Image used for representation | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy Through rigorous enforcement and increased awareness on road safety, the Tamil Nadu State Police have reduced road accidents and fatalities this year compared to last year. This was done in coordination with various stakeholders, including officials of the Highways Department and Transport and Road Safety Commissionerate. … Read more
Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights holder of Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kingdom’ has approached the Madras High Court to restrain Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman and his followers from interfering with the screening of the movie in cinema halls on the alleged ground that … Read more
Representative images | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Fifth Tamil Nadu Police Commission has called for stringent disciplinary action against abuse of authority, especially brutal handling of suspects. In its final report submitted to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin, recently the Commission called for quick internal investigation and immediate disciplinary action when police personnel … Read more
The decision was taken to motivate farmers to take up planting of rosewood trees on their patta lands. | Photo Credit: File photo Tamil Nadu will no longer have specific legislation to regulate rosewood exploitation, as the State government has decided not to renew the Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act, 1994, allowing the legislation to … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government will provide 4% reservation in promotion to its employees with benchmark disabilities. It has issued instructions in this regard. However, one of the instructions allows the government to exempt any of its establishments from provisions of Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. According to the instructions, … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated the three-day Tamil Nadu Fish Food Festival 2025 at Island Grounds in Chennai on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday inaugurated the ‘Tamil Nadu Fish Food Festival 2025’ organized by the Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare at Island Grounds … Read more
RANIPET, TAMIL NADU: 08/05/2025: Rain lashed on the National Highway at Ratnagiri, Ranipet district on Thursday. Photo:Venkatachalapathy C/The Hindu | Photo Credit: VENKATACHALAPATHY C The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has predicted possibility of an increase in rainfall over the Tamil Nadu from May 14. Heavy rainfall may occur in the district along western ghats and … Read more
Anganwadi workers and assistants stage a protest in front of the Thoothukudi Collectorate on Friday | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh The distribution of supplementary nutrition to children was disrupted in parts of Tamil Nadu on Friday (May 2, 2025) as members of the Anganwadi Workers and Assistants Association staged sit-in protests. Social Welfare and Women Empowerment … Read more
A Tamil Nadu software engineer previously convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2017, was acquitted in a separate murder case involving his mother. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by the Principal District Court in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. The accused, Dashwanth, was found guilty of rape … Read more
The Tamil Nadu Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) have strongly criticised Governor RN Ravi’s move to convene a two-day conference for university Vice-Chancellors and Registrars in Ooty on April 25 and 26. State Congress chief K Selvaperunthagai alleged that the Governor’s actions go against the Constitution and the recent Supreme Court ruling, … Read more