India's first vertical lift sea bridge at Pamban in southern Tamil Nadu will be opened in January to restore rail connectivity to Rameswaram island from the country's mainland.

Indian-origin genius Sriram Krishnan, who has been appointed senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence in the incoming Trump administration, was ahead of his time when he was in college, Mr Krishnan's professor Dr G Vadivu told NDTV.

Four people were arrested for facilitating the illegal dumping of biomedical waste in Tamil Nadu, even as the Kerala government initiated its removal.

Police have arrested two men for running an unlicensed tattoo parlour in Tamil Nadu's Trichy and allegedly performing a tongue-splitting procedure on a youngster without any safety equipment or medical training.

Spin legend R Ashwin called time on his international cricket career on Wednesday.

Since R Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011, six different players -- MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah -- have led India in the format.

A cab driver lost his life on Tuesday when the car he was driving plunged into the sea at a port in Chennai. The driver was accompanied by two Coast Guard personnel who managed to escape.

Chennai: A Kenyan woman who ingested 90 capsules containing cocaine worth Rs 14.2 crore has been arrested by customs officials at the Chennai Airport, authorities said on Tuesday.

In a breakthrough in understanding and studying the development of human brain, IIT Madras has released the most detailed, three-dimensional high-resolution images of the foetal brain.

Three people died, and 23 others fell ill, in Pallavaram near Chennai on Thursday after reportedly consuming drinking water contaminated with sewage.

A stretch of the South Periyar River near Tamil Nadu's Hosur has transformed into a sprawling sea of toxic foam following the release of surplus water from the Kellavarapalli Dam.

Cyclone Fengal will bring heavy rainfall across Tamil Nadu's northern and delta districts and Puducherry as it makes landfall between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram today.

Battling adverse weather conditions amid the deep depression off the Tamil Nadu coast, a Coast Guard chopper rescued six fishermen who were stranded on a jetty for nearly 36 hours after their boats suffered damage and sank.

Five elderly women were killed after a speeding car crashed into them near on a highway near Tamil Nadu's Mamallapuram, some 56 km from state capital Chennai.

The judge granted Dhanush's request

In a setback to the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the illicit liquor tragedy that had killed 68 people in the Villupuram district.

A lawyer was attacked by a man with a sickle in the middle of the road, with hundreds watching him slash his head with the weapon.

A 26-year-old teacher was murdered on the school campus in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur allegedly after she turned down the suspect's marriage proposal.

The Madras High Court has restrained the Music Academy in Chennai from presenting its Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi Award 2024 to renowned Carnatic singer TM Krishna. The Music Academy is, however, free to present him the award in any other name.

MK Stalin did not mince words. A "propaganda tool for Hindi imposition", is how the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin described the switch to Hindi by the State-run insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India or LIC on its website on Tuesday.

Tamil actor-politician Vijay has junked talk of an alliance between his fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam before the 2026 Assembly election.

Actor Kasthuri Shankar was on Saturday arrested in Hyderabad for her alleged offensive comments against Telugu-speaking people in Tamil Nadu.

A knife attack on an oncologist at Chennai's Kalaignar Centenary Hospital Wednesday - the doctor was stabbed seven times by the son of a patient and is in critical condition - has sparked furious protests from his colleagues.

A suspended teacher from the PSBB (Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan) School in Chennai has been sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing female students.