Tamil Nadu

Thursday, Apr 18, 2024 | Last Update : 12:22 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha elections, at Ambasamudram, in Tirunelveli district, Monday, April 15, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)

TN will create history in LS polls: PM Modi

Earlier on Monday, while campaigning in Kerala, Modi tore into ruling CPM, accusing the Marxists of “embezzling crores of rupees”

16 Apr 2024 1:42 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, in Coimbatore, Friday, April 12, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Rahul promises to fill 30L vacant govt jobs

Right to Apprenticeship, if I.N.D.I.A. wins

13 Apr 2024 1:16 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Mettupalayam, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Opposition indulges in politics of hate, separatism: PM in Tamil Nadu

Punish Congress, DMK over Katchatheevu, Sanatana Dharma

11 Apr 2024 1:44 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss during a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Salem, Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (PTI)

BJP clinches seat-sharing deal with 35 allies for polls

The BJP continued to sign on partners in major states like Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, which have 48 and 39 Lok Sabha seats respectively

20 Mar 2024 2:10 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Salem, Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)

Congress, DMK target only Hindu faith: Modi

Hits out at I.N.D.I.A. bloc over graft, dynastic politics

20 Mar 2024 2:03 AM

DMK youth wing secretary and Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. (PTI)

SC raps Stalin Jr over Sanatan remark

Stalin’s controversial statement was made during a conference in September 2023

05 Mar 2024 1:55 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration and foundation stone laying of various developmental projects, in Thoothukudi, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (PTI Photo)

No stopping TN’s growth under my leadership: PM

Slams Pawar in Maharashtra for siphoning farmers’ funds

29 Feb 2024 1:48 AM

Despite extensive search and rescue operations involving aircraft and ships, the missing personnel and aircraft debris could not be located until now. The aircraft, with registration K-2743, disappeared on July 22, 2016, during an operational mission from Chennai to Port Blair. (Repersentaional Image)

Debris of IAF aircraft lost in 2016 found in 2024

The aircraft, with registration K-2743, disappeared on July 22, 2016

13 Jan 2024 12:49 AM

Why Bills From 2020 Pending?: SC to TN Governor

The court also took note of the fact that the Tamil Nadu Assembly has re-adopted 10 bills returned by the governor

21 Nov 2023 1:43 AM

MLAs belonging to the allies of the ruling government raise slogans against Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi before staging a walkout during his address at the first session of the year of Tamil Nadu Assembly, at Fort St George, in Chennai. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)

Tamil Nadu Governor storms out of House amidst speech row

As the governor rose to deliver his address, members of few political parties aligned to the ruling DMK started a ruckus inside the House

10 Jan 2023 7:25 AM

Chennai and several other parts of Tamil Nadu witnessed heavy rainfall and strong winds amid cyclonic storm Mandous (ANI)

Mandous triggers heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu: Chennai roads flooded, trees uprooted

Several areas in Chennai saw waterlogging and squally winds uprooting trees in Chennai and in the nearby Chengalpattu district

10 Dec 2022 10:24 AM

Sterlite Copper factory at Thoothukudi in south Tamil Nadu. (DC file photo)

AA Edit | Sterlite: Jinxed from start?

Hope the new management changes the culture, reaches out to the people and heralds a new beginning for the facility

21 Jun 2022 11:10 PM

Merchandise exports rose 24 per cent to $38.19 billion and imports rose 26.6 per cent to $58.26 billion in April 2022 compared to the same month last year. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Exports jump by 24% in April

Higher energy prices were one of the key factors for the higher exports

03 May 2022 11:32 PM

Big tech companies design devices that need to be updated or replaced frequently and are difficult to recycle, warning that waste from old phones, computers and screens is piling up fast. — Representational image/PTI

Spam mails add to CO2 emission, say experts

We are killing the planet through the use of technology, said Gerry McGovern, author of the book “World Wide Waste”

28 Apr 2022 9:09 AM

Ill-fated chariot which came in contact with high tension power line at Kalimedu village near Thanjavur on Wednesday morning. (DC)

Probe begins in Thanjavur temple chariot festival electrocution incident, 11 dead

Police official said that the incident occurred after the temple car came in contact with a high voltage power line and went up in flames

27 Apr 2022 10:32 AM

Cryptocurrency exchanges CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX have disabled rupee deposits through United Payment Interface (UPI) for the purchase of cryptocurrency. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Crypto exchanges halt deposits through UPI

Cryptocurrency owners active on twitter asked for regulatory clarity on the issue

14 Apr 2022 12:19 AM

Indian youth in Ukraine fighting Russian army

Sainikesh Ravichandran, who was denied an opportunity in India, joined the Ukrainian paramilitary

09 Mar 2022 12:57 PM

This is meant to reduce litigation, but will not provide additional refund. (Representational image: PTI)

I-T returns can be updated in two years to correct any errors

This will avoid the lengthy process of litigation if the department finds that some income has been missed out by the assesse

02 Feb 2022 2:06 AM

The 30 per cent tax with 1 per cent TDS will be a deterrent to several investors who are jumping into the crypto bandwagon. — AFP

Cryptos to stay with 30 pc tax; digital rupee next fiscal

The gift of virtual digital assets will be taxed in the hands of the recipient

02 Feb 2022 2:03 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of 11 new medical colleges and a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Tamil Nadu, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on January 12, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Once in a lifetime COVID pandemic has reaffirmed importance of health sector: PM

Thanks to the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the poor now have access to top quality and affordable health care, the Prime Minister said

13 Jan 2022 1:00 AM

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