Tamil Nadu government asked to formulate and publish Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) within 10 days for granting permission to political parties and organisations to hold public rallies across the state.

The Madras High Court will today hear seven petitions related to the Karur stampede tragedy that claimed 41 lives - including several women and children - exactly a month ago during a rally organised by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

Amid buzz that the Election Commission is set to announce the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Tamil Nadu tomorrow, DMK leader M K Kanimozhi on Saturday said her party is fully geared up to take on the exercise.

Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief Vijay will meet the families of those who lost their lives in the Karur stampede on Monday morning at a private hotel in Mamallapuram.

The proposal triggered strong reactions from legislators, academicians, and civil society, prompting the Chief Minister to direct that it be withdrawn.

In a major crackdown on a large-scale financial fraud, the Crime Branch police of Tamil Nadu arrested 27 more people for their involvement in the multi-crore "Iridium scam" that duped people across the state by misusing the name of the RBI

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader and nine-time MLA K. Sengottaiyan has denied issuing a 10-day deadline to party chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) for reinduction of expelled party leaders.

In yet another tragic incident highlighting the growing conflict between humans and wildlife, a 25-year-old elephant was found dead of electrocution near Thondamuthur in Coimbatore district early Thursday.

Tamil Nadu has been without a full-time Director General of Police - the overall head of the state's police force - for nearly two months.

A two-year-old girl was found dead after accidentally drowning in stagnant rainwater collected in an open plot near her residence on the outskirts of Chennai.

Two women, a mother and daughter, were killed this morning when the wall of a neighbouring house collapsed onto their hut amid heavy overnight rain in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district. These are the first rain-related fatalities reported in the state.

The body of a 21-year-old medical student from Coimbatore who was washed away while bathing at a waterfall near Kodaikanal was recovered on Tuesday, three days after the tragic incident happened.

Tamil Nadu is bracing for very heavy to extremely heavy rain, as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a depression today, triggering widespread downpours across coastal and northern districts.

Several districts across Tamil Nadu are preparing rescue and relief plans as the northeast monsoon intensifies amid an early onset, officials said. There is a possibility of a cyclone developing, the weather office said.

As the northeast monsoon intensifies over Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin reviewed the state's preparedness to tackle heavy rains and directed district administrations to stay on high alert.

The Madras High Court has held that Muslim and Christian couples cannot directly register adoption deeds, and must instead follow the Juvenile Justice Act, offering a clear legal route for non-Hindu families to to adopt children lawfully.

Officials said storage levels in several key reservoirs across Tamil Nadu have touched near-full capacity after continuous rainfall over the past few days.

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu has accused the Union government of "systematic and deliberate discrimination" against the state

The Madras High Court today sent notices to the Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu government, and the state top cop on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to alter the FIR in the Karur stampede case.

"We cannot allow our youth to be killed in the name of caste or family honour. This government will not remain a silent spectator," MK Stalin told Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

The Madras High Court will on Friday hear a petition to alter the police case filed in the Karur stampede incident to include actor and Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam chief Vijay as an accused.

A major security scare unfolded in Chennai on Thursday evening after an anonymous email claimed that a bomb had been planted at Vice President CP Radhakrishnan's residence in Mylapore.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister MK Stalin, rejecting Governor RN Ravi's remarks on the Tamil Nadu Siddha Medical University Amendment Bill.

Four women were killed on Thursday after being struck by lightning while working in a maize field in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore.