The Madras High Court on May 27 imposed a blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves in Tamil Nadu.

The chief minister's principal demand is that the Centre continue 100 per cent funding for wage and administrative components.

The plot allegedly involved engineering the simultaneous resignation of 15 TVK MLAs to bring down the government, sources said.

The accused repeatedly lured the children into a house every Saturday over nearly a year, threatened them with a knife and sexually assaulted them

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay to host allies for a tea meeting to discuss a broader secular alliance.

According to the police, tensions had been escalating between the two families over the inter-caste relationship.

According to investigators, Sasikala had undergone a Caesarean section (C-section) during her first pregnancy and had since developed an aversion to allopathic medicine.

Tamil Nadu police detain a minor for murder following refusal of a sexual advance.

Vijay declared there would be "no change and no compromise" on women's safety, directing collectors and SPs to accord it special attention and ensure prompt investigation of offences.

Addressing his party cadres on at an event in Chennai, MK Stalin spotlighted Chief Minister Vijay's administration as a fragile "minority" government, hinting it may not last its five year-term.

The MDMK and the DMK started working together in December 2017. They had called the partnership a defence against communal forces and a safeguard for the Dravidian movement's ideological core

Vaiko's party justified its exit from the DMK-led alliance by alleging that "attempts were made to weaken the MDMK".

Police said the couple was feeding fruits to monkeys when several of the animals suddenly gathered around them.

Dressed in tracks, sneakers and sunglasses, the Chief Minister drew loud cheers from participants, many of them youngsters, as he ran alongside them wearing a "Start Run, Stop Drugs" T-shirt.

The comments assume significance as MK Stalin, who led the DMK in the 2026 Assembly elections, suffered a shock defeat in his Kolathur constituency to the TVK. Since then, the former Chief Minister has remained outside the Assembly.

Two men arrested for gang-rape of 14-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district

Sergio Gor underscored Washington's commitment to strengthening cooperation with India and suggested that US President Donald Trump attached significant importance to the relationship.

U Stalin, who is the opposition leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, mentioned that the state knows the "story of the wife looking for a husband in the Chengalpattu court", a reference to Vijay's wife Sangkeetha Sornalingam filing the divorce petition in the Chengalpattu court.

Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam emerged as the single-largest party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after the April-May election and formed the government with support from former DMK allies Congress and other smaller parties.

Videos recorded by local residents and weather enthusiasts near the Thoothukudi airport area showed a towering, whirling column of dust and debris rapidly gaining intensity.

The judge noted that "a woman undergoing pregnancy and thereafter caring for a newborn child cannot be placed on the same footing as an ordinary student for the purpose of strict application of academic timelines.

Sanction has been revoked for 29 marriage hall projects worth Rs 115.77 crore and 17 commercial complex projects worth Rs 130.08 crore.

A key concern facing Tamil Nadu's higher education sector is that 12 state universities are currently functioning without vice-chancellors.

Tabling the resolution, Vijay stressed that water resources were directly linked to the welfare of farmers and the state's economy, and said safeguarding Tamil Nadu's water rights was the government's responsibility.