Tamil Nadu

TN headmistress held for making students clean school toilets

TN headmistress held for making Scheduled Caste students clean school toilets

A primary school headmistress was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making six Scheduled Caste students clean the school toilets in Erode district of Tamil Nadu.

Dec 4, 2022

Headmistress held for making students clean school toilets in Erode district of Tamil Nadu

A primary school headmistress was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making six Scheduled Caste students clean the school toilets in Erode district of Tamil Nadu.

Dec 3, 2022

Leopard sneaks into residential area attacks people in K'taka dist; caugh

Efforts on to capture tiger, leopard that killed domestic animals in popular hill station Ooty

Forest department officials in Tamil Nadu are on a mission mode to capture a tiger and a leopard that killed a cow and a dog in Ooty, a popular tourist destination in the southern state.

Nov 5, 2022

Shocking: Head severed from body of ten-yr-old girl in TN, witchcraft suspected

In a suspected witchcraft act, head was severed from the body of a ten-year-old girl who was buried in a cemetery here, police said on Friday.

Oct 28, 2022

Gas leak in Krishnagiri school sends 67 students to hospital; show serious symptoms [details]

All the 67 students of a Corporation middle school in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu who were admitted to a government hospital in Hosur are recuperating, hospital authorities said on Saturday.

Oct 15, 2022

Migratory birds throng 'Point Calimere bird sanctuary' in Tamil Nadu

Migratory birds including Flamingos are reaching in large numbers at Point Calimere Bird and Wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu's Kodiyakarai. Several tourists, including school children and people from far and wide, are reaching the sanctuary to have a glimpse of the migratory birds that are flocking in.

Oct 14, 2022

MK Stalin is DMK Chief again; elected unopposed for second time [details]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was unanimously elected as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief for a second consecutive term in the party's general council meeting on Sunday.

Oct 9, 2022

Firecracker units in Sivakasi anxious as Diwali business dips amid high prices

TN: Prices of Diwali firecrackers skyrocket, Sivakasi units anxious

According to him, this is mainly due to the green crackers replacing the traditional barium nitrate-laden crackers that have a shelf life of 10 years.

Oct 7, 2022

Rahul Gandhi begins "Bharat Jodo Yatra"; Stalin hands over national flag

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday handed over the national flag to Rahul Gandhi to flag off the Bharat Jodo Yatra

Sep 7, 2022

Egyptian vultures on decline in TN due to scarcity of food, presence of chemicals in prey

Even as the Tamil Nadu government restricted the use of anti-inflammatory drugs ketoprofen and flunixin, considering the adverse impact they cause to predatory birds, the Egyptian vulture population in the state is on the decline.

Sep 2, 2022

TN power company to submit report on wild elephant electrocution before Madras HC

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) will submit a report on the electrocution deaths of elephants and other wildlife to the Madras High Court before September 5.

Aug 2, 2022

Kallakurichi suicide case: Security beefed up as girl's body reaches hometown

Kallakurichi suicide case: Security beefed up as girl student's body reaches hometown

Security across Cuddalore and Kallakurichi districts of Tamil Nadu has been tightened as the body of the Class 12 girl student who committed suicide on July 13 in the hostel of a private residential school reached her hometown.

Jul 23, 2022

Stolen 19th-century Sarfoji painting traced to US Homeland security

In a major breakthrough, the elite idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police has traced a 19th-century Sarfoji painting of Bhonsle Raja to the US Homeland security.

Jul 22, 2022

Ex-TN CM Panneerselvam hosptialised over COVID-related ailments; responding to treatment [details]

Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam, who is in a bitter power struggle with the AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami, was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai due to Covid-19 related ailments.

Jul 17, 2022

210 orderlies repatriated in TN after Madras HC order

Over 200 orderlies repatriated in TN; Madras HC lashes out at senior officers [details]

Tamil Nadu Police have so far repatriated 210 policemen who were working as orderlies at the residences of IPS officers and other senior police officers. Even retired police officers were using the services of these policemen.

Jun 30, 2022

Tamil Nadu: Mysterious gang takes "advantage" of Lockdown, steals 600 Mobile Towers

The company claims that the enigmatic group stole its cell phone towers by exploiting the Covid-19 shutdown.

Jun 25, 2022

Thalapathy Vijay to star in film produced by MS Dhoni; cricketer to make cameo [details]

Popularly known as Thala, Dhoni has himself confessed the love and affection he gets from the people in the state and has decided that he will play his last game of IPL at Chepauk stadium as a tribute to his fans.

Jun 22, 2022

Another honour killing in Hyderabad, Man stabbed to death in public

Another (dis)honour killing in TN: Brother hacks to death both sister and her husband at Kumbakonam

In another case of (dis)honour killing in Tamil Nadu, a person hacked to death his sister and her husband.

Jun 14, 2022

Fire breaks out at "Russian Cultural Centre" in Chennai

Tamil Nadu fire force personnel doused a fire that broke out at the Russian Cultural Centre, Chennai due to a short circuit. While it was a minor fire that broke out at the centre, the swift action of the firemen prevented any damage and casualties in the accident.

Jun 6, 2022

Kumaran Sethupathi erstwhile king of Ramanad in TN passes away at the age of 56.

Former Ramanad royal and patron of Rameswaram temple passes away

Belonging to the former royal family of the erstwhile Ramanad kingdom in Tamil Nadu and patron of Rameswaram temple, Kumaran Sethupathi passed away at his residence in Ramanathapuram on Tuesday. He was 56.

May 24, 2022

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