Sheejith Krishna, a former faculty of Chennai's Kalakshetra Foundation, has been arrested today on allegations of sexual harassment by former students.
A man was caught with Rs 14.2 lakh in unaccounted cash by authorities on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border.
The Madras High Court in a significant development directed the Election Commission (EC) to provide detailed information on cases filed during the 2019 Lok Sabha and the 2021 Tamil Nadu elections.
The Coimbatore police has filed an FIR against BJP candidate and its state chief K Annamalai for allegedly campaigning beyond the 10 PM deadline last night.
Tamil Nadu has never been a happy hunting ground for the BJP, which secured less than 3.7 per cent of the votes in the 2019 election and less than three in the 2021 state poll.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invoked the memory of ex-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to attack the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, accusing the ruling party of disrespecting women and keeping the state "trapped in old thinking...".
The Congress on Monday called poll strategist Prashant Kishor's latest prediction that the BJP could come "number 1" in West Bengal and make substantial inroads in southern states in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as "ludicrous".
Dhanush And Aishwarya Rajinikanth got married in 2004
Tamil Nadu's ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Monday rubbished talk of a "silent alliance" with rivals - the AIADMK - to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of the state.
Tamil Nadu Flood Relief: The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court seeking an ex-parte order to the centre to release Rs 2,000 crore as part of an interim relief package for flood-ravaged districts.
Rajiv Gandhi Case: Three men - Murugan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar - who had been convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi left for Colombo from Chennai on Wednesday morning.
Doubling down on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charge at Opposition over the Katchatheevu island row, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first Prime Minister, wanted to give away the island to Lanka
Actor Daniel Balaji, who worked primarily in Tamil films, died of a heart attack at a private hospital in Chennai last night.
Three people were killed as roof of the popular Sekhmet Bar collapsed in Chennai 's busy Chamiers Road in the Alwarpet area on Thursday.
Erode MP and senior MDMK leader A Ganeshamurthi died at a private hospital in Coimbatore early this morning. A police officer confirmed to NDTV that the MDMK leader died at a hospital at around 5 am.
In a shocking crime, an Armyman and his wife have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and murdering their adopted 11-year-old daughter in Madurai, the police said on Tuesday.
The Tuticorin police in Tamil Nadu have filed a case against Fisheries Minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan for his alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Friday afternoon re-inducted Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader K Ponmudy to the state cabinet.
Lok Sabha elections:Promises to scrap 'One Nation, One Election', repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act, and simultaneously award Indian citizenship to returning Sri Lankan Tamils are among the promises made by Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK before the Lok S
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a rally in Salem in western Tamil Nadu, a stronghold of BJP's former ally AIADMK and the home turf of party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
The ruling DMK today named the nine seats in Tamil Nadu it allotted to the Congress. The Congress will also be contesting the lone seat in neighbouring Puducherry.
Hitting back at rival AIADMK's offensive on the electoral bonds issue, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has said it had transparently disclosed the names of donors and stressed that the MK Stalin government gave no concession in exchange for donation.
The Madras High Court on Friday evening ordered Tamil Nadu Police to grant permission for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 4 km-long roadshow in Coimbatore on Monday, albeit with certain conditions.
Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Tamil Nadu to explore setting-up of a vehicle manufacturing facility in the state.
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