The team of artisans led by Varad Rajh at Thimmakudi giving finishing touches to an idol meant for a temple in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY A total of 28 meticulously crafted panchaloha idols of various Hindu deities sculpted at Thimmakudi village near Swamimalai in Thanjavur district are set to be installed in … Read more
The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran came down on the DMK government for, what he called, not having carried out any measure to protect the livelihood of farmers and increase the income of agriculturists. Even though crores of rupees were allotted for the missions to promote millets and oilseeds; safeguard soil health … Read more
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presents the 2025-26 Budget | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Prioritising the welfare of schoolchildren, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Friday (March 14, 2025) said the State government has allocated funds from its exchequer to compensate for ₹2,152 crore funds due from the Centre to the State under … Read more
K. Annamalai. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Friday (February 14, 2025) criticised the ruling DMK government for failing to take steps to fill vacancies of doctors in government medical college hospitals. In a social media post, Mr. Annamalai expressed shock over the death of a four-year-old … Read more
Speaker M. Appavu meeting Governor R.N. Ravi at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Ahead of the first Assembly session of the year, scheduled to commence on January 6, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker M. Appavu called on Governor R.N. Ravi at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday and … Read more
S.S. Sivasankar, Minister for Transport | Photo Credit: K.V. Srinivasan Tamil Nadu Transport Minister S.S. Sivasankar on Wednesday (December 25, 2024) questioned whether Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss had the courage to ask its alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which heads the Union government, to conduct a caste census. He was … Read more
The Murugan Temple in Kundrathur. File | Photo Credit: M. Srinath A recent study by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a not-for-profit research organisation, on two villages of north Tamil Nadu — Kundrathur and Ullavur — in the neighbourhood of Chennai, highlights how elaborate self-governing administrative systems existed at the village level for many … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday inspected Marakkanam, Kottakuppam, Villupuram and Tindivanam, parts of which were still reeling under the impact of the flooding caused by Cyclone Fengal. He inspected the measures taken to drain water and handed over essentials to affected persons, at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Marakkanam. He also … Read more
A view of the Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court on Thursday (November 28, 2024) summoned the Tamil Nadu Public Department Secretary, irked that no counsel turned up to represent the State government in a batch of five writ petitions filed by it in 2023, which challenged the … Read more
G. Krishnaraja | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tamil Nadu government has appointed advocate G. Krishnaraja as the Director of Prosecution since State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah, who had been hitherto holding additional charge of the post, had requested to be relieved due to the workload. A Government Order issued by the Home (Courts-VI) … Read more