eight-member Loyola college team who have been on a fast unto death strike, in connection with the Sri Lankan war crimes issue. Today, close to ten colleges have stood up in rebellion with the students refusing to at...
Several crimes have been reported in Tamil Nadu in the past few days. A lawyer's house in Virudhunagar was broken into and 205 sovereigns of gold stolen. The lawyer's daughter had just got married and the family had gone to Tirupati to seek blessings. In anoth...