Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY Political parties in Tamil Nadu have started making calculations in the run-up to the next year’s Assembly poll in the State. Early this week, Chief Minister and the ruling DMK president, M. K. Stalin “fixed a target” of 2.5 crore votes … Read more
Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday warned that treating the Mekedatu project as a matter of political prestige would harm Karnataka’s interests, urging the State Government to seek Central approval “with trust and harmony” to strengthen its legal position. Bommai said the project, first conceived as a power initiative in 1996, underwent … Read more
The Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Board on Monday (November 10, 2025) wrote to Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar, requesting immediate diplomatic intervention for the safe release of five Indian nationals from Tamil Nadu, who have reportedly been kidnapped in the West African country of Mali, while working on an electrification project. In his letter, … Read more
The Delhi government’s attempt to induce rain through cloud-seeding trials on October 23 and 29 has revived memories of similar operations in Tamil Nadu over the last 50 years. As it happened in the latest case, the exercise even then was met with a modest response. The basic difference between the present and the past … Read more
In the last 10 days, the highest rise in the number of such tanks was recorded by Villupuram at 131. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH The State has begun experiencing the beneficial impact of the Northeast monsoon, which set in on October 16. In the last 10 days, nearly 2,000 irrigation tanks in the State saw their storage going … Read more
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) finalised a panel of three IPS officers fit for appointment as Director-General of Police/Head of Police Force of Tamil Nadu police. The UPSC had convened the Empanelment Committee Meeting in Delhi last Friday to shortlist the panel of three DGP-rank officers for the top post. The State was represented … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin with MP Catherine West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who is on a visit to the United Kingdom, met MP Catherine West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific), at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where they discussed opportunities … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Four months after the announcement, the Tamil Nadu government has shortlisted two sites for developing an airport in Ramanathapuram district. Recently, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) identified five potential sites, and now the State government has narrowed it down to two: one near … Read more
Sensational and historic. These terms sum up the outcome of the 1967 Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu. The verdict was sensational not only because of the defeat of the sitting Chief Minister M. Bakthavatasalam and most of his Cabinet colleagues but also that of the towering personality and All India Congress Committee (AICC) president K. … Read more
J. Radhakrishnan, P. Amudha, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, and Dheeraj Kumar, all serving as additional Chief Secretaries, were appointed as the official spokespersons | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday (August 7, 2025) dismissed, with costs of ₹1 lakh, a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by an advocate, challenging the appointment … Read more