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  Tamil Nadu doctor, who tested negative for coronavirus, dies of dengue

  India | April 15, 2020 21:49 IST

  A 30-year-old doctor, who tested negative for coronavirus, died of dengue in a private hospital in Coimbatore. Jayamohan, was serving in the primary health centre in Tengumarhada, a tribal village, in Nilgiris district.

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  Tamil Nadu continues to top southern states in most COVID-19 patients

  India | April 06, 2020 21:37 IST

  Tamil Nadu on Monday continued to top the southern states with the most number of COVID19 patients, with a bulk of them being returnees of the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi last month.

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  Srinivasan sought tribal boy's help to remove thorn from leg, says CM Palaniswami

  India | February 08, 2020 17:44 IST

  A day after the Tamil Nadu Forest Minister expressed regret for making a tribal boy remove his slippers during a function, Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday said Dindigul C Srinivasan had asked the boy to remove a thorn piercing his leg, as he was unable to bend forward.

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  UNACCEPTABLE! Tamil Nadu Forest Minister asks tribal boy to remove his sandals, caught on cam

  India | February 06, 2020 19:30 IST

  In a shocking incident, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Dindigul C. Sreenivasan on Thursday asked a tribal boy to remove his footwear in the Nilgiris district of the state. Sreenivasan had gone there to inaugurate the rejuvenation camp for captive elephants in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve when the incident was caught on camera.

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  Coronavirus outbreak: Tamil Nadu Deputy CM says monitoring borders

  India | February 03, 2020 18:13 IST

  Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Monday said hospitals and border areas were being closely monitored to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state.

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  India's second spaceport to be in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukdi: ISRO

  India | January 03, 2020 13:20 IST

  India's second spaceport for launching small satellites would be located in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, ISRO chief K. Sivan said on Wednesday.

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  Tamil Nadu anti-CAA protester's 'link' to Pak will be probed: Police

  India | January 02, 2020 13:19 IST

  A probe would be carried out to ascertain whether the woman, Gayatri Khandhadai, has links to Pakistan-based "Bytes for All", Chennai Police Commissioner A K Viswanathan told reporters.

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  Now `kolams' appear in Tamil Nadu in support of CAA, NRC

  India | January 03, 2020 13:20 IST

  After the DMK, Congress and VCK leaders drew anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and anti-National Register of Citizens (NRC) `kolams' outside their residences, it is now the turn of those who are in support of the new law to express their support through these pavement decorations.

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  Tamil Nadu tops good governance index among big states, Puducherry best-governed UT

  India | January 03, 2020 13:21 IST

  The Centre had released Good Governance Index ranking States and UTs in 10 sectors. Tamil Nadu topped the Good Governance Index followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh among the ‘Big States’.

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  Tamil Nadu tops GGI among big states, Maharashtra & Karnataka get 2nd, 3rd slot

  Business | January 02, 2020 13:20 IST

  The southern state of Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position in the composite ranking for good governance index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to data provided by the Personnel Ministry.

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  Tamil Nadu CM defends support to CAA, says no Indian will be affected

  India | January 03, 2020 13:22 IST

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami hit out at DMK for accusing the AIADMK of betraying Sri Lankan Tamils and sought to know why the opposition party did not get citizenship for them when it shared power at the Centre for over a decade in the past

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  DMK leaders protest against CAA in Tamil Nadu

  India | January 02, 2020 13:28 IST

  The principal opposition in Tamil Nadu DMK on Tuesday staged protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at district headquarters.

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  Chennai hotels in a soup due to water crisis

  India | June 17, 2019 21:37 IST

  "It is a major crisis faced by the hotels in Chennai and also in other parts of the state. With rains failing, the prices of vegetables have gone up. Further with the severe water shortage, the hoteliers are facing a very touch situation," R.Srinivasan, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Hotels Association (TNHA), told IANS.  

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  Centre gives the nod for Chennai Monorail project

  India | November 20, 2014 21:21 IST

  New Delhi: Union Urban Development Ministry has accorded ‘in-principle approval' to the Tamil Nadu Government for taking up the Rs 3,267 crore Chennai Monorail project.Under the 20.68 km-long monorail project, services will be provided between

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  11 crude bombs found inside garbage bin in Madurai

  India | November 10, 2014 21:21 IST

  Madurai (TN): Madurai police today found 11 crude bombs kept inside a garbage bin in Anna Nagar here. A Bomb Disposal Squad was rushed to the spot to defuse the explosives. Tamil Nadu's Q branch, Special Investigation

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  Congress heading for split in Tamil Nadu?

  National | November 01, 2014 17:15 IST

  Chennai: Toughening his stance against the Congress high command, former Union shipping minister G K Vasan on Saturday gave ample indications of breaking away from the party and reviving the erstwhile Tamil Maanila Congress. "I will