Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announces Rs 4 lakh compensation for the kin of dead.
From invoking the 'Saptarishi' (Ursa Major) constellation, seven basic notes of Indian classical music to 'saat phere' (seven circumambulations) -- parties give different reasons and logic to claim that they will emerge victorious in the polls.
Unless controlled and contained, given the untested belief that the north Indian labour support and follow the Hindutva kind of political ideology, there is a potential in terms of ideological clashes with their Dravidian brethren in the local neighbourhoods, and it all escalating into violence, especially during election time, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Union health ministry on Friday urged eight states and Union Territories to take up immediate containment measures including preventing crowds, conducting widespread testing as well as increasing vaccine coverage on a priority basis in districts where the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus has been detected.
Vijayendra Saraswathi, 48, had become the 70th acharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam on May 29, 1983.
Inundation caused by monsoon rains continued to trouble people here and in other parts of the state, while Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday inspected rain battered areas and distributed assistance to the affected people.
Three special teams are on the lookout for the two prime accused, Appu and Ravi Subramaniam.
The Uttaradhi Mutt's 40-year-old manager was found dead on Thursday morning.
The public prosecutor sought the extension of the seer's police custody saying the police needed to verify some bank accounts.
The Judicial Magistrate-I court in Kanchipuram had issued summons to the seer asking him to appear before the court to receive the copy.
Journeys from the mountains to the temples.
Gaurang's Lakme Fashion Week collection will leave you absolutely craving a celebration.
The incident took place around 7.15 pm on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan, who visited the spot near Kanthanchavadi, told reporters.
The Madras high court judges made it clear that they raised the question about lockdown as citizens of the state and the city in the interest of the public and were not initiating any public interest litigation (PIL) proceedings suo motu (on its own).
Here's the fascinating history of the Karnataka's contribution to Indian rock-cut architecture.
Modi said he was not bothered about threats and abuses against him and asserted that he would do whatever was needed to make India strong.
At least 21 persons died on Sunday when the tourist boat carrying them capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, official sources said. The boat carrying 45 people -- tourists from Kanchi Puram district of Tamil Nadu and Mumbai, and crewmembers -- sank on its way from Ross Island to North Bay.
Jayalalithaa will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Chennai city and its suburbs in Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts.
People who observed the way his wealth and political clout grew say his fortunes hchanged once the ruling establishment handed him control of sand quarrying in Vellore and Kanchipuram districts after 2011.
Rajasthan, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura among states that will set up an institute each.
Pattali Makkal Katchi founder Dr S Ramadoss attributed the failure of the party in the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly elections to the 'arrogance and lethargy' of the party workers.
'We have instructed all our officials to take complaints of water shortage seriously and attend to it immediately.'
It has also been decided to suspend the interstate bus services till March 31, the officials said. The decisions have been taken at a high-level meeting attended by chief secretaries of all states and the cabinet secretary and the principal secretary to the prime minister.
Rains on Friday continued to batter several parts of Tamil Nadu under the influence of an active North-East monsoon as the toll in rain-related incidents in the state stood at 48.
Percept Picture Company's Kanjivaram, directed by Priyadarshan and starring Prakashraj, has been designed for the film-festival circuit and is moving -- in parts.
Over 480 voter identity cards issued by the Election Commission of India were found abandoned today in a dustbin in Kasturba Nagar at suburban Tambaram on the outskirts of Chennai
Most of the hirings are, however, in the entry or junior level.
The DMK had incorported this in the 2006-07 budget.
Eyewitnesses to the boat tragedy also claimed that there was a blast before the capsize and that there was an hour's delay before the marine rescue team could reach the spot.
Hyundai Motors India, which last year gifted 100 cars to Chennai City Police, plans to donate furniture to needy schools across Tamil Nadu as part its community development programme.
First Class Judicial Magistrate G Uthamaraj extended the remand till Dec 23 through the video-conferencing facility from the Chengalpattu sessions court.
A Kanchipuram court on Friday extended the judicial remand of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi by 15 days till December 10 in the Sankararaman murder case.
After completing the pre-charge formalities, Judicial First Class Magistrate G Uthamraj sent the case file to principal district judge, Chengalpattu, who will assign the case to a sessions judge.
Raghu has been charged with murder and conspiracy.
The junior seer has now be questioned twice in three days.
