In a sarcastic jab at the Centre's delimitation plans, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has urged a newlywed couple to plan a family immediately so that the state gets an advantage when the delimitation exercise is held.
She was upset after her father shouted at her for giving a wrong OTP as he was applying for the Other Backward Class (OBC) certificate.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has ramped up pressure on the centre in the 'Hindi imposition' row, claiming forced adoption of the language in other states had "destroyed 25 native north Indian languages in 100 years".
Tamil actor-politician Vijay on Wednesday waded into the 'Hindi imposition' row between Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK and the BJP-led centre, slammed both parties and labelling their bitter back-and-forth "a fight among KG students".
Tamil actor Ranjana Natchiyaar joined fellow actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam Wednesday, a day after quitting the BJP, which she joined eight years ago, citing dissatisfaction with its policies, including the alleged imposition of Hindi.
Tamil superstar Vijay will today mark his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)'s second anniversary with a grand public meeting at a private resort in Mamallapuram, a beach town near Chennai.
The 2026 delimitation exercise - i.e., redrawing of parliamentary constituencies based on population levels, which will alter the proportion of Lok Sabha MPs from southern states - is the latest flashpoint between Tamil Nadu's DMK and the BJP.
Three migrant workers from Bihar have been arrested in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur for the alleged sexual assault of a migrant woman worker from Odisha.
The battle between Tamil Nadu's DMK and the BJP - over the 'imposition of Hindi' - ramped up Tuesday after Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin raged that "states that had accepted Hindi today stand to lose their mother tongue".
The BJP in Tamil Nadu has decided to push for the three-language policy with a door-to-door campaign, escalating the ongoing row over what the ruling DMK has called the "imposition" of Hindi.
Police in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district have arrested a government school teacher for allegedly sexually abusing girl students.
vPopular Tamil media group Vikatan on Saturday said its website - www.vikatan.com - was blocked for "many users from different locations" after it published a satirical cartoon on February 10 about PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.
Three Class XI students from a government school in Tamil Nadu's Salem district have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl from a junior class.
A senior Chennai Police officer - who held a Joint Commissioner-rank - has been suspended following sexual harassment allegations by a female colleague.
In what is being seen as a setback for AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswamy, the Madras High Court has vacated its stay against Election Commission proceedings into the party's leadership row over a petition seeking freezing of its two leaves symbol.
A man has been arrested for allegedly dumping a decomposed body outside a butcher shop after its owner refused to sell him meat in Tamil Nadu's Thane yesterday.
A potential revolt is brewing within the AIADMK as senior leader K A Sengottaiyan boycotted a farmers' felicitation event for party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
Five staff of a private school including the trustee and headmistress have been arrested for sexually harassing a Class 4 girl student in Tamil Nadu's Trichy district, the police said.
Three people have been arrested three people in connection with the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in a moving auto-rickshaw near Chennai on Monday night.
An 18-year-old migrant was sexually assaulted in a moving autorickshaw near Chennai late on Monday night. Police have said they are scanning CCTV footage near the crime scene and are close to tracking down three suspects.
Two years after the outrage over a Tamil Nadu incident in which human excreta was found mixed with drinking water in a neighbourhood dominated by a Scheduled Caste, a special court has transferred the case to a regular court.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has joined his Tamil Nadu counterpart, MK Stalin, in criticising provisions in a draft of the new University Grants Commission regulations.
'Gaumutra', or cow urine, has "anti-bacterial" and "anti-fungal" properties, and can heal a variety of illnesses, including IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, V Kamakoti, the Director of IIT Madras, said at a Pongal event in Chennai on Sunday.
The Supreme Court on Friday warned Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi and the ruling DMK to sort out their long-running squabble over the appointment of vice-chancellors for state-run universities.
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